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Another point to consider....
If you could have 300Hp and 300 ft-lbs, would you settle for a vehicle weight of over 3000 lbs?
It is kind of fun if you start looking at what Subaru had to do to get the weight of this vehicle down to where it is. By being built to only 200 hp, the engine parts could be built lighter, the gearbox parts are lighter and the driveshaft and rear end are built lighter. I am sure that the modest power impacts the final weight of other systems also.
As individuals, we are free to push the engines output past the factory spec without addressing any of the other systems. The Subaru designers did not have that option.
So, if the design requirement was for 300 Hp and 300 ft-lbs, and it had to sell at a price point where the people on this board could afford to buy and operate it, would it be possible to build something that was not just another 3500 + lb Mustang? I doubt it.
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