I saw some pretty bad pictures of broken plastic 06 engine mounts so I checked mine. guess what I found, they are the metal group-n mounts! sweet!:ddirty:
are you sure you werent just looking at the mounting point? the Group-n mounts are harded polyurethane. I've never heard of metal engine mounts, I bet those would be exremely rough.
they look exactly like these http://www.rallysportdirect.com/shop/sti-wrx-engine-mounts-p-246.html so I figure they are either the 05 mounts or the group-n mounts.
I know im only coming off as negative but im pretty sure the new plastic mounts look no different from earlier years, just a different material.