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This is great news. In my view, the actual concept image is irrelevant. Its a silly mockup without door handles.
The real story here is that Subaru decided to put the STI moniker on this thing. This suggests that an STI version is coming. Subaru can't release a car with 150ish lb ft of torque as an STI, so an STI model would have to be turbocharged.
There's a chance Subaru could release only the STI model next year, with powertrain differentiating it from the Toyota/Scion version. More likely probably, is that next year both the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ (non-STI) are released, each with 2.0L NA, and a few years down the road the BRZ STI is released.
The way I see it, 150ish lb ft torque is enough to get by, but not enough to confidently make it through the intersection when the light turns yellow. The turbocharged model should solve this.
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