305hp? That's it? Almost $40K? I think the STI is going to suffer the same fate as the 300ZXT.

 

It's more powerful than the last STi and probably faster as well... I thought the price increase was only by a little bit, since the last model year was roughly 31k MSRP (zero options) and this one is 33k (zero options). Am I correct?

I agree however, Subaru shouldn't be increasing the cost of this thing as it is just going to hurt sales and people who are 50/50 on Subaru Vs whoever are not 40/60 for the other car. Know what I mean? The STi should be selling for what the EVO sold at, which was like 30k msrp and could be had for around $29k if you got a really good deal on one... The last gen STi could be had for 31k OTD at the very best deal (remember, that includes tax and lic)... So how much will this one be OTD? 33k? (remember, I'm talking MINIMUM prices with really good deals)

 

I'm thinkin they gotta do an RS model like they did with the evo, low options, gutted from the factory, etc.

 

Did anyone time how fast it went around laguna?

 

I'm pretty sure it'll be in next month's subiesport as well as some other publications since this was a media day where the magazines came and took their pics of the car