Subaru WRX - Overpriced tin can?

[franksta]

<< I think yes. Why this car costs what it does is absurd. AWD is nothing new and the car doesn't even handle much better than other cars in its price range. I guess the Subaru marketing machine did its job. It feels like a 15,000 dollar car that's marked up with about eight thousand dollars worth of hype. Yes, I drove one and it was a forgettable experience. >>



so you don't like it? just means one more for people that give a fat flying cuff (which doesn't include me). they look reasonable. and they have performance aspirations but they weren't meant for everybody.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

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<< well, sorry, i dont know much about cars n racing etc. but my mum bought a new accord sedan recently...hehehe what do uthink of that? >>



You should go to the mall on Friday's and show it off to all the ricers there. They'll be all like "damn yo thats tight!" Damn, put some neon on it and you'll be smokin Jaguar XKR's, fo sho! Is it just me or does every Japanese car, except for the NSX and the Supra, seem like nothing more than some average tin can for average people? I haven't seen an argument against that reasoning yet. Just because you can't afford a decent European or high end American car doesn't mean you can get all pissy on people that can. "That there Corvette can't handle the twisties! My Prelude can beat it, its got fo' wheel steerin and boost, yo!" I don't see why anyone is comparing a Corvette to a WRX anyways, the 'vette can do 0-60 in 5 seconds and pulls 1.0g on the skidpad. Find another Japanese average-mobile, designed for people with a crappy station in life to compare the Subaru to, like a Lancer or a Sentra or something.
And yeah, I went along for a test drive in an WRX too. Its like riding in a Camry with a Momo wheel. Not that you can blame Subaru, thats their target audience. >>



This is not really meaningful or helpful commentary IMO. The WRX is a $24,000 sedan, and it is unfair and silly to compare it to a Corvette that costs $20,000 more. The Japanese no longer sell any high-end, performance-oriented sports or GT cars in the U.S., other than the NSX and the upcoming Z (I do not consider the Preludes, RSXs, Miatas, etc. of the world high-end), but their economy cars and sedans are more than competitive from a price/performance standpoint with their European and American brethren. In all fairness, the only "high-end American cars" within your frame of reference are the Corvette and Viper, and all the American luxury cars and sports sedans have their asses handed to them by their Japanese counterparts.

 

[Jzero]

Hey when you guys get done deciding if apples have more meritorious traits relative to oranges, PM me and we can start a fight about which which spread is overpriced crap: Nutella or WD-40.

In the meantime, I'm going to go drive around in my brand new Civic that I bought the other day. It's got a factory spoiler. Homey.