{"id":35853,"date":"2019-12-27T03:13:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T03:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35853"},"modified":"2019-12-27T03:13:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T03:13:03","slug":"subaru-levorg-prototype-sti-sport-teased-ahead-of-tokyo-auto-salon-debut-1-8l-turbo-boxer-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35853","title":{"rendered":"Subaru Levorg Prototype STI Sport teased ahead of Tokyo Auto Salon debut &ndash; 1.8L turbo boxer engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/12\/26\/subaru-levorg-prototype-sti-sport-teased-ahead-of-tokyo-auto-salon-debut\/subaru-levorg-sti-sport-teaser-2020-tas\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1062959\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/12\/Subaru-Levorg-STI-Sport-teaser-2020-TAS-630x354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1062959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/12\/Subaru-Levorg-STI-Sport-teaser-2020-TAS-630x354.jpg 630w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/12\/Subaru-Levorg-STI-Sport-teaser-2020-TAS-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/12\/Subaru-Levorg-STI-Sport-teaser-2020-TAS-850x478.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At this year&rsquo;s Tokyo Motor Show, Subaru wheeled out the new <a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/10\/23\/tokyo-2019-subaru-levorg-prototype-revealed\/\">Levorg Prototype<\/a> that will be used to preview the second largest generation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2016\/11\/21\/driven-subaru-levorg-1-6gt-s-firm-and-measured\/\">station wagon model<\/a>. The Japanese carmaker is following up on this with the Levorg Prototype STI Sport, which is being pestered ahead of an official debut at the upcoming Tokyo Auto Salon in January 2020. <\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/05\/08\/subaru-levorg-updated-in-japan-sti-sport-black-selection-advantage-line-special-edition-models\/\">previous Subaru automobiles<\/a> with the &ldquo;STI Sport&rdquo; designation, the wagon will likely come fitted with a number of accessories to give it a more aggressive look, including a bodykit and a brand-new establish of wheels. We was necessary to expect a few performance add-ons like an STI exhaust system as well as sportier suspension and brakes.<\/p>\n<p>The carmaker isn&rsquo;t keen to reveal technological details just yet, merely stating the Levorg will feature a brand-new 1.8 litre turbocharged and direct-injected four-cylinder boxer engine. This is copulated to a Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive system and likely a Lineartronic CVT as well. <\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJsRfFtJgBk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The wagon likewise gets the company&rsquo;s next-generation EyeSight system, which aspects a refreshed stereo camera setup with a wider viewing angle. The system is also supported by four radar sensors on the front and rear bumpers, which allows it to have a 360 -degree sense around the vehicle, while the pre-collision braking function has also been expanded to cover crossing and turning at an intersection with low visibility.<\/p>\n<p>Like recent Subaru models( <a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/06\/21\/first-look-2019-subaru-xv-gt-edition-rm130788\/\">XV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2017\/11\/30\/2019-subaru-ascent-seven-seat-suv-makes-its-debut\/\">Ascent<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/10\/04\/2020-subaru-impreza-facelift-debuts-big-safety-bump\/\">Impreza<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/09\/25\/driven-2019-subaru-forester-penang-to-bangkok-review\/\">Forester<\/a> ), the brand-new Levorg rides on the <a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2016\/03\/07\/subaru-debuts\/\">Subaru Global Platform<\/a> and was first previewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2018\/03\/07\/subaru-viziv-tourer-concept-revealed-next-levorg\/\">Viziv Tourer Concept<\/a> during last year&rsquo;s Geneva Motor Show. While it may still be labelled a &ldquo;Prototype, &rdquo; the Levorg is very much close to being production ready, with a market launch set to take place in Japan in the second half of   2020. <\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FMjPvFXWww4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>GALLERY: Subaru Levorg Prototype at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show<\/p>\n<p> <a href='https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/10\/23\/tokyo-2019-subaru-levorg-prototype-revealed\/subaru-levorg-prototype-3-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-3-1-108x108.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-3-1-108x108.jpg 108w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-3-1-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-3-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-3-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-3-1-216x216.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a> <a href='https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/10\/23\/tokyo-2019-subaru-levorg-prototype-revealed\/subaru-levorg-prototype-4-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-4-1-108x108.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-4-1-108x108.jpg 108w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-4-1-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-4-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-4-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-4-1-216x216.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a> <a href='https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/10\/23\/tokyo-2019-subaru-levorg-prototype-revealed\/subaru-levorg-prototype-6-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-6-1-108x108.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-6-1-108x108.jpg 108w, https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-6-1-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-6-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-6-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-6-1-216x216.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a> <a href='https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/10\/23\/tokyo-2019-subaru-levorg-prototype-revealed\/subaru-levorg-prototype-7-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-7-1-108x108.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-7-1-108x108.jpg 108w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-7-1-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-7-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-7-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-7-1-216x216.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a> <a href='https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/10\/23\/tokyo-2019-subaru-levorg-prototype-revealed\/subaru-levorg-prototype-8-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-8-1-108x108.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-8-1-108x108.jpg 108w, https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-8-1-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-8-1-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/s1.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-8-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/s3.paultan.org\/image\/2019\/10\/Subaru-Levorg-Prototype-8-1-216x216.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/12\/26\/subaru-levorg-prototype-sti-sport-teased-ahead-of-tokyo-auto-salon-debut\/\">Subaru Levorg Prototype STI Sport razzed ahead of Tokyo Auto Salon debut- 1.8 L turbo boxer engine<\/a> seemed first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\">Paul Tan&#8217;s Automotive News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/paultan.org\/2019\/12\/26\/subaru-levorg-prototype-sti-sport-teased-ahead-of-tokyo-auto-salon-debut\/\">paultan.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this year&rsquo;s Tokyo Motor Show, Subaru wheeled out the new Levorg Prototype that will be used to preview the second largest generation of the station wagon model. The Japanese carmaker is following up on this with the Levorg Prototype STI Sport, which is being pestered ahead of an official debut at the upcoming Tokyo &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1529,20501],"class_list":["post-35853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized","tag-cars","tag-subaru"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Subaru-Levorg-STI-Sport-teaser-2020-TAS-1200x6751577416387.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}