2025 Subaru WRX

Sports Sedan · 2.4L Flat-4 Turbo · AWD

82/100

AutoVault's overall score, weighted for what a sports sedan is actually for — performance, technology, comfort, reliability, safety and value.

Specifications

Engine	2.4L Flat-4 Turbo
Horsepower	271 hp
Torque	258 lb-ft
0–60 mph	5.5 sec
Top speed	155 mph
Drivetrain	AWD
Seats	5
Combined MPG	21 mpg (18 city / 24 hwy)
Range	343 miles
MSRP	$32,495
Body style	Sports Sedan

The verdict

What's good

Rally-bred all-weather grip
Tossable, hooligan-friendly handling
Standard manual gearbox
Roomy trunk and real back seat

What's not

Engine sounds coarse when pushed
Cabin materials feel low-rent
Fuel economy suffers when driven hard
Looks plain for a performance car

The engine

Boxer

2.4L Turbo Flat-4

The FA24 boxer (FA24DIT) pairs a twin-scroll turbo with a wide, flexible mid-range and Subaru's signature off-beat horizontally-opposed rumble, trading peak-rev drama for usable everyday muscle.

Built around Subaru's decades-long commitment to the horizontally-opposed layout it has used since the 1960s for its low center of gravity, the FA24 is a direct-injection evolution that bored out the previous 2.0-liter FA20.

Subaru is the only mainstream automaker still putting a turbocharged flat-four into regular production cars.
The flat-four bloodline traces to the rally-conquering EJ engines that carried Colin McRae and Prodrive to World Rally Championship glory.
The boxer's pistons punch outward in opposing pairs, naturally canceling much of the vibration a conventional inline-four produces.

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The six sub-scores behind the 82 — performance, tech, comfort, reliability, safety and value
Market value today and year-by-year value history
All 4 trims with pricing
Studio photography — exterior, rear and interior
Side-by-side comparison with up to four cars

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