Posted Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 11:17pm

Tested: The Subaru WRX TR Is a Bit of a Head-Scratcher

Subaru and sport compact fans (though these cars have grown to a size that makes the term “compact” rather relative) have had to learn to accept that the Japanese automaker doesn’t plan to build a full-on STI variant of the fifth-generation WRX, which first appeared as a 2022 model. On the bright side, at least the company now offers buyers a couple choices beyond the standard WRX, with the recent announcement of the STI-tuned 2025 WRX tS model coming on the heels of the car we just tested, the Subaru WRX TR.