thread hijacking here... but i got a ride in a EVO a couple of weekends back... and holy sh!t. It is absolutely amazing what they can do to an econobox like that with a bunch of racing parts and a turbo. You can feel how it just begs to be pushed and feels completely comfortable at the limit. It's a street legal racecar that thing. If i had to choose between an STi and an EVO purely based on performance i'd have a hell of a time deciding. The seats in the EVO are straight up racing Recaros and are way better than the WRX/STi's. Looks, on the other hand, would be an easy choice.