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I currently drive a 2014 STI hatchback. It makes a lot of sense for me, living in Upstate NY. Watching my 2016 GT w/PP sit all Winter long, sucked. And was a big reason I sold it to buy a Subaru. But I do miss my Mustang. In LV, there's absolutely no reason to go STI over S550.
You can't add the magna-ride, even with the PP selection, without adding 301A for $3700. Can't add the active exhaust without adding 301A for $2900.
So much for a Base GT w/PP, active exhaust and magna-ride.
No bump in power for the 2018 STI/WRX. Confirmed. They will get 6 pot Brembo's, Recaro's, and an electronically controlled diff.
I agree the Subaru crowd is a pretty laid back crowd overall, but there are the younger generation and the hardparkers that give them a bad rep(vape anyone?)
They're seeing record sales, I'm sure they don't care too much.
I agree the STI could use a 2.5 FA, forged internals and about 400hp to be competitive with the domestics again.
They could offer XT(turbo) models of cars like the Crosstrek and BRZ and they'd sell like hotcakes.
I've owned 3 STI's, and have test driven WRX's, including the newest one. The WRX is not even close to the STI in terms of confidence and ability stock vs stock.
The STI on a back road will hang with the S550, it's not a straight line terror sort of car. The AWD will give you amazing...
Did you receive any discounts, or payment for your review? Just wanted to know, not accusing you.
There seems to be a lot of interest in their products for the S550. Look forward to a video.