W hining and griping that the Subaru WRX no more comes in hatchback structure isn't sufficient to persuade Subaru to change its brain on the matter. The automaker says it utilized the cash it saved money on the trapdoor to make the WRX and STI more particular from the Impreza, a methodology that is by all accounts working, as the WRX and STI are presently outpacing joined offers of the old seal and car.
Still I ponder whether the WRX has lost the reasonableness that makes it such an adaptable games auto. To discover, I set out to treat our Four Seasons 2015 Subaru WRX as though it were a hatchback and go up against it an outdoors excursion to northern Michigan.
The 2015 Subaru WRX may be vehicle just, however there's still a lot of space for me to stack up huge amounts of apparatus and three travelers—Beth, David, and Michelle. The storage compartment's wide opening and sensibly low guard make it simple to heap in our rigging, and we benefit as much as possible from the 12 cu ft of space. We stuff dozing packs and overnight sacks for four individuals, a substantial tent, three collapsing seats, and numerous packs of sustenance in the storage compartment. Some additional packs and snacks flood into the back column's center seat and in the footwells, however no one appears to be stressed over seizing up or getting uncomfortable on the 260-mile outing to Michigan's grand Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Toughing out the climate
Things begin off easily, as I hand off DJ obligations to Beth so I can concentrate out and about. I know not to complain with the WRX's obsolete infotainment touchscreen while driving, so I make a halfhearted effort of interfacing her telephone through Bluetooth before we set off. "Billie Jean" is soon coursing through the Subaru's Harman/Kardon sound framework, contending with street commotion and the WRX's turbo shriek as we proceed onto the roadway and travel north. We're running on a full tank, and the Subaru has a tendency to get around 30 mpg on the expressway with a featherweight right foot, so I'm hopeful we'll make great tim
At that point, much like the end of Michael Jackson's vocation, things begin to look inauspicious. The moment we pull off the thruway and bounce on forested nation streets, the sky darkens with tempest mists that debilitate our confident arrangements. Dusk is soon, and before I can even consider getting to our without a doubt doused campground, I have to concentrate on staying sparkling side up on the smooth, dark, and new asphalt.
"You're certain you're great with this?" asks David. "Try not to sweat it," I say, attempting to see through substantial gobs of precipitation and discontinuous flashes of lightning. "The WRX is made for this stuff." No uncertainty the 2015 Subaru WRX motivates a considerable measure of certainty, and I know very well indeed from mauling one on a solidified lake that it's powerful competent. In any case, I likewise realize that I'm not a rally driver, regardless of the possibility that the WRX's sharpness and extreme mentality has a method for deceiving you into supposing you are. By and by, the Subaru's all-wheel drive, grippy tires, tight controlling, and splendid headlights offer me some assistance with navigating washed-out areas of street, fallen trees, and fixes of rock.
We at long last arrive, auto and travelers in place. The downpour has subsided at this point, so we dump our stuff and join our different companions sitting tight for us around the flame. It's soggy, it's 44 degrees, yet we made it.
A reality check
At first I think I've shuddered myself alert. Amidst the night I moved to the side of the tent, and thus my whole right side is absorbed freezing water. To exacerbate the situation, a regiment of Boy Scouts touched base amidst the night, and now they're up and hollering at one another to get in arrangement in the midst of blasting trumpets and creature calls.
I get the way to the WRX and head out to the parking area, planning to discover a change of garments and some espresso to wake myself up. I see as I approach that the windows are to some degree hazed. I leave myself to the probability that two of my companions utilized the extensive rearward sitting arrangement of the Subie for something scurrilous. Rather I discover David wrapped in a resting sack, absolutely snoozing in the front seat, leaned back the distance and nearly lying level. Another companion is similarly situated in the traveler seat. "Excessively icy and excessively wet for the tent," says David. "Furthermore, these seats are really agreeable."
A constant flood of excitement
We pack up the majority of our apparatus and make for Sleeping Bear Dunes, an enormous regular sand ridge and lakeshore on Michigan's Leelanau promontory. In transit, in any case, I take a wrong turn that prompts a two-track earth street. David is giving me that look once more, however this time I can't control myself. I'm giggling twistedly as we barrel down the earth street, mud flying in each which bearing, as my travelers hold tight for dear life. The WRX's solid suspension isn't precisely kind to uneven soil streets, so everybody is soothed once we're back on black-top and on our way to the Dune Climb.
The climb crosswise over Sleeping Bear Dunes takes around 60 minutes, round-excursion. We're wiped when we get back in the auto, and I don't have the vitality to stress over the heaps of sand we've without a doubt conveyed with us into the lodge. Fortunately I had the premonition to swap out the 2015 Subaru WRX's stock floor covering mats for the Weather Tech mats we use in wintertime.
Washing off the weekend
Grime aside, the Subaru arrives home minimal worn out, despite the fact that during the time spent tidying the auto up, I find a scratch under the haze light. It's difficult to say whether this happened amid my trek or some point amid the horrible winter. After a $618 visit to the body shop, it's back in real life.
The 2015 Subaru WRX demonstrated it's the right sort of auto to overcome awful climate, uneven streets, and sweat-soaked campers. It even pulled the greater part of our garbage without dissatisfaction, and I never wound up wishing I had a hatchback.