Travis Pastrana will rally for Subaru in this WRX rally car

Often race car offerings come from sponsors. the coldest of livery they also come from companies that sell products that the doctor says are not good for you. We dare not estimate whether any one has developed a preference for certain cigarettes from this kind of patronage. Subaru once showed that as a car brand you don’t need another company to paint your racing cars. Now that color scheme is back.

The blue and yellow WRC car made the road-going Impreza with blue paint and gold wheels very popular. Now sometimes you hear them smiling with important corrections. Nowadays, Subaru is a discreet family brand in the Netherlands. Light-hybrid crossovers, electric SUVs and station wagons are options. These days we have to shop abroad for something as good as the WRX.

That doesn’t look set to change with this Subaru WRX rally car. Subaru does not sign up for the World Rally Championship, but for the American rally class ARA. In addition to the two-time champion and reigning champion in the class, Brandon Semenuk, the skating and jumping hero Travis Pastrana is now also joining the team. The Subaru WRX rally car will make its debut at the Ojibwe Forest Rally between August 26 and 28.

Assembly car construction

The rally beast was built by Subaru USA’s technical partner, Vermont SportsCar. The company designed, built and tested the special WRX in eighteen months. Subaru will start a YouTube video series about the process later this month; The trailer can be found at the bottom of this article. The first pictures show that the WRX has been seriously modified.

The car was completely stripped and given a carbon fiber widebody. The large rear wing is also made of carbon. The new fuel tank is made of Kevlar. According to the rally class rules, the car must weigh 1,315 kg. Subaru will try to be as close to that as possible. The car also has 15-inch rally wheels.

Specs for the Subaru WRX rally car

Up front is an engine designed specifically for the WRX rally car. It is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder boxer engine with a turbo. Turbo pressure is limited to 1.51 bar by rally rules. The boxer engine produces 324 hp and 515 Nm. Power goes through six speeds close ratio gearbox for all four wheels.

Travis Pastrana is looking forward to the Subaru race. ‘Subaru’s new platform is great. It will be a lot of fun to compete against two-time champion and reigning Brandon Semenuk,” said Pastrana. If we all start looking at the ARA Open 4WD class in Europe now, maybe the WRX will come here too. Just maybe.