Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 10:38pm
The original WRX TR launched in 2006 as a stripped-down, minimalist trim aimed at buyers who planned to start modding their cars the day they got home from the dealership. The moniker stood for “Tuner Ready,” and the TR went without a rear spoiler, fog lights, or a fancy stereo. Why include a nice sound system that’ll immediately be replaced by a sweet Pioneer OEL head unit with a swimming-dolphin display and a Rockford amp bridged down to about a quarter-ohm? (Not that we built something exactly like that, ever.) The 2024 Subaru WRX TR takes a different approach—it’s definitely not stripped down, and more like an STI-lite. As a consequence, nobody is really sure what “TR” now stands for. Totally Rad? Tire Roaster? Theodore Roosevelt? As Teddy might’ve said, walk softly and carry big stick into those braking zones.
