i sent an email to subaru asking why they wont release the STI forester after the STI impreza's success and they actually emailed me back...

Dear Mr. aeipee13:

Thank you for visiting the Subaru Web site and for your interest in Subaru
products! We appreciate you taking the time to contact us.

As I'm sure you are aware, Subaru products that are manufactured for countries
outside of the U.S. do not have the same specifications as U.S. Subaru vehicles.
For example, Subaru of Japan's Impreza model would be completely different than
Subaru of America's Impreza. There are a number of models that are available in
other countries that are not being produced for the United States market, and at
this time, the Forester STi is one of them.

We recognize that the most valued opinion of any business is that of its
customers. Your comments are valuable to us in that they provide us with a clear
picture of our products as seen by our Subaru customers. We have taken the
liberty of forwarding your message to our Product Planning Department for future
consideration.

Thanks for your continued interest in this vehicle, and I'm sure that you'll be
one of the first to hear about it IF Subaru decides to produce this model for
the U.S. market. We really appreciate your enthusiasm for Subaru!!

Best Wishes,

John J. Mergen
Subaru of America, Inc.

So for those of you that like the STI forester, bomb Subaru with requests and maybe we'll see the Forester State side in a few years. heres a link to the Forester STI site if you dont already know how bad-*** it is.

http://www.subaru.co.jp/forester/stiversion/index.html