Only when you thought 2025 could not become more crazy, say welcoming Subaru’s fastest production ever. “Praise be to, they repeated WRX STI“You may think. But there are no STI-badges or WRX badges, even. It’s Subaru Trailseeker, an electric SUV with an eye to off-road. It is not supposed to be a scorer for the sidewalk.
Subaru pulled the covers from the new SUVs at the New York Auto Show 2025, looks like a largest Solterra with some new rough rugs that were well thrown. You can read everything about it in the first trailseeker publication. But the only thing that has gone greatly under the radar is its performance. Subaru claims that Trailseeker can move from scratch to 60 miles per hour in 4.3 seconds. This is enough to overcome the last WRX STI off the assembly line, which is also before the STI S209 limited production. These SUVs are fast.
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In defense of internal combustion, it should be a very close race between Trailseeker and S209. To update your memory, you emerged in 2019 with 341 hp and 330 -pound torque of torque from four liters of turbocharged charger. Compared, in Trailseeker “about 375 combined HP from its dual electrical engines, one in each axis.
We assume that Trailseeker is much heavier than the old S209. At this time, Subaru is not specific to the details, but being a large four -wheel drive vehicle with a 74.7 kW battery, it is not lightweight. But it should be easy for Trailseeker to put its strength on the floor.
In general, the S209 reaches 60 miles per hour in the mid -second range, but this requires a drop -off drop that challenges death to involve the manual transmission at six speeds. Trailseeker is basically a point and shooting, which is almost not mocking like stirring gears. But this is the fast and consistent way of people’s relationship with the seat.
It is strange that Subaru did not talk much about the performance of Trailseeker. With many vehicle statistics and a final horse personality still TBD, it is possible that the company can “slow down” a touch before the start of production.
Currently, production is expected to take place in early 2026.