Just thought you guys might find this interesting

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=1

 

So, basically what the article said was that the Evo MR and the WRX STi are very close in performance. DUH...

 

Subaru always had the superior AWD system...there's nothing new here.

 

I'm waiting for the Car & Driver comparision between the Evo AWD system and the SRT-4 FWD.

Perhaps then we will all understand why the SRT-4 "ownz".

 

I found it pretty interesting information..... I dont know why so many flamers jumped on this right away though...

 

on paper only. Subaru AWD has more understeer on any surface and is not a seemless as any EVO system, it's all about how they drive IMHO

 

i actually sent a letter to car and driver on this one. Dont know if they will put it in the next mag or not.... but I basically said that their analysis sounded like grounds for another test where they take a stock sti and stock evo to different tracks. My moneys on the evo

 

While I respect the desire to avoid another Sti bashing session, that no reason to slap someone down for posting an article. Reading a comparison between two noble competitors is a good thing. I haven't read the article yet, but if there's some good tech info about how each set of diffs is working and the advantages and disadvantages of each, then I'll consider it a good use of time.

 

Yes, I didn't post this article with the intention to start up another bash or anything. I just though it was a cool piece of information.

 

wasnt this exact already posted earlier 2day or so...there are many forums like this.

 

The C&D article is very informative. For me both AWD systems functions in a different way, but still both AWD offers better handling/traction.

 

subarus symmetric awd sounds better in threory but realize the engine and the transmission are mounted above the front differential. car and driver is too stupid to realize the evo has a lower center of gravity, thats why it beats the sti in the handling dept.

 

Note to the low post count newbies flaming the topic. DON'T. No one cares that you don't like the topic. Off topic comments will be removed, warning issued and your post count zeroed. (that is apparently the only reason you are posting).

Any questions?

Speedlmit....

 

This is why Subaru's main advertising focuses on their fantastic AWD system... It's good!

 

I guess most of us have driven both cars. Where the Subaru seems like a car you'd want to drive to work everyday, the Evo is the kind of car you'd want to rob a bank and run from the cops with.

No, I dont really want to do either of those. Im just describing the mentality of a STy owner, an eliest (sp), a status junkie who bought the car becase of the .1 second difference in the 1320. I bought my car because its a pi$$ed off, mean, nasty, loud, obnoxoious car that I can abuse, drive hard, put away wet and laugh about how fast it is to other owners and wow non-believers when the turbo spools up. The STi just seems more, "luxury" to me.


The Evo is a ticking time bomb. Buy an exhaust, get Al Friedman to reflash the ECU, and light the fuse. Its got too much potential to even give a dang about the knock-happy STi. Read Shiv's sight on the STi, didn't it knock straight from the factory? Gotta love that....or was that someone elses write up?