Subie’s New WRX: 16 Years Later

I’m a Subaru fan.  We’ve owned four and they’ve all been great.  Well, maybe except for the entertainment center in my current ride, a 2018 Outback, but that’s a story for another blog.  To get back to this one, Subaru announced their latest WRX and I think it’s awesome.  I don’t need another car, but I’d sure like to own this one.  271 horsepower from a turbocharged 2.4-liter flat four, 4 wheel drive, and an 8-speed automatic.  Yeehaw!

The first time I drove a WRX was when good buddy Tom let me drive his STI.  That thing was a rocketship and I knew I needed one.

My first Subaru was a 2006 WRX and I loved it.  The thing was a go kart with air conditioning and it was fast.  I owned a Z06 Corvette at the same time and the Subie was way more fun to drive.  Sue and I went all over in it, including a trip up to Oregon where we grabbed quite a few cool photos.  Here’s one among the giant redwoods.

Here’s a marigold farm north of Santa Barbara.  I was on a business trip and when I saw those marigolds I stopped for a photo.

Here’s one on the Oregon Coast Highway.  The car made me look good, I think.  The Subie was an exceptionally photogenic automobile.  It was my first ride of any kind along the Oregon Coast Highway, and in my opinion that road is even more scenic than California’s Pacific Coast Highway.  We included this stretch when we took the Chinese and the Colombians on CSC’s RX3 Western America Adventure Ride a few years later.

And one more, this time on the 395 just below Bridgeport.  The 395 is a scenic drive, too.

I haven’t cared for the WRX body styles that followed mine until this latest 2022 version.  Subaru got it right once again, I think.  I don’t need a new car, but man, I’m tempted.  I could apply Bidenomics to it, pay for the thing, and explain to Susie that the cost was zero.

In their advertising Subaru shows only two colors for the new WRX.  There’s the orange shown at the top of this blog and a more sinister-looking gray.  They both look good, but I’d go for the orange.  I had an orange Subie CrossTrek, and what I liked best about that color is I could instantly spot it in any parking lot.

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