so yea...ive been doing tons of research on the STi....i was going to get one a couple weeks ago but i got laid off...so i have to put the plans on hold for now...but enough about my pathetic life

i heard some rumors about the STi....like with every car....but one that i really cant quite get the truth on

the one that the STi will only be available for a year and something about only 3,xxx were made

so is this true or not???

TIA

 

I don't know about only beinb available for only one year. Subaru is suppose to be sending 3500 STi's to the U.S. this year.
About next year I don't know. It's definately a limited production vehicle, but how limited I'm not sure.

 

yea ive heard that too

 

The 3k number is the units made for testing the waters, once they get a good idea of the demand, they'll adjust the numbers accordingly.

The car is meant to compete with the evo, as long as the evo is live and kicking and the STi is turning a profit, they'll continue selling the car, otherwise it would have made more sense to put numbered plaques in the STi and charge an extra 5k for exclusivity.

 

are you sure

haha thanks i just wanted to clear that up

 

It has been discussed awhile ago, there's no rush to get an STi

 

yea i searched for it....i just gave up because i couldnt find the right words to put in the search

why do you say theres no rush to get an STi?

 

Because its most likely not going away anytime soon. Theres been a few people that bought the car in their excitement and then found out the financial burden was too great, and they had to sell theirs. Plus, there's no rush to get one because its the 1st year and there have been some issues, giving it a model year to resolve some of the more critical ones would not be a bad move.

 

oh ok
i wouldnt want a used STi anyway...

and thats true about the 1st model year

 

I doubt that they'll euthanize the STi from the model line-up as long as it continues to sell well. If you remember the mid-90s when all the class-A Japanese sportscars were being discontinued, it was not due to the cars being too good, it was due to lack of sales because of grossly high price inflation. The STi and Evo are actually excellent values (when you compare them to the mid $50K JZA80 Supra SZ-R and Z32 Fairlady 300ZX Twinturbo), and as long as they both remain popular they should enjoy fairly good longevity (particularly in this new Rennaisance of Japanese sportscars). I mean come on, who wants to go back to the days when a 200hp Prelude was considered a road-demon dream car, right?

 

Type SH was one of my dream cars *tear*

 

I have a 2000 Honda Prelude Type SH

and its for sale too

 

hehe, i'm quite happy with my sti