^ this is very true...i hated the last sti models (the hatches) when they first came out but a guy in my neighborhood got one and the more and more that i saw it in his driveway and on the road ive grown to like them...subaru has done a tremendous job at suckering people in like that haha +1 for them i guess

 

I'm with you...Subaru's claim-to-fame was being excellent 4wd/awd rally cars - I think the hatches are more true to the pedigree (for lack of a better word).

 

hatch for life

 

this is all that i have to say

 

 

^yea seriously... i'm an evo fan and i will even say that the new gen of evos are fugly. its like the designers were like, "hmmm lets see how much plastic we can stuff in the grill...."

 

kanarrjl, evos tend to suck a lot more than STIs. Also, there's the whole Mitsubishi thing they have going where reliability goes out the window as soon as aftermarket parts hit the car (I had a lot of friends with Evos in college).

As far as the STI, I like it except the quarter panels; I'm not a fan of the curves... then again, I'm an '04/'05 fan. Boxy cars with hard lines rock

 

sorry guys Id take a new evo over a new sti any day hands down. but I also would take either of the older styles (evo or sti) over the new styles. like reaper said boxy cars with hard lines

 

As a general rule - IMO - if the base model of a given car looks good, then the top model looks even better...the Lancer looks like my grandma's car - the EVO not much better. I appreciate the performance but as a hot looking design - like the Si's are - it ain't much. You can mount a rocket on a turd - it doesn't make me want to own one! But hey, diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.

 

i would so own a rocket propelled turd...