Have a friend that's ditching the platform.



I like them because they're RWD, N/A (I would SC it too), cheap and sporty.

 

What's he getting? An I agree with u its a fun to drive but needs a little bump in powa to competitive

 

I don't see that as realistic competition to the Impregacy WRX. The WRX has such a better chassis this time around. The Dart chassis is pretty much garbage in comparison. They better have serious witchcraft planned to make it good, otherwise it will be a one trick pony like the last SRT-4s were, but at least it will have traction this time.

Not sure if serious?
I often drive a 2012 Mk VI TDI, and stock it can't even outrun a Corolla. I have no idea where you're getting those numbers, but even on APR's website, a tuned TDI only makes "173hp". Notice that's a crank HP estimate, they don't even show whp in advertisements, and their dyno reads much higher than most.
http://www.goapr.com/products/ecu_upgrade_20tdi.html
Maybe you meant GTI? Still, it won't make anywhere near 300 torque at the wheels.

I think the FRS/BRZ are fantastic and take well to mods, but get abandoned a lot due to people purchasing them for trendy reasons, then realizing the backseat is unusable. This is more like a Miata that you can put a day bag in the backseat, as long as your day bag is really tiny.


Evo is here another model year. After that, I'd go STI, then WRX. The MKVII Golf R will probably be very nice, but without complete end user tunability on the EA888, VW's propensity for shoddy reliability, clutches inability to take much power over stock, and the eye-watering German car mod tax, it's something that would be best experienced at stock power levels. The Dart isn't even on my radar compared to these cars.

 

Interesting. I hadn't read about how well it handles. I had automatically assumed that it would be pretty decent, but apparently not. How can they screw that up in this day-and-age...

 

My friend has the turbo dart. Its a solid car. It gets great mileage and he can chirp in the first 3 gears with the dual clutch. I could see that car being great with a decent awd setup.

 

My wife test drove the 1.4l Turbo dart and before getting out of first she said "this sucks, Id never drive this". Feels way more gutless than ~170hp should.

 

http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/futur...e-insider-info

Yea.

 

They just updated the article.

350hp.

 

I wonder how much its going to weigh.

 

"Extremely limited numbers" + AWD + 325-350 hp + dealer markup = $$$$$

 

the car that excites me is a car we dont get as usual. I like the RS3. would love to own that 5cyl awd platform. I wish evo x had done that. thats what it needed for its ridiculous weight.

 

Come oooooooon Focus RS!!!!!

 

Maybe... Some are confirming that it's definitely AWD this time.

 

I'm hoping.

 

Otherwise it's a huge waste of hp and torque if it's only going through the front wheels.