Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 9:21pm
If you combine those three words together, it can only be one car. For those who still need a hint, that’s none other than the Subaru WRX. Okay, the Forester was available with a turbo, but the WRX is the definitive car that has those key ingredients.
The WRX, then known as the Impreza WRX, was born out of necessity. Subaru wanted to mount an even more serious challenge in the World Rally Championship, and the larger Legacy wasn’t cutting it anymore. So, the company took its Impreza, itself a chopped Legacy, and gave it the same turbocharged boxer engine from its big brother to create the WRX. It then needed to homologate it, hence why we ended up with these cars in the first place.
