erod550 wrote:Well so far the STi has been evolving in the wrong direction imo. It's gotten much softer and less mean with this new generation. So I hope they don't completely ruin it when they have no direct competitor.
Agreed. I don't mind the hatchback STi but the last more "raw" STi was the 04-05's I believe (I am by no means a Subaru expert however).
It's the same cycle every auto maker takes with their cars...they make a clean sheet sports car that is raw, a pure drivers car, no frills and just about speed and handling. A real sports car. It goes to market, does well, but then the general public clambers for this and that and pretty soon the car is an underpowered (generally), inflated, overweight pig that is stupidly overpriced.
The one except could be the Mazda Miata, a pure sports car that has really only developed due to age and technology and not frills.