2022 Subaru WRX Review | Cruising California in the new WRX
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- The all-new Subaru WRX adopts a 2.4-liter turbo engine and a stiffer, more composed architecture.
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When offered the keys to a brand-new 2022 WRX, we're not likely to say no. Toss us the keys and send us along some of northern California's best twisty roads, and we're not likely to give the keys back. The new WRX gets a bigger engine, a new platform, and a dramatically revised suspension. Does that make it the best non-luxury all-wheel-drive sports sedan? Watch Matt Smith's latest review to find out.
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Presenter: Matt Smith
Cinematography: Elliot Haney
#Subaru #WRX #2022
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0:00 The 2022 WRX
0:39 Exterior Impressions
2:47 Inside the WRX
3:59 Powertrain Updates
5:55 The six-speed manual
8:24 Technology and Infotainment
10:36 EyeSight and Safety
12:03 The Verdict? - Авто та транспорт
I kinda like the design.... and only 271hp and 258lbs of torque on get this 12 psi of boost which means this engine is really under stressed, simple tune and 330hp and 290 lbs of torque running 17psi its a good improvement for the tuner world
Here in japan we unlocked it and it's true form is at 296 hp with 300 torque @ 15 psi with more improved torque curve from factory. Full torque @ 1700 to 5400 rpm red lines @ 6300 rpm. Usdm spec are detuned do to regulation and fuel economy. Real jdm specs gets average 274-276 hp with the full 277 lbs torque from the fa24 plus we get a rear windshield wipers 😆. Subaru please don't sue me for this leak. 😆
@@paulreza5354 Thank you , you just made my decision . I'm getting one!!!
@@paulreza5354 It's due to, not do to.
Careful with your assumptions. People have been saying that for years, they are baffled when they blow up their engines.
Note the tuner from Japan below, who cites small improvements. US-based tuners immediately jump to 18+ psi boost plans.
We’ll see what they do with the STI
@@Smaug1 Look at AMS performance dyno results. 246 whp that's 296 hp crank so subaru are under selling there power. The old 2013 WRX made around 221-223 whp stock that's 267 to 271 crank hp. Do worry about the new motor it's been beefed up. You got mess around
electric bypass system to get full jdm spec torque at 277 ft-lbs. I don't know why the US spec kept it at 258 ft-lbs. Stock USDM spec 271 hp and 258 torque . Stock JDM spec are 273 and 277 torque. Won't feel a difference trust me.
Honda civic si has adaptive cruise control with a manual transmission and so do a few other cars.
It's doable, Subaru just needs to make it happen.
What happens when it slows you down to the point where you stall the car? Seems like an odd pairing with manual
My Type R has it. Never been in a scenario where the car slowed down so much it stalled. I’m assuming if that happens you’re just simply not paying attention.
Subaru is lazy and cheap. That’s your answer.
@@papa_pt the car will signal to the driver that the adaptive cruise control will be ending if the speed continues to decrease.
After a specific low speed is hit the car automatically turns adaptive cruise control off.
@@CrimsonSlayer7 lol I agree that works better than nothing
Manuals don’t make realistic sense. Nobody seems to want them, the market is dying. It’s unfortunate, but why would Subaru or any car manufacture waste their time on manuals when everyone wants either automatics or CVTs?
Surprisingly good review! I think the cladding has people overlooking a lot of the improvements in the new gen WRX. I’m a big fan of the looks and can’t wait to see the upcoming STI. Along with the upcoming GR Corolla and Civic Type R, it’s a serious contender for my next daily.
The WRX has never been a gourgeous car. Most people have wanted it for the combination of the rally heritage, the AWD and the manual transmission. I like the current design very much. Perhaps I would have removed part of the cladding, but it is not a big deal for me and it helps to keep in mind that this is a rally car. Cheers.
I would be most interested in the base model with the least amount of weight and things that could interfere with the natural driving experience. The two screens look better to me than the one - having the HVAC controls have their own screen sounds nice. At least the new 2.4l engine will likely be much less stressed than the old. I'm not sure if the old 2.0l engines had issues when not modified, but I would be inclined to believe this engine will be even more reliable. Hopefully with less boost pressure used to make the same power less heat will be generated by the turbo. Mosf turbocharged performance cars' inability to handle track temperatures without mods has consistently held me back from buying one.
Whats the difference in performance numbers of the manual and the cvt
I think the majority agrees that the plastic makes it look cheaper. a 2018 Wrx looks more modern than this newer model. Awesome review though
I disagree. I think it makes it look and feel a bit more practical to handle rocks and suck. Seems to add functionality and practicality which is one thing I love about subaru in the first place.
