Yes, there was an aluminium bonnet with a scoop in it, but it was a very demure-looking car on the whole. The more special ...

Hardest of all because I’ve just stepped from £2000-worth of 15-year-old, near-100,000-mile Impreza Turbo and found it to be much the quicker, more characterful and more exciting car.

These changes boost output to 296 horsepower at 5,700 rpm and 277 pound-feet of torque at 2,000 rpm—a modest increase of 25 hp and 19 lb-ft over the regular WRX. Despite these improvements ...