Subaru Levorg Prototype STI Sport, the Japanese brand's estate, arrives at the Tokyo Auto Show

Japan is hosting the Tokyo Auto Salon 2020, an event that is Japan’s equivalent of the SEMA, where customised versions of models from Asian brands already on the market or arriving soon can be seen. One of those models set to go on sale soon will be the Subaru Levorg Prototype STI Sport.

This car has received a recent restyling, but now comes the generational change, with deeper changes, and Subaru wanted to show this model ahead of the car’s launch. At the Tokyo Show, held at the end of last year, 2019, the Levorg Prototype was presented, with estate bodywork. In this case, we get a preview of the sportier variant.

The model has been handled by STI (Subaru Technica International), the brand’s high-performance division, which has added elements not previously seen on Subaru models. These include a driving mode selector, allowing the driver to choose between several settings for steering, damping and the all-wheel-drive system to achieve greater and better performance from the car.

The car has been presented without providing details, so there are many unknowns regarding everything this variant of the new generation of the Subaru Levorg will offer. The windows are conveniently tinted, so there is no way to see the interior and we are left wondering what we will find inside.

What is known, however, is that it will be built on the new global platform of Subaru, which already equips models such as the Subaru Impreza launched two years ago. As for the powertrain, nothing is clear either. The new 1.8-litre engine already presented in the previous prototype is expected to power this new version, although confirmation will still take some time to arrive.

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