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I'm personally disappointed with both the looks and the technical aspect. This was Subaru's chance to introduce a truly game changing sport-sedan, and a good platform for the STI, since the Evo is gone.
Failed in the looks and quality (I know, looks and quality interior was never what Subaru or the WRX was about), but this was their chance to change that, and that concept looked exactly what they needed.
Failed at technical, by trying to make the WRX a little more mainstream (CVT option, really?) and trying to introduce a more "efficient" engine, which is code word for better MPG while keeping same performance. This was their chance to introduce better performance, period.
This is how Honda started their decline in the sport/enthusiast sector few years ago, by trying to move slowly their platforms to more mainstream for better sales figures, even though they had already mainstream platforms, that wasn't enough, every single car suddenly needed to be mainstream-friendly.
It's sad, because now the WRX will be a worthless Japanese option that only die-hards will buy.
Unless someone is shameless enough to tell me that paying $30k for the Limited WRX is worth over $29k for the CLA, (estimated) ~$30k A3, and even the 2 series...
It's just not....nowhere close to be competitive. Let alone the STI...you can't expect to compete in the $35-40k market while keeping your performance figures the same since 10 years ago.
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