The 2,457-cc boxer with a thumpin’ great turbocharger comes standard with a six-speed manual transmission and DCCD all-wheel drive, translating to lots of performance from a compact-sized sedan. The engine delivers 300 PS (296 horsepower) at 6,000 rpm while 407 Nm (300 pound-feet) of torque are available at 4,000 rpm.
Care to guess how much Subaru of Spain wants for the Final Edition? Make that €57,500, much more than the Comfort Edition that retails at €49,900 in the Iberian Peninsula. On the upside, those euros are spent on lots of standard equipment. Some of the highlights include 7.0-inch infotainment with satellite navigation, nine-speaker Harman Kardon premium audio with 440 watts, keyless entry, blind-spot warning, auto headlamps, and rain-sensing wipers.
Don’t you get the feeling that Subaru could’ve done better? Of course, it could, and the STI S209 serves as proof. The U.S.-exclusive special edition churns out 341 horsepower from the EJ25, and the go-faster makeover is more aggressive on the visual level. There’s also the Type RA, Type RA-R, and Diamond Edition over in South Africa, let alone all of the special editions in Japan powered by the 2.0-liter turbocharged boxer engine.
On that note, could Subaru come out with the next generation of the WRX and WRX STI already? We’re getting tired of waiting.
