The Subaru WRX and STi compete against a variety of machinery across several segments. The Subarus are fast and handle well, with the STi being competitive with sports cars such as the Nissan 370Z.

The tS has the highest performance of the four trim levels now offered with the WRX, although—to the chagrin of American fans—there is no longer an STI on the market. So does the tS come close ...

Subaru has decided that the car you see on these pages will no longer be called Impreza, just WRX STI. From now on the famous name will be applied only to the more mundane variants of the model.

Subaru also disappointed enthusiast buyers by canceling its previously announced plans to produce a next-generation version of the WRX’s hotter STI variant — at least one with a traditional ...