Subaru will show a new performance saloon concept at the Tokyo motor show, named Viziv Performance.
Using Subaru’s Viziv name - a shortening of ‘vision for innovation’ - the Viziv Performance concept demonstrates Subaru’s EyeSight driver assistance system and previews a potential production model down the line.
Subaru Viziv Performance concept details next-generation WRX
Preview images give away little at this time, but large extended wheel arches housing vents behind the front and rear wheels hint at a need for considerable brake cooling, suggesting that the Viziv Performance concept previews a serious performance saloon. At the front, the car adopts the same angular styling of the new Impreza and previous Viziv concepts.
Subaru BRZ STI Sport launched for Japan as most driver-focused variant
It’s not the only debut on Subaru’s stand; the brand is also showing a limited-run version of the WRX STI, named S208. The car has engine revisions and exclusive bodywork, as well as a carbonfibre roof. Four hundred and fifty are being sold, with buyers drawn from a hat.
The Subaru BRZ STI Sport will also make an appearance on the Subaru stand; the 100-unit BRZ having received upgrades to the interior and exterior. Mechanically, it’s the same as the standard car, though.
A further two concepts will be unveiled; the Subaru XV Fun Adventure concept and Impreza Future Sport concept.
Both finished in metallic yellow paintwork, the XV Fun Adventure concept is a hardcore off-roading version of the standard XV, with rugged black cladding, knobbly tyres and a black roof rack, while the Impreza Future Sport concept adds sporting bodywork, a twin central exhaust and lowered suspension on the exterior, with contrasting interior trim.
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