The Subaru WRX enters the 2024 model year with a few changes, including a price hike that increases the starting price of the compact sport sedan to $33,855, including a $1,120 destination charge.
The price is $2,230 more than the 2023 model, which costs $1,525 more than the 2022 model, when the WRX was last redesigned.
The 2024 WRX also features a warmer version, but it’s not an STI. Instead, it’s a more tame version dubbed the WRX TR, and its tweaks are meant to achieve better handling rather than deliver more power.
The price of the WRX TR starts at $42,775 adding destination, which is more than $4,000 more than the price of the last STI, a car that featured more strength than the WRX.
2024 Subaru WRX
Despite the premium price, the 2024 WRX still highly values its performance. The sports sedan is powered by a 2. 4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 271 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque.
The transmission is all 4 wheels and buyers can choose between a popular 6-speed manual transmission or an optional CVT. The CVT is not available on the base WRX. Buyers will have to upgrade to a WRX supplied with at least one Premium Package, which means the starting price of a WRX with CVT is a very high $37,105, adding up the destination.
Standard features on the 2024 WRX include LED headlights, 17-inch alloy wheels, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a new 11.6-inch infotainment screen replacing the dual 7.0-inch screens of previous model years. Subaru’s Starlink suite of electronic driver-assist features is now also standard. The standard Starlink features include handy items such as adaptive cruise control with active lane control, as well as automatic emergency braking.
2024 Subaru WRX TR
The new WRX TR benefits from genuine functional improvements, adding stiffer springs, new damping rates and a revised guide rack to provide improved handling while maintaining ride quality. There’s also a sturdier Brembo brake set with 6-piston calipers at the front and two-piston brake calipers at the rear. They are housed on model-specific 19-inch wheels, wrapped in Bridgestone Potenza S007 tires of 245/35 length.
Inside, the WRX TR is supplied with Recaro sports seats up front, while the sunroof has been removed to reduce weight and centre of gravity.
The 2024 WRX lineup will hit dealerships early in the year.