@@jaemez3247 For handling rocks and overland stuff why not just purchase a Subaru Outback? I get what you mean and how it possibly holds the rally name to it. But they could of painted the trim instead of going the cheaper route.It still would have its functionality and practicality. Even tho a lot of WRX are bought for street use.
@@jfboosted I think adding paint would be prone to chipping. I really doubt its about saving money. I personally like the sense of durability It gives me. Im a little over the street scene stuff I guess. Cool car and I'll probably buy one in a couple years. And im not against getting an outback, I just think this car is more fun.
I have a 21 and this car is loads better looking and way better features. Can’t wait to trade mine in for this.
@@jfboosted Easy. They want to keep most of their cars to a theme. Their other cars had the trim, and so they put it on this car for consistancy.
Either way, I like it and feel it does lend itself to the "off road" look, and actually would have been a deal breaker for me if it didn't have it.
hated the style when it was first shown but I don't mind it now. still don't love the rear bumper but it's not a deal breaker. car looks really good in red.
April 2022. I just ordered my white WRX premium Its suppose to take 2-4 months to arrive.
Man you are so wrong saying it’s a downside that you don’t get iSight on the manual. I had it on my 21 outback xt and man that mess is ANNOYING. never again.
I love that orange! My pick is between the rally blue, that orange or the new ignition red.
Needs to accentuate that Subaru boxer exhaust rumble.......the exhaust note is to sedate.
So glad I got my 19.
excellent review
My guy Matt, you crushed this review! #camelnation
No joke, I was offended when Scott Speed said "He could feel the car going through the gears" on the CVT.
Subaru needs to up their game like other manufacturers. I have a 02' WRX with lots of mods. Subaru is not making me want to upgrade. My car has a upgraded engine and turbo. Better seats. Better suspension, wheels, tires and brakes. Upgraded stereo and elctronics. The WRX should be making 300hp by now and the STi should have a twin turbo flat 6 making 400hp. What is Subaru waiting on?
They're waiting on Toyota's battery strategy. Why develop a badass 300HP engine that will wreck their CAFE average and get bought by a handful of boy racers, when they can just recycle the power option from their family haulers until electric powerplants come along, making ICE engines look hilariously weak and outdated?
The WRX is still a bargain when compared to other similarly powered AWDs (if any). You must spend at least USD 10,000 more to get a more powerful AWD (the Golf R, to my knowledge). The fact of the matter is that both manual transmissions and gasoline engines are dissapearing. It is very sad for us, the driving enthusiasts, but it is good for the environment and it is innevitable. Cheers.
@@alexmartin-schael7556 it's not good for the environment when most electricity comes from burning coal.
All the reviewers say the same thing. Subaru implanted a BS bug. "Areo-dynamic cladding" gtfoh
4:07 for the drive
6/10 in Performance?! (on car gurus site written review) What are you comparing it against? Certainly not other $30k cars…
I think it’s funny that people simultaneously bitch about “only” making 271 hp AND fuel economy. Do you really not see the connection?
Yeah, it’s true that the civic SI gets upper 30s fuel economy, but it also makes 70 less horsepower and it’s only front wheel drive. If that’s acceptable to you, then go right ahead and get the Civic SI. Or try to.
Golf R has much better fuel econ and despite what hp ratings say will hit 60mph 1.5s faster than wrx. The actual hp gap is way more than 45hp. It’s only slightly more expensive than wrx GT. So good econ and performance can go hand in hand.
Is this thing just a paper release? Suby can't even make enough cars that people actually buy (Forester, Outback, Crosstrek), much less get more than a handful of these things out the door.
These wrx’s will prob go $500-$1000 over MSRP at a lot of Subaru dealerships across the nation
Manual owners rise up. 85% We did it
Pristine edge
Stalling the engine is better than crashing directly into something -- what a stupid excuse. It's standard on the base model manual transmission Civic, Corolla, and even Elantra. And 18 MPG city? That's almost as bad as a 4Runner. No manual on top trim? CVT in a WRX? Giant sloppy touchscreen for climate controls too? And now it's slower and heavier... I don't know what they're thinking.
I miss clicked
waiting for the 2023 model when those plastic wheel arches get axed, subaru should hire an italian designer or maybe steal one from Mazda in the very least. the inside also looks weak with that gigantic screen they should look at the inside of Audis for inspiration again hire that Italian/Euro dude for God's sake
While Subaru's choice to keep the black plastic cladding unpainted is debatable, it's unlikely they chose to do so to save money. More likely it's an intentional styling decision to break up the visual bulk from the profile. It would have been less costly just to engineer the body and fender stampings all the way to the wheel well edge and use basic inner well lining. Then they wouldn't have to bother engineering 3D plastic cladding, working out the logistics of said cladding with a supplier, and bear the associated costs. The VW ID4 does the same.
