The Subaru WRX is an all-wheel drive sport compact car manufactured by Subaru, originally based on the Impreza created for the World Rally Championship in 1992. Subaru claimed the name WRX stands for “World Rally eXperimental”. Since 2014, the WRX lineup has been split from the Impreza, with a different body style that is not offered as an optional hatchback/wagon.
Models from the inception of the WRX to the 2015 model year were based on standard Impreza platforms; the GV and GR platform models sold from 2008 until 2014 were wide-body versions of the third generation Impreza GE and GH platforms, respectively. Limited edition coupés were sold in the late 1990s and early 2000s which were never sold in the US and are highly sought after by Subaru enthusiasts. The WRX was brought over to the United States domestic market for model year 2002, with the STI being brought over for model year 2004. Even before the WRX and Impreza were split, in most markets the WRX used a different body style from standard Imprezas since the Impreza was redesigned for model year 2012.