View Interior Photos of the 2024 Subaru WRX TR
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The EyeSight driver-assist system is now standard on all WRX models, including manual-transmission ones like this.
The TR is the only manual-transmission 2024 WRX to get these Recaro seats.
Fun fact: Reverse is to the right and down in the WRX but left and up in the BRZ because Subaru designed the WRX's transmission but not the BRZ's, which is based on an Aisin design. Now you have something interesting to say at cocktail parties.
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