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Subaru Teases a New WRX with the Old STI’s Manual Transmission

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Subaru Teases a New WRX with the Old STI’s Manual Transmission

Subaru is bringing a six-speed manual WRX back into its Japanese lineup, and it’ll use an upgraded TY85 transmission.

Subaru’s Japanese division has a new website dedicated to the WRX, and while it only features a cryptic photo, a few lines of text, and a 15-minute-long video, all in Japanese, there’s plenty to dissect about the brand’s outlook on the WRX in Japan. Subaru is reportedly axing some of its WRX models in its home market, but now it looks like the automaker is about to add a new one into the mix.

It’s hard to make out much of anything in the website’s teaser photo, but it shows a pretty clear outline of the car’s front end, which looks like the current fifth-generation WRX. The rear is definitely still a sedan. Sorry, no hatchback yet.

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But a lack of exterior changes points to upgrades under the hood, and the video posted to the site confirms a manual transmission will be offered on the standard WRX in Japan for the first time since 2019. While other global markets, including the United States, currently offer manual WRXs, regulation changes in Japan forced the automaker to stop making mass-produced manual vehicles in its home market. The manual still lived in smaller runs, like the BRZ and limited-edition WRX STI Sport#, but this could be Subaru’s return to mass-market manuals in Japan.

There are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding this release, but the video confirms Japan’s new WRX will get Subaru’s TY85 six-speed manual transmission that previously lived in the WRX STI.


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