A Subaru BRZ STI Might Finally Be Happening

Subaru has Tweeted out a teaser appearing to show a massive wing affixed to the back of a BRZ, with '#STI' at the end of the message

Matt Robinson

31 May 2017

Stay tuned…6/8/17. #STI pic.twitter.com/PU4ehFolH5
— Subaru (@subaru_usa) May 30, 2017

The Subaru BRZ/Toyota GT86 twins have been with us for five years now, but a properly hot version of either one continues to elude us. That might just be about to change.

We’ve had dollops of false hope so many times, but this time it might actually be happening on Subaru’s end, with the Subaru USA Twitter account tweeting out what looks to be the back end of a BRZ with a huge STI-branded wing attached. Oh, and there’s an ‘STI’ hashtag, just after a date - 8 June 2017. So whatever this is, we won’t have long to wait until we find out.

The rear wing certainly seems to match the one fitted to a BRZ prototype that’s been seen in various spy shots, so we’re crossing our fingers hard right now.

Subaru released the STI Performance concept in 2015

Should this be the BRZ STI we’ve all be hoping for, there’s a big question mark as to what would power it. The STI Performance concept Subaru released in 2015 was packing a race-derived 2.0-litre boxer-four with anything up to 450bhp, depending on who you spoke to. A less extreme version of that would do quite nicely.

Of course, there is a chance this is another false dawn, and what’s actually being cooked up is a range of chassis and aero improvements. We’re intrigued/terrified to find out…

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

When the downforce from that wing can keep earth in orbit…

AmilBRZ 🌐 Youre life might finally be completed.

Lol yes

We’ve been waiting longer than it takes a BRZ to accelerate to 200kph

grammar learn I will

I think that the suspension will be STIff

Ba dum tshh (Insert pun dog here) XD

Get out

What we expect:
300hp BRZ
What it will be:
“So we attached a new wing, we also reworked the suspension, new brakes, new colours and wheels, new interior, it’s also 1kg lighter than before, it has a new final drive and diff, and many more.
Power? Oh… I knew we forgot something… yeah, that stays at 200PS. And btw it will only be available in Japan”

Sounds like the Toyota GT86 aero which was literally a riced 86.

That’s what worries me. Let’s see what happens on 8 June!

Welcome aboard Roadster’s import ship, where will take you to Japan and back with an BRZ STI #businessasusual

I hope they don’t increase the power

Hahahahaha you called it

Imagine when it’s is revealed and it’s just a BRZ with a body kit added

i think that’s the way it’s gonna happen.

Don’t worry. It may be the “tS STI” version of the facelifted BRZ. It has been available for the pre-facelift one and - of course - only sold in Japan.