Hi, Guest
12-19-2008, 01:58 PM
Price and buyer mentality. The tech has changed for both the EVO and the STI of late... dramatically in some cases (DSGs, advanced stability and torque management, etc).
A FWD car with 300HP is just not going to keep up with the STI, nevermind the EVO unless there's some serious shenanigans going on under the sheetmetal.
The old EVOs were "AWD and add some more HP, fatten the powerband" a bit more each generation. The EVO X is something else, entirely, compared to its predecessor. Ironically, they seem to have softened up the STI some... so perhaps a UK-spec Focus RS might best it once again.
As far as the 06-07 STi goes... not a chance in hell. Sad eh? The last-gen STI is faster and tighter than the new model.
Oh wait, does that sound ANYTHING like a certain domestic sport compact (that is no longer really a SPORT compact)??? :ph34r:
Sorry about the whipping, fellas. I love the Focus... just not the new NA-spec stuff. Altho, I saw (what I presume was) an '09 Focus coupe with the SVT EAP rims... or whatever they're calling them nowadays. I could ALMOST love the car... ALMOST. It just needs more balls and one more cog on the transmission!
A FWD car with 300HP is just not going to keep up with the STI, nevermind the EVO unless there's some serious shenanigans going on under the sheetmetal.
The old EVOs were "AWD and add some more HP, fatten the powerband" a bit more each generation. The EVO X is something else, entirely, compared to its predecessor. Ironically, they seem to have softened up the STI some... so perhaps a UK-spec Focus RS might best it once again.
As far as the 06-07 STi goes... not a chance in hell. Sad eh? The last-gen STI is faster and tighter than the new model.
Oh wait, does that sound ANYTHING like a certain domestic sport compact (that is no longer really a SPORT compact)??? :ph34r:
Sorry about the whipping, fellas. I love the Focus... just not the new NA-spec stuff. Altho, I saw (what I presume was) an '09 Focus coupe with the SVT EAP rims... or whatever they're calling them nowadays. I could ALMOST love the car... ALMOST. It just needs more balls and one more cog on the transmission!
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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.