Subaru BRZ STI Sport & WRX S4 STI Sport Concept At Tokyo Auto Salon 2017 – Video

The BRZ STI Sport Concept sounds like a lukewarm example of the lovable rear-driver, taking parts of the tS driving experience and marrying it with some interior and exterior enhancements. We can see those latter elements in the sole image the company released – the silver concept car gets a fresh body kit that’s less aggressive than 2015’s Performance Concept. The sole exterior image shows a subtle chin spoiler and a more prominent upgrade to the side sill. Smaller changes include STI badges in the lower grille and side grilles. In the cabin, Subaru apparently added dark red upholstery. All of this gels with the aesthetic the Levorg pioneered.

On the performance front, we see what look like Brembo-branded red brake calipers, but that’s about as certain as we can get with mechanical upgrades. What we can’t see are likely modest performance tweaks, focusing on the suspension. The Levorg STI Sport, for example, got adjustable Bilstein dampers, firmer springs, and a tweaked power steering system.

 

 

 

The WRX S4 is a more powerful, CVT-equipped WRX sold exclusively in Japan since 2014.

STI Sport is the name Subaru uses for models with a bit of extra potency under the hood and a few bolt-on parts from the STI catalog. It was first applied on the Levorg STI Sport introduced to the Japanese market in May.