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I don't mind cladding on a car. The problem here is that it's excessive. It's just too much. The cladding around the wheel arches makes the car look like it has massive gaps in the wheel well and the wheels look small. I don't know what Subaru was thinking.
And although the WRX has rally heritage, it was not introduced as an offroad kind of vehicle. It was designed for the streets and had enjoyed a street reputation in the car enthusiast world. Even though it still has its rally roots, to slap massive cladding on something that never really had it is a misplay in my book. Subaru made a largely street performance car look like a WRX Outback. And they have a promo video showing one driving aggressively on a dirt road. What?
Extremely few people would ever buy a WRX to drive it like this. This may be at the WRXs core but it doesn't represent what your average WRX owner would do. It's for the street and there's an entire after market industry dedicated to making this car more streetable, not off-road worthy. This car has more cladding on it than the Crosstrek and most "off-road" designed SUVs.
I'll take a hard pass on this. Now, the new Civic Si has moved to the top of my list. Different car with a different purpose, I know. But at least it LOOKS like the kind of car it actually is.
Yep, I had this car at the top of my list before they released the new design. Now the Si is at the top of my list too.
@@John-vh1fk would be up there for me if it was AWD
I thought long and hard about this, and I decided that all wheel drive makes this a completely different car than a Civic SI or GTI. You can’t reasonably compare them. Hyundai lacks the long-term quality, so Elantra N is right out.
Honda has the hardware to beat Subaru in this segment, but they’re always just a little too greedy; not giving enough performance for the money. For example, AWD and the 2 L turbo engine is going to be reserved for a much more expensive car.
The GR Corolla looks interesting, but a three-cylinder?! Yikes!
Bro, the rear looks like a honda accord. What the fuck?
It’s a proper sleeper!
Every 2022 WRX review today says the same. lol
Is that surprising?
It's a paid vacation and early press access -- stick to the marketing material or you won't be invited back ;)
@@Thirsty_Fox Or people having a similar experience. Some actually do take their job seriously.
@@TheSkullknight12 Hate to break it to you, but it's just how it is these days. It's probably worse yet for motorcycle reviews. Outlets are selected and invited to the destination, assigned vehicles, provided with all the marketing material, and so on, given the test roads, things to points out (especially things that are "negatives" but really positives, like saying the steering is a bit light knowing most people prefer that).
They're given a release date so all the videos come out at once. If they go too far off the provided rhetoric they won't be invited back and it's bad for business. It's just how it is. I don't blame them since it's their job, but no sense in denying it's how it goes. Fortnine did a video on it about motorcycle reviews which operate the same way but even more so. It's becoming true of tech releases like from Apple -- same day, same rhetoric, same allowable "dislikes" (like colourway).
How do you think it'd go down if they just straight-up said "CVT only with top spec is the opposite of what WRX buyers want, the fuel economy is worse than a full-size SUV, and while the engine is bigger it's slower." 😂 It's there if you read between the lines and expressions, though.
@@Thirsty_Fox I agree with some of you points but I still think SOME automotive journalist provide fair assestments. For example for reading and watching the WRX reviews negative that are actual negatives do start to pop up. For example a few reviewers said the car isn't faster than the previous gen, the redline is too low, the gearing doesn't work, could use more power etc. I think the issue is there is only so much you can get from driving a car for a day or two. Most issues won't present themselves til months or years later. Thats why I prefer long term test. They shouldn't call these first drives reviews. They are introductions.
Why do I still want this?
Ugly but I bet the performance is pretty good
Looks like a Ford w/Nissan headlights in the front & a Honda Civic in the back. Unless it’s a Toyota CVT, I don’t care what you call it.... I don’t want it.👎
I like the front. My God the backs ugly.
The plastic makes it look cheap now, imagine in 5 years
Horrible design ill stick with 04-07 sti
Do not buy a suburu. New subarus are low quality. Boxes engines are ticking time bombs. If money is no object then buy one. Don't expect any new subaru to last more than 70k before things fall apart.
The side plastic cladding is not terrible but the rear of the car is "butt" ugly to me. Guess the Subaru stylists are "ass" men.😉
Is this design really the best that Subaru could come up with? Several years of very cool concepts had me hopeful, but what a disappointment this WRX is. It is homely from every angle except the front end and the dash is cartoonish.
