i was told about a month ago, from a very reliable source that - there were 1000 8 MR for the US market, and 1200 9 MR for the US, with red being the rarest color, 2nd comes white for both model years.

Do the IX MR come with an aluminum roof?Or just the VIII?

Of course it comes with the aluminum roof. That wouldn't make any sense to downgrade it on a IX. All RSs and MRs have the aluminum roof.

Where there even non-FQ MR's avail in the UK?

I know of all the physical differences between MR and IX . But Can anyone describe the actual differences in how the cars feel on the street? And does the 6mt shift any smoother or better than the 5mt? I'm trying to decide if it's worth the diff. in cost?

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Read somewhere here before about the production numbers, and 1200 MR's were initally brought to the US. Have no clue about that number but that does sound reasonable. Special orders and such can bump that number up. And depending on a color being rare, it depends on your location more than anything. Here in PA, we had 3 red MR's in the state. That was all we had. The other colors are impossible to find, and you would most likely wait for months to get one.

The lighter color vehicles are marketed towards the hotter southern states, like white and blue, silver, etc. The darker colors for the northern states. And this makes sense to me as well.

Haha, special orders don't add to the number of MRs produced...

Ok, let me clear that up, special orders do not add to the number being produced, but will def. add to the whole. That's what i meant to say and after i re-read it, it was unclear as donkey dick.

What do you mean it adds to the whole? The whole what? All a special order does is get you one that has the options and color you want, which just means they ship it from somewhere else or add those features at the port. It doesn't mean they go build one for you...

i wouldnt say that...but if it is then subaru should get rid of their STI too.

thanks because i not gonna be able to get a evo till like two years later and i was like can i find it still so thanks.