2016 Subaru WRX STI will get the WRX Concept’s looks

The next Subaru WRX STI should look a lot like the WRX Concept (above)

Subaru fans were delighted that the new Subaru WRX STI – revealed at the Detroit Auto Show in January – was actually going to make it to the UK, and at a price that isn’t too barking at £29k. But the joy that the new Scooby was heading for Subaru’s UK showrooms was tempered somewhat by its looks, looks that owed far more to the last generation WRX STI than the stunning Subaru WRX Concept we saw at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year.

The WRX Concept was everything we hoped the Scooby could be, with form being allowed to come to the fore rather than being a result of function, and making the WRX far more appealing.

But that disappointment could be short-lived as Subaru’s chief designer, Mamoru Ishii, has told Motoring that the WRX Concept’s stunning looks will play a big part in the next generation WRX STI, due in 2016.

Mamoru Ishii said:

Yes, we have taken the next-generation Impreza’s design in a new direction that we are sure will excite the marketplace. 

We are planning to give the lower section below the hip line a wider, more substantial stance and narrow up the roof section.

All of which sounds very much like the WRX Concept.

By Cars UK