After years of forcing domestic buyers into CVT compliance, Subaru teases a regular-production TY85 six-speed for the 2027 JDM WRX.
For years, Japanese rally-saloon devotees have suffered a bizarre indignity: watching North American enthusiasts row their own gears in standard-issue WRXs while the home market…
Subaru has officially teased a heavy-duty TY85 manual transmission option for the Japanese domestic market (JDM) 2027 WRX, slated for a full introduction next month.
To the initiated, the TY85 designation carries near-mythic weight. Rather than borrowing lighter-duty passenger car gearsets, the TY85 architecture is the battle-hardened…
After years of forcing domestic buyers into CVT compliance, Subaru teases a regular-production TY85 six-speed for the 2027 JDM WRX.