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One more aspect of this rough road topic. It should be remembered that these cars are not effete little Euro coupes. They are immensely strong, tough little street fighters. I drive mine on the street fairly aggressively and year round in all weathers. It's been on a poorly maintained gravel road. It only has the originally supplied squeaks clicks and rattles it came with from the factory (and the 2017 has most of these welded up or beefed up and fixed). Warranty service has been literally zero apart from the officially authorized attempt to lubricate the parcel shelf spot welds which I don't count as a "repair".
From an engineers perspective these cars are just Subaru Impreza's with two inches cut out of the floorpan and short overhangs. A two door Impreza Coupe with all of that car's endearing robust character. Perfect for driving on a gravel road in the real world.
These cars are so strong that they provide top notch occupant protection on a collision or rollover. You can take one off the showroom floor and thrash it around a track or time attack course all day and then drive it home and to work the next day. Nothing will have broken or fallen off.
These cars are built to take it.
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