2011 Subaru WRX STI Saloon Price in USA

2011 Subaru WRX STI Saloon

The new model of 2011 Subaru WRX STI there’s now a saloon boot (the hatchback body style is still available), while the Impreza badge is nowhere to be seen. From the front there’s a new grille, bolder bumpers and standard fog lamps, but it’s around the back that the changes are most obvious.

The saloon shape gives the WRX STI a more pleasing presence. It’s better still with the optional rear wing. It’s a muscular looking car, with pace to back it up.

Although in interior there are some new plastics, but despite talk of a more upmarket look and feel the interior still fails to impress against European rivals.

Under that air-scooped bonnet, there’s a turbocharged 2.5-litre, 296bhp boxer engine. It not only sounds great, but gives the WRX STI fantastic performance. It’ll reach 62mph in 5.2 seconds thanks to a combination of its power and a clever four-wheel drive transmission. Improvements for the 2011 model year include Japanese ‘Spec C’ suspension, which is significantly stiffer and brings a new level of control and sophistication to the Subaru’s turbocharged road racer. Even so, it remains pleasingly old-school Subaru – only without the Impreza badge.

It doesn’t disappoint either, the Subaru WRX STI’s engine as potent as it ever was. There’s loads of flexibility, allowing you to cruise along effortlessly in high gears, but shift a few ratios down the six-speed gearbox and the WRX STI’s performance is as explosive as it ever was. It’s the chassis changes that are most obvious, though. The body shell is stiffer, while the increased tautness adds a completely new level of control.