Im going to Kizen my way to other options, Im just bored with Subaru. With that said…Im probably trapped with this fun goblin…sad state of affairs. Im stuck in a loveless automotive marriage…sometimes I love her and sometimes my eye drifts to another. Lol
Sounds like you might want to save up for a Civic R and get ready to accept the rice boy styling. 😉
@@Smaug1 nahh, sadly it will be FWD so Im stuck with the goblin I think. Now…making fun of the type R as “race boy?” or did you intend “rice” styling as Subaru sells STI’s with massive tails is a bit foolish lol
That display is trash. Not enough physical controls. Wouldn’t buy.
Meh. Not interested anymore.
This looks terrible. I had the previous generation and it looks way better. This took several steps backwards.
it's so ugly
To summarize, as a three time owner….a lot of little improvements but enough let downs to make most of us upset. This engine in the bRZ without a turbo only makes about 40 less HP and thats pathetic…also considering its gotten slower since 2015 not faster. Subaru has dropped a massive ball here
Subaru knows more than half thier wrx buyers going to mod/tune. Fa24 271 hp at 12psi, thats mad under tuned even for a subbie. Last fa20 engine stock was runing close to 18psi haha So i think unlesss your keeping a subbie stock the numbers are kinda meaningless in my opinion.
@@ogpunkbuster sure, but 2002 WRX 227HP…TWENTY YEARS LATER, 2022 makes 271…so, Subaru has found 44 HP in 20 years…come on man, thats pathetic.
@@heatice77 mk7 gti 220hp R 292, mk8 gti 240 R 310, St 280hp, evo 290hp, type r 310hp previous gen of those cars had less than 300hp, ford RS 350hp being the exception all cars in their segment dont have big factory hp numbers...so why would u expect the wrx too? Given the competitors its a fair hp amount.
@@ogpunkbuster if the other auto companies jumped off a bridge should Subaru? Lol Why would I aim to be like everyone else? That is half assing DEFINED lol…GOD knows Subaru design, interiors, and technology aint blazing any new trails in the industry. I stand by what I said…Subaru is just boring me at this point
@@heatice77Wait you want to be different in a Subaru? That makes no sense, subarus are one of the most lego clapped out brands ever haha besides like i mentioned the wrxs competitors are not totally different from thier previous gen. Sounds to me that if u want to be "different" buy a Porsche, there is no substitute for a Porsche. Or an EV
100% of car reviews that I've watched don't like the look of this car, and yet somehow Subaru thought it looked good enough to put into production. Then they put the BRZ engine in it WITH A TURBO and it's no quicker than the BRZ. Hell, it's no quicker than an Outback Wilderness with the same motor. It's almost like they detuned the 2.4 slightly for this application. This is a FLOP.
We can only hope that they'll boost the crap out of this engine for the upcoming STI. GIVE IT 400HP, SUBARU.
It weighs a LOT more than a BRZ, and I don’t believe you about the Outback Wilderness being quicker.
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Ugly, slow and cheap. Got it. But if you want an AWD with style you’ll have to pay Audi prices so I guess it’s better to convince yourself it’s not “that bad” instead of recognizing that the cost of cheap AWD performance is having to be seen in that fugly thing.
Pass.
*edit - the Civic Type R has adaptive cruise and a few other goodies like emergency braking…and that car doesn’t have some weak ass CVT option. So what’s Subaru’s excuse again?
you are comparing the wrx to a type r which are not even remotely close you cant compare a mercedes to a toyota corolla you compare a mercedes to a bmw or an audi. the new wrx needs some improvements but comparing it to a type r? you should compare the new sti to the type r when it comes out and wrx is more of a civic sport/si type comparison. plus its already confirmed that the new sti will not come with an auto. manual only.
@@thanoscraft7756 you didn’t follow, or you didn’t watch the whole video.
He notes in the video that Subaru doesn’t include eyesight in their manual cars because it could, “stall the vehicle”. I noted that there are manufacturers using features like lane keep, emergency braking and adaptive cruise in manual cars, like the Type R. But if it sits better with you…the Si also has adaptive cruise with a manual…sooooo.
In short, Subaru’s reasoning for not including eyesight and in turn excluding features like adaptive cruise is bogus. You can implement those features on a manual car.
@@mrnrfan182 i was talking about the tranny sorry for the confusion
You are right on the WRX part but the type R is FWD. Thats garbage to me, I guess depends how you look at it.
Subaru has a lot less money for R&D than Honda does. That’s a pretty legitimate reason, if you know anything about business and manufacturing.
Subaru: we are not going to give you eyesight system bc of manual transmission could stall you.
Honda: *hold my wasabi* standard across the line up and radar cruise (including stick shift cars).
Hmmm. I don’t buy that lazy excuse Subaru.
I would rather have a Tesla
Show me a Tesla that will compete with this for $30-$40,000. You see? There isn’t one.
Don’t even dare to mention the base model 3 at a theoretical 35K.