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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k
I dunno, looks more and more likely that the Core is going to start around $32,000. Circuit though, probably around $40k (regardless of how special its hard to imagine more than an $8k premium for a trim package with identical powertrain).
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The hatch doesn't have many trim levels but there is a $3,000 spread between base and top. The "top" gives you some wheels, stuck on bits and a better head unit.
When you look at the sedan that has so, so, many levels and there is an $8,000 spread. Even then most of what you get are some stuck on bits and "luxury" doodads.
The GR is not a trim level of the hatch in reality it is it's own vehicle so the price of trim levels mean nothing.
A base WRX starts at $29K, a STi (when you could get them) at $38K, a CTR at $37K and the Focus RS started at $37K back in 2018.
Very, very optimistic thinking a $32K price tag is probable when these are the cars it is being compared to. As you said the speculated $8K difference between the two levels is too much. Unfortunately this is probably because the guess at the price of the base is way too low not because the other is too high.
Ichi's estimate stands at this point!