Hi, Guest
12-18-2008, 04:08 AM
ZTWsquared,Dec 17 2008, 11:30 AM Wrote:I'm not saying anyone's wrong or right here ... I'm saying that if a WRX or EVO can sell here for 40k+ - there might just be a market for a Euro spec Focus ST in the same price range.
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If it's AWD, sure. If it's FWD, it'll displace / compete with / steals sales back and forth with and ultimately kill the MS3. I don't know how their cross-licensing works. I don't know if Mazda would stand by as rabid Ford UK fanboys slaughter the MS3 pocket rocket brigade with what I would assume to be 3-4x the sales the MS3 currently enjoys... easily.
And if it's FWD, my comment stands. The WRX265 is THE best sport compact performance deal going right now, especially among upper echelon players like the VW GTI / R32, the EVO X, the MS3 and the Cobalt SS. The Cobalt SS is the runaway FWD performance leader, followed closely by the MS3. For AWD, the WRX265 is the king of the hill. The STI at 14Gs (and more) for 35 more HP and "moar optionz", even as performance-oriented as most of them are, doesn't stack up.
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33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.