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By both performance and price range, I wouldn't put the STI and the RS (~$40k) in the same category as the GTI(~30k). The Golf R is more directly comparable. An
by luminiferous 8y ago
By both performance and price range, I wouldn't put the STI and the RS (~$40k) in the same category as the GTI(~30k). The Golf R is more directly comparable. And with regards to the lower end market, we may be losing the Focus ST, but we still have the Civic SI, and Hyundai is putting out their new i30n this year as well. You can include the Veloster in that list as well, if you don't mind the weird 3 door thing going on. In the higher end of the market, competing with the STI and the RS, we have the Golf R, the Civic Type R, and the Audi S3 off the top of my head. Although to be fair, the Civics are getting less and less hatch-y every redesign.
- zaksoup 8y agoI've got an FoST and I don't think it compares with the Civic Si or i30n/veloster turbo at all. It's a full 5-door, and the civic Si is only available in 2 or 4 door sedans, and with barely 205hp to the ST's 250. Basically the same with the Hyundai. Since the WRX Hatch got the axe the Focus ST is really the only hot hatch on the market. Everything else is an underpowered sedan or a coupe (until you hit RS/Golf-R/STI territory, but that's out of my price range).
- lazerpants 8y agoSupposedly the WRX wagon is coming back soon.