September 2024 – RPM News Weekly

The 2024 Subaru WRX garnered the New England Motor Press Association Best In Class All-Wheel Drive Vehicle Award at the organization’s annual Winter Vehicle Awards event. The short video featured below was produced by RPM News Weekly specifically for the awards presentation using action clips from Subaru Media. Watch to get a quick glimpse of the excitement one can experience in driving the WRX.

RPM News Weekly recently reviewed the 2024 WRX TR edition. The full review can be found at:

WRX TR | New School Wits, Old School Vibe

RPM News Weekly Photos by Rich Taber

Highlights include:
All five WRX trims come with a 271-horsepower 2.4-liter turbocharged BOXER engine. While the TR (Tuner Ready) edition that we drove and the top-of-the-line GT trims are very similar spec-wise, there are a few mechanical differences between them. Most noteworthy is the standard 6-speed manual transmission in the TR. The GT is only available with a Subaru Performance CVT with manual shift mode.

The WRX TR is the only trim in the 2024 lineup to include a Brembo performance system with six-piston front and two-piston rear brake calipers, along with a larger brake master cylinder and larger rotors. It’s not just painted calipers; it’s a true performance system that works together to reduce brake fade and increase stopping power. And it works quite well. The upcoming 2025 WRX Ts, will also include the Brembo brake system.

While all WRX trims come with a sport-tuned suspension, the TR gets stiffer springs and dampers. You won’t find the GT’s electronically controlled dampers on the TR option list, but with the letters TR historically meaning “tuner-ready”, upgrading the struts could make it to an owner’s wish list.
To complete the performance profile, the TR comes equipped with 245/35 R19 Bridgestone Potenza S007 performance tires.

9-06-24 Featured Vehicle

By Rich Taber

If there’s one word to capture the sublime combination of performance and luxury in the Genesis G70 3.3T Sport Prestige, it is ‘authentic’. We here at RPM News Weekly had the opportunity to drive this vehicle for a week this summer, during which time we traveled from SouthCoast Massachusetts to Philadelphia and back, and concluded that it far exceeded the usual compliments for comfort, stability and driving satisfaction.

If one can travel for six hours straight in a sedan (with a couple of short rest stop breaks) and not feel achey all over from thighs to rump to neck, then that’s a car that deserves to be called a great touring vehicle. Not to mention if that car continues to instill confidence at highway speeds through the pounding rain that we experienced from New Haven to Providence on the way back. The G70 didn’t even flinch… not once.

Okay, so it’s got a 365 horsepower 3.3-liter twin turbo engine. Great! But those are just numbers. The vehicle must be designed all around to utilize that in conjunction with suspension, braking and noise mitigation to really earn luxury status. That’s called elegance. That’s the G70 Sport Prestige. It’s not just fancy knobs, ambient lighting and leather seating.

We suggest you give the all-wheel drive 2024 Genesis G70 3.3T Sport Prestige a test drive. The difference between it and so many others will be apparent.

Watch our slide show below to see many of its features.