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It could be worse...
I'm actually relieved to see it turn out so well. It's new ground, but that's not bad in itself.
I'm more worried about what I've read about the new WRX. American magazines say it's gone soft, which means the Old World press has probably torn it a new exhaust port. I wouldn't know. My local newsstand has discontinued EVO, the bastards. I've got to get a subscription now...
They've kept the engine as-is in the WRX. I assume they've done the same with the STi. It's a damn fine engine, I can tell you from experience; among the best-sounding four-bangers out there and with a torque curve that looks like a Himalayan billiards table.
As it is with the new STi, I'm still pining for the fjords, but the parrot's a long way from dead. I'm interested to see how it fares in the WRC. The Subaru/Solberg legacy's prestige sold me on my Scooby, when I knew the EVO VIII was probably a better driver's car — that and the noise the STi engine makes.
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