Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 10:48pm
It’s hard to believe the Subaru WRX STI hasn’t been a thing for going on five years. We’ve heard multiple times that the accessible performance icon isn’t truly dead—it’s just on hiatus, to be revived in some electrified form, whether hybrid or battery-electric. At the Japan Mobility Show at the end of October, Subaru will pull covers off of two STI-themed concepts—one fully electric, and another that retains the WRX’s signature horizontally-opposed engine as a base.
Now, on the list of automakers that love to tease us with seemingly realistic show cars that never reach the light of day, Subaru is unfortunately among the most infamous. As fans were rabid for a turbocharged BRZ STI during that sports car’s first generation, the company trotted out two concepts over four years, and sold neither. Subaru loves to do this. But there’s reason to believe that this time, what we’re about to see is actually suggestive of a production vehicle.
