this might be a repost but i was researching some things and this is the chart that Edmunds.com posted for what they thought. Final Rankings The first percentage is the Evo the second is the STI 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Personal Rating (10% of score) 83.3% 66.7% Recommended Rating (10% of score) 100.0% 50.0% Evaluation Score (20% of score) 84.5% 83.2% Feature Content (10% of score) 53.3% 60.0% Performance (30% of score) 99.6% 87.7% Price (20% of score) 93.8% 100.0% Total Score 89.2% 80.6% Final Ranking 1 2 Scoring Explanation Personal Rating (10%): Purely subjective. After the test, each participating editor was asked to rank the vehicles in order of preference based on which he or she would buy if money were no object. Recommended Rating (10%): After the test, each participating editor was asked to rank the cars in order of preference based on which he or she thought would be best for the average consumer shopping in this segment. Editors' 24-Point Evaluation (20%): Each participating editor scored every sedan based on a comprehensive 24-point evaluation. The evaluation covered everything from engine performance to cupholders. A score from 1 to 10 was possible in each category, and the scores listed are averages based on all test participants' evaluations. Feature Content (10%): For this category, the editors picked the top five features they thought would be most desirable to the consumer shopping for a street-legal rally car. For each car, the score was based on the amount of actual features it had versus the total possible (5). Standard and optional equipment were taken into consideration. Ordinarily, this category is weighted 20 percent; however, for buyers giving serious consideration to an Evo or STI purchase, performance-for-the-dollar invariably takes priority over creature comforts. Accordingly, we opted to weight the features category just 10 percent in this comparison test. Performance Testing (30%): Each sedan was subjected to a set of performance tests that measure acceleration, braking, speed through a 600-foot slalom course, and lateral Gs on a 200-foot skid pad. Scores were calculated by giving the better-performing sedan in each category 100 percent. The lesser performing sedan was awarded points based on how close it came to the top car's score. Usually, this category is weighted just 20%, but given the high-performance nature of these cars, we felt more weight should be given to measured performance in this test. Price (20%): This score involves a simple percentage calculation, based on the less expensive of the two vehicles in the comparison test. Using the "as-tested" prices of the actual evaluation vehicles, the less expensive vehicle received a score of 100, with the more expensive vehicle receiving a lower score proportionate to the price difference. After reading this i figured the Sti would have been a lot higher especailly in the performance category. Now i have personally driven a stock 04 sti and a stock 05 evo. They both drove almost the same to me. Sti just felt a little better at pickup speed.
I like Evo's. I like the Evo 10. I don't like the gold gas cap on the picture above. I'll buy one if they come with good paddle-shifters.
Auto-manual or some crap.... It'll probably kick ass though. Actually I completely expect it to make better numbers that the Evo 9, but if it goes for 40,000 then WTF?