We desperately want a proper WRX Wilderness, but while we wait for Subaru to build one, we found out how the rally sedan handles 100 miles off-road.
Subaru's AWD sport compact has had rally roots from the start—let's not forget the moniker means World Rally eXperimental. What better time than now to create a lifted, nubby-tired, off-road version of the WRX to enable bombing around forest roads without fear of damage and to serve as a performance halo car for
Our first destination, Mogollon Rim Road, spans the Apache-Sitgreaves and Coconino National Forests east of Phoenix—a healthy 600-ish miles from MotorTrend HQ in El Segundo, California. Including a hop and skip down to Tucson and at least five hours of forest road driving, our total trip odometer clocked over 1,700 miles.
What we did see were plenty of thumbs pointed skyward and encouraging smiles from fellow drivers; only a handful of folks laughed at us as the inexperienced, sure-to-get-stuck city folk who took their low-slung, summer-tired sedan on the dirt and gravel. We loved proving them wrong.is the breadth of trails you can tackle.
The relative lack of space also came up when we encountered unexpected weather. Arizona is a notoriously dry state, but it also subjects its inhabitants to a summer monsoon season. Our aging tent had let in tons of water on one side after a few hours of heavy rain. Had we arrived in a more traditional overlanding rig like a capped pickup or a full-size SUV, we would have been able to sleep in the car no problem.
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