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Old 01-05-2017, 06:42 PM   #21
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I think the most welcome change is the Recaro seat option. Always disliked the stock seats on my old STI for how unsupportive they were so that sounds like a nice upgrade. The least welcome change IMO is making the center differential fully electronic. The cynic in me says that was based on cost-savings (previous STI's had electronically controlled, planetary-type center diff), but I guess we'll see how the new setup does in the real world.

I am a little surprised Subaru didn't bump the power to try to match the 350 hp Focus RS. I don't think they needed to go with the FA20DIT per se, but a power bump would be welcome after 12 years of essentially the same engine.
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