The Subaru WRX?s most recent complete overhaul only debuted in the 2015 model year, but fans are constantly looking forward to what?s next for the rally-bred legend. As reported by motoring.com.au, the WRX will get a mid-cycle refresh for 2018, and a wholly new car won?t arrive until around 2020.
Thoughts of a brand-new WRX have been stirred by the debut of the new Subaru Global Platform that underpins the new Subaru Impreza. By continuing as a derivative of the former Impreza, the WRX now, technically, has the model-specific architecture that had been rumored for 2015. The Global Platform will eventually underpin every Subaru, but according to an engineer quoted by Motoring, there’s not enough time to properly work it onto a new WRX for 2018. ?The full model cycle will be about four or five years,? the unnamed source told Motoring. ?2018 will be a facelift only. It?s not the cost, but everything goes through a production cycle. You can?t shorten that production cycle, there?s many things to consider such as durability testing and likewise. It?s not as simple as taking the turbo engine out of one car and presto, off you go . . . You?re talking about complete suspension tune and a development team. It?s a big process.?

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