One part Rex fans will be delighted isn’t changed is the price. The WRX has famously kept its $39,990 price tag since it launched in 1994, but the fourth-generation version actually drops by $1000 to $38,990 for the base manual.
Subaru should be credited for creating a car that is substantially better than all its predecessors and now at a lower cost, but look deep at the specifications and you’ll quickly realise where the cuts were made.
The stereo system in the base model remains basic at best, with no colour screen and not even an attempt to modernise the system. The only obvious benefit is that it is a double-din unit that is easily removed, allowing owners to upgrade with ease.
Though the brakes are better in some ways €" upgraded to 12.4 inches from 11.6, with thickness increased by 6mm to 30mm â€" they now use a floating (instead of a fixed) caliper design, which means instead of four-piston brakes (two on each side), there’s now a single piston brake on one side.
The wheels, too, have remained a puny 17-inches in size, which not only look small in relation to the sedan’s size but are outmatched by rivals. Again, the benefit here is you can upsize them yourself and don’t have to pay Subaru for larger wheels you might not even like.
Negatives aside, the 2015 Subaru WRX is the best Rex yet €" and it’s hard to emphasis just how much better it is than the previous car.
Subaru Australia held the car'€™s launch in Tasmania, which is the home of the renowned Targa road rally and thus an appropriate location for a car that made its name in the World Rally Championship (WRC).
Subaru should be credited for creating a car that is substantially better than all its predecessors and now at a lower cost, but look deep at the specifications and you’ll quickly realise where the cuts were made.
The stereo system in the base model remains basic at best, with no colour screen and not even an attempt to modernise the system. The only obvious benefit is that it is a double-din unit that is easily removed, allowing owners to upgrade with ease.
Though the brakes are better in some ways €" upgraded to 12.4 inches from 11.6, with thickness increased by 6mm to 30mm â€" they now use a floating (instead of a fixed) caliper design, which means instead of four-piston brakes (two on each side), there’s now a single piston brake on one side.
The wheels, too, have remained a puny 17-inches in size, which not only look small in relation to the sedan’s size but are outmatched by rivals. Again, the benefit here is you can upsize them yourself and don’t have to pay Subaru for larger wheels you might not even like.
Negatives aside, the 2015 Subaru WRX is the best Rex yet €" and it’s hard to emphasis just how much better it is than the previous car.
Subaru Australia held the car'€™s launch in Tasmania, which is the home of the renowned Targa road rally and thus an appropriate location for a car that made its name in the World Rally Championship (WRC).
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