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"&amp;quot;No plans, nothing in development.&amp;quot; That&amp;#039;s the official party line from Michael McHale, director of corporate communications at Subaru of America. It&amp;#039;s not the news we were hoping for. Earlier this week, Australian automotive site Motoring reported an interview with WRX program head Masuo Takatsu that indicated the WRX hatchback wasn&amp;#039;t entirely off the table. &amp;quot;We have received strong interest from the US, where the hatchback was 50 percent [of last gen WRX sales], so we&amp;#039;re now considering,&amp;quot; he said. The US is the largest WRX market for Subaru, and according to Subaru PR, there&amp;#039;s been a noted uptick in hatchback buys as practical-minded enthusiasts hurry to buy the last of the five-door breed. READ THIS: De-winging the 2015 Subaru WRX STI Takatsu-san&amp;#039;s comments indicate that the hatchback version of the WRX may be back, but it might not be all that soon. While the Levorg concept has the basic shape down, it&amp;#039;s available only with a CVT and is longer than a WRX hatchback would be. Subaru put considerable effort into refining the steering and handling of the new WRX\u2014and it shows\u2014so it&amp;#039;s not just a matter of bolting the go-fast bits into the hatchback. The engines and transmissions are there, but the suspension would need to be re-tuned. Still, it would appear that Subaru&amp;#039;s been getting an earful from fans about their decision to offer the new car only in a sedan, and has maybe started listening. While the official line is still &amp;quot;No,&amp;quot; an optimist could possibly interpret that as &amp;quot;Not yet.&amp;quot;  via Motoring "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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