Decades on and with no STI in the mix, Subaru's WRX is still a gravel eating monster.
Even with decades of rally pedigree behind the Subaru WRX name, it's easy to forget where the AWD sedan is truly at home. Sliding on loose surfaces and jumping through a row of trees is where the Subaru WRX still performs best, as the folks at Team O'Neil Rally School tested recently. Without the WRX STI in the lineup, Wyatt from Team O'Neil set out to test the remnants of Subaru's sport sedan lineup on the New Hampshire school's grounds.
What it lacks in programmable driveline settings, it makes up for in consistency and predictability, even if the tunable center differential in the final generation WRX STI was a welcome feature. 'It's never going to surprise you with some weirdness based on a minor input that really shouldn't have affected the driveline,' Wyatt says, counter-steering through a gravel figure eight. 'That is why I love the WRX. I don't know what else you would want, especially on gravel.
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