Wasn't our car the "fastest selling" X type of vehicle at one point? I figured they had sold damn near every one they imported. Oh well.
I imagine part of the blame is the cost. I've said it in the past and I'll say it again: for what you get on this car at $25k pales in comparison to what that same $25k will buy you in a Toyota or Honda. They wanted a premium, and now sales are suffering as a result to cars like the Focus and Hyundai which offer tons more tech for the same cost.
I don't give a shit about the "missing" tech from our twins, I do however care that we basically paid for this "missing" tech rather than the car simply costing less. If the cars(all 3) were $1500 less, I'm sure the sales would be much higher because the competition would be that much more expensive by comparison. I was/am more than willing to pay that $1500 premium for the styling alone.
Either way, I don't care. This just means our cars will be more exclusive rather than dime-a-dozen Mustang/Civics. I am surprised though.
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Originally Posted by airjonny
What is Subaru's reluctance to add more power to their cars? I mean how hard would it be to slap the new WRX engine in that thing?
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We already have the new WRX engine...you have it backwards, the WRX uses OUR engine, but has a turbo added. Did you mean the 2.5L used in the WRX STi?