Subaru’s official 2026 WRX pricing table lists the WRX Series.Yellow at $45,995, plus $1,195 destination and delivery in most states. That’s $1,000 over the WRX tS it’s built on. There’s one transmission on that line of the table: the six-speed manual. Subaru is building just 350 of them, all in Sunrise Yellow.
The clutch: no automatic on the menu
When Subaru announced the car at Boxerfest in September 2025, the launch release put it in the second bullet: the WRX Series.Yellow and its BRZ sibling are “offered exclusively with a 6-speed manual transmission.” The 2026 WRX pricing release backs that up trim by trim. The six-speed manual is standard on every 2026 WRX except the GT, and the Subaru Performance Transmission, Subaru’s automatic, is offered only on the Limited and GT. Both the tS and the Series.Yellow appear in the table as 6MT only. Subaru says the manual gets optimized gear ratios, refined shift quality, and incline start assist. For 2026 it also gets EyeSight on manual cars, including adaptive cruise with lane centering. So the most expensive manual WRX you can buy is also the rarest, and you’ll be working the clutch yourself.
The official numbers
From Subaru of America’s 2026 WRX pricing release and its Series.Yellow announcement:
- 2026 WRX Series.Yellow 6MT: $45,995 MSRP
- 2026 WRX tS 6MT: $44,995 MSRP
- Destination and delivery: $1,195 (may vary in CT, HI, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, and VT; $1,345 in Alaska)
- Production: limited to 350 units
- Engine: 2.4-liter turbocharged Subaru Boxer, 271 hp
- Transmission: six-speed manual only, with Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive
- Chassis: STI-tuned electronically controlled adjustable dampers with Comfort, Normal, and Sport settings
- Brakes: Brembo, six-piston front and two-piston rear calipers
- Wheels and tires: 19-inch matte black alloys on Bridgestone Potenza S007 tires
What the extra $1,000 buys
Mechanically, the Series.Yellow is a WRX tS. Subaru says it shares the tS suspension and performance hardware, so you get the STI-tuned dampers, the Brembo brakes, and Drive Mode Select. The $1,000 goes to looks. Sunrise Yellow paint, a color Subaru used on the first XV Crosstrek and on the Japan-only BRZ STI Sport and WRX STI S207, comes with matte black 19-inch wheels and black badging. Inside, the Recaro front seats get black Ultrasuede with yellow stitching, and the yellow thread carries over to the floor mats and door panels. Subaru’s WRX features page also mentions yellow accents and a red STI start button.
The other compact clutch cars
We covered the rest of this lineup in The 2026 Subaru WRX Starts at $32,495 With a Six-Speed Manual, and the yellow BRZ’s sibling lineup in The 2026 Subaru BRZ Starts at $35,860 With a Six-Speed Manual. Subaru’s other limited WRX is in Subaru Will Build 350 WRX GD25s and 300 BRZ ZC15s, All With a Clutch. If you’re cross-shopping, the stick-shift rivals are the 2026 Toyota GR Corolla at $40,520 and the 2026 Hyundai Elantra N at $35,300.
$45,995, 271 horsepower, all-wheel drive, 350 cars, one color, and three pedals. That’s the 2026 WRX Series.Yellow as Subaru published it.
Images courtesy of Subaru of America, from the official 2026 WRX features page on subaru.com. Pricing, destination, trim-by-trim transmissions, and equipment from Subaru’s 2026 WRX pricing release on the Subaru U.S. Media Center. Production count and the manual-only spec from Subaru’s September 2025 Series.Yellow announcement.
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