Faults:

Several squeaks and rattles in the dash. I used information on the net to take apart the dash and use silicone to completely eliminate the rattles.

General Comments:

This car is a complete joy to drive. It is quick, has sharp handling, and powerful brakes. In Minnesota, the all wheel drive makes quick work out of winter.

Faults:

Nothing so far.

General Comments:

Absolutely brilliant car to drive. I had the performance pack fitted and with this the power (and noise) is absolutely awesome, everything else on the road just disappears.

The handling is superb, the suspension just the right mix of firm for the handling and compliant for the comfort. The feel and weight of the steering is spot on and the gear change (with the optional quick shift fitted) is mechanical and precise.

Only complaint would be that the interior isn't up to much, steering wheel and seats are good, but can't say much for the rest of it - that said, it doesn't really matter, too busy looking at other cars in the rear view mirror!

Faults:

Nothing the car has been fine so far. Very slight rattle from the front right door.

General Comments:

I purchased my Impreza GX after researching the Lexus IS200, Golf and BMW 3 series. Whilst the Impreza is not in the same class as the Lexus nor the Bimmer, I thought it had great potential of being a great driver's car because of the boxer engine's extra torque and lower centre of gravity it provides.

The stock standard Impreza GX understeers quite a bit so I whacked on a rear sway bar, front anti lift kit and a rear camber kit from Whiteline. These are all essential in getting the car to handle much more neutrally. I found that these modifications did transform the Impreza's handling very significantly and it only costs my AUD$1500 in total. Go for the base model impreza and add these mods on.

My only real critisism of the Impreza is the lack of steering feedback even though the mods did sharpen the steering up quite a bit. Fuel consumption is also a surprisingly high for a car in this class.

The boxer engine is very very impressive with its pulling power even thought the Impreza is a bit of a porky pig at 1.27 tons. Man... this engine sounds like a mini Porsche... very smooth even at higher revs. The engine is definitely one of the Impreza's strongest points not so much the AWD system.

I would have preferred a rear wheel drive only impreza matted with a boxer engine. AWD is a bit overated unless you want to go crazy in the wet. Its more a point of differentiation in a marketing sense rather than a functional one.

Faults:

No problems.

General Comments:

The Subaru WRX Sti is finally here, and it's all that anyone could want in a car and more. The performance of this car makes you feel like you can fly. With an amazing zero to sixty time of 4.5-5 seconds flat, and a maximum top speed of around 160 mph, this is no toy! The all wheel drive system allows extreme pickup and unbeatable speed like no other car. The performatnce is wonderful with awesome engine sound. If you are into street racing, try this car! Haha...