I'd be happy even if they just put the wide fenders (minus the ridiculous bumper "vents"), center exhaust, manual transmission, and Recaro seats into the regular 4-door Golf R. I'm not even asking for the HP bump or 2-door body. The Golf R just looks too plain and needs to further differentiate itself from a regular…

I believe the MkIV started as MY93 in the US.

Don't forget that the S2000 in all its guises were on the market for a lot longer than the MkIV Supra was in the US in addition to a higher asking price for the Supra when new, contributing to higher numbers.

I have that print on a t-shirt and had people say it was Iron Giant. I also had a little kid (around 3 y.o. or so) say it was Spider-Man.

What gets me more is that people in the US still refer to modern wagons as station wagons. Correct or not, that term evokes the massive American landbarge wagons of the past and isn't very fitting to current offerings. Maybe if people stopped calling them station wagons, it would help a bit in turning around the…

I like that this doesn't seem as slab-sided as the Golf R, at least not to my eyes in these pics. I'm anxiously awaiting the Golf R in the US and would choose this instead if this was actually released over here.

I should be selling my stock STI early next year. Hope that translates to $$$$$.

I'm partial to the looks of the previous STI hatch (I own one) but unless they make the new one an STI with an FA motor, I'm not interested. And by the time that could happen, it'll probably be too late for me to consider it.

Wow, this looks like a CG cartoon from the late '90s/very early '00s.

Yay! The return of Doug's theme song at 5:25!

THANK YOU. For the longest time, people were always creaming over the sound of VQs. They sound utterly synthetic and hollow to me, completely unpleasant. It wasn't until the past couple of years that I actually see people saying they DON'T like the VQ sound.

The royalty-free song that you used in the majority of the video should be your theme song.

LED humans. Surprised Audi didn't think of this first.

Honestly, if the new STI came with an FA (as well as in hatch/wagon form), I'd have it on my list. As it stands, I'm looking to sell my '08 STI hatch in a year for a new Golf R (pending test drives and US reviews). If I'm paying ~$40k for a car, I want something more than new sheetmetal around a 10+ year old engine…

And the thing is that most people can't see much more than these more "superficial" things. This was especially true in the last generation when the WRX got the widebody and 265 hp bump. Once that happened, I'd see them all over the place. You'd hear all day people saying they'd rather get a cheaper WRX, spend a…

On my STI, 70 is right around 3000. Also, I don't know about the other AWD cars people are mentioning but Subaru's system being on full time as opposed to some manufacturer's reactionary systems does not help MPG.

That's funny because the VW bro mentality has kept me away from VWs along with many other things. But I'm willing to overlook all that and sell my '08 STI hatch in a year to possibly get the new Golf R. If the new STI was available in wagon/hatch form WITH the FA motor, it would probably still be on my list but in…

I'm planning on selling my '08 STI hatch in about a year from now to get myself into the new Golf R or (maybe) the ugly new JCW Mini (if it's out by then). If Subaru makes another STI hatch/wagon in a couple of years with the new 2L and I miss the STI's AWD too much, I might have to sell whichever car I end up with…