The 2022 Subaru WRX Starts at $30,100, Tops Out at $42,890 The new top-trim WRX GT will cost more than an outgoing WRX STI Limited. Rob Stumpf Published Feb 17, 2022 5:38 PM EST ...

The WRX and WRX STI have been with us for a good long while now, and for 2021 the rally-bred compacts are nearly identical to their 2020 counterparts.

That's still a substantial bump over the 2021 Limited. That trim started at $32,905. Just for a fun comparison, a 2021 base WRX STI starts at $37,245. That's only $255 more than the 2022 Limited.

Considering that Subaru is a small company with a limited budget for research & development, the 2.4-liter turbo four-cylinder boxer of the WRX will be slightly updated for the STI.

And, after previously imagining a clean 2022 WRX redesign as the upcoming WRX STI, the CGI expert is back with another Subie.

When Subaru first made its announcement that the 2022 WRX wouldn’t spawn an STI variant, it didn’t state that this would be the end of the WRX STI forever. Quite the opposite.

The 2022 Subaru WRX will arrive at U.S. dealerships this spring, but it won’t be followed by a WRX STI. In a surprise move, Subaru released a statement saying the “automotive marketplace ...