The fact that you found the shifter ‘fairly intuitive’ is enough to tell me that the design is bad. The first time I drove a BMW 328i with the electronic shifter, I had to figure out that I had to press the ‘P’ button to put the car into park. Even then I was skeptical that it was actually parked. I had absolutely no…

[car is in the drainage ditch]

I sort of don’t care too much at this point. I just want to see the STi get the FA engine and a hatchback on the Subaru Global Platform. I’ll let the looks of the car grow on me over time.

The SGP has been stated to improve torsional rigidity of the old platform by 70% - 100%, which should improve handling. The rear stabilizer is mounted directly to the body, which is stated to reduce body roll by 50%. Subaru will gained increased safety and performance while saving money and boosting engineering and…

And could I please get ungreyed... :/

This should be COTD...

The Subaru Global Platform will soon be under every Impreza, I imagine that they engineered the current STi and the WRX on the old platform just as a hold over. The ‘real’ STi and WRX should be on the SGP, and that’s when I think we’ll see a hatchback return.

YES. My speed 3 has been great so far, I’ve been waiting on Subaru to get their act together but boxer engines have their own set of problems, the EJ257 is still kicking around in the STi and the hatchback went bye-bye. The Focus RS is ridiculously priced in Canada, and I’m skeptical about the reliability of the Golf…

The amount of emissions that was emitted in the driver’s seat at the moment between tree and cow was far above the acceptable limit.

>> But they must not be very bright.

Mazda, pls, Mazdaspeed the things. You already have a 2.5L turbo, and an AWD system. Go and do it!