srt 4 vs subaru impreza sti

which car would be better to buy?????? srt 4 or subaru impreza sti
and why... any help will be thankful...

thats like comparing a porshe turbo to a hummer h1. which is better? they are both the best you can get for your money...but completely different.

how much do you plan on spending? there is a $15,000 difference in price of the car, thats nearly 2x the price of the srt4. if you can afford it, the subaru is a better bet, but if you cant swing the extra cash, than the srt4 is the way to go.

for the same price as a new srt4 (or mildly used one) you can get a c5 corvette...and your insurance will probably be close to teh same. you can find a c5 for right around $20,000

He's right, it's like comparing oranges and apples. Price is the real factor here. If you want to go fast in a straight line then the skittle is for you but if you like an all around car and have the money for it then the sti is you for.

how much is the average price for a srt 4????????????
thanks for ur help/...

you can get one for $15k-$17k...you can find them for less too, but you get what you pay for

well i want to trade in my 2005 grand am for the srt 4.....do u think is a good idea?????

well i want to trade in my 2005 grand am for the srt 4.....do u think is a good idea?????

Yes.

wat are the specs of the srt 4?????
and you guys that own a srt 4 what do u think of them???

They are great little cars for the money. Not the best...but not the worst.

The srt4 is a great car for the money. Deciding which one is the best to get is a really opinionated; obviouly we will tell you the srt. Please keep your posts about this topic down to a minimum.

wat are the specs of the srt 4?????
and you guys that own a srt 4 what do u think of them???

Do you know anything about this car?
I advise you do some research rather then just taking our words.

Specs on the SRT-4 can be found by doing a normal search on Google.
03-05 were the years there are slightly different hp ratings thru the years as well as other little bits of goodies. Some say 04 was the best year they made the car I beg to differ saying 05 was best and of course black was the fastest. :icon16: . As far as my opinion goes for SRT vs STI everyone here is right apples and oranges. What are you interested in? Pure straight line speed? Ease of modification? Cost? Looks? AWD? Factor your thoughts on those things in and you will come to your decision. Each car has its wealth to offer but it depends on what your looking for. I myself after owning an SRT-4 will not knock the car I loved it....Will I buy another...No..I'd upgrade to an EVO or STI big boys toys AWD turbos you cant beat that feeling when launching them or taking them screaming around a turn.

Honestly after drving both I can say they are a pleasure to drive in there own way. Most of the time it comes down to how fat your wallet is.

with the money you would spend on the STI, you can make the SRT a better buy. The SRT is an awesome car and with the money you would of spent on the STI you can make 400WHP easily. AWD > FWD but are you really ready to spend 15K+ more just for AWD? you can make pretty good WHP with the skittle for half the cash IMO...

50 TRIM FTW...

the sti is much more than awd, the suspension is far superior than the srt, if it wasnt there wouldnt b a 15g difference in price wen they were new.
the srt is a great buy, 250hp(by the new standards) fwd, and cheaper insurance than a 2dr sports car(trust me i would know).
the sti, if u have the money is great, it's a toy, u can beat that thing over and over and not have many problems.
if ur into modifying, awd is always a bonus, but the fwd isnt bad either. and the srt is now even cheaper being that their used.
but like everyone said it's black and white

yea but for the money you save in buying the SRT-4 you could upgrade the suspension easily...

that is true, u could do a lot with the money saved, but i'd rather have the sti, i think overall it's better, no offense to anyone, i own an older neon, it just doesnt perform for me the way i would want.

why dont you buy an evo. its a better car for the money than an sti

tru the evo is a better car than the sti, but isnt the evo more money new, so chances r it will b wen used. and the ev has a bit less power, only 10, cause believe it or not the sti only makes 293hp, not the 300 they advertise, no its not false advertising, they just never tested it for the new hp rating

why dont you buy an evo. its a better car for the money than an sti


Better how? Explain, I disagree. I'd choose an STI over an EVO any day.

not me :nono: what the Evo MAY (I STRESS THE WORD MAY) lack in power compared to the Sti...it makes up for with looks....if i had an EVO i would cum everytime i got in it :naughty:

well i wouldnt go as far as cuming in it everytime...but it was compared to a lambo along with the sti, the evo did better than the sti, and the only reason they both lost, was because they're both bricks(in terms of shape) and the lambo had the advantage on the straits. they r equally powerful cars, and handle very well, but the evo, looks better in my opinion. especially in that slate black. that and the evo doesnt loose as much power to the ground, the sti get 227 to the ground, the evo gets like 240 to the ground.
i also think that we have gone way out of wat the original person wanted to know. tho apples to oranges, go with wat ur money can get u

well i wouldnt go as far as cuming in it everytime...but it was compared to a lambo along with the sti, the evo did better than the sti, and the only reason they both lost, was because they're both bricks(in terms of shape) and the lambo had the advantage on the straits.


Top Gear?? :icon16:

I'd say the reputation the STI has is greater then that of the EVO. I'm not knocking the EVO dame I wish I can have either lol but the STI IMO is an all around better vehicle.

the question of the evo being better than the STI is funny. the evo makes more power, is easy to tune, cheaper to mod, handles better, looks better (only matter in this list that will depend on the person owning the car), has a better lineage, more proven engine, easier to work on, just as fast (faster actually, the IX is faster than the STI in 0-60 and 1/4)...want me to keep going? dont get me wrong, i like the suby, but when it comes to which is better, teh evo edges the subaru out in every category but one...and that one is aestetics, which is reletive

i dnt think wat i saw was on top gear, it was on the history channel, special on supercars, it as great, the history channel is great every once in a while

id take an evo just for price, neither car would be a daily driver. But theres a dealership by me that sells new evos of last year models for around 24,000.

I'm not a big fan of the current evo's or past...But the New evo styling if it goes into production dame sign me up....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/beastiek2/splash.jpg

just an question, how can it be a new car, if its from the last model yr. i get the idea, but u shouldve worded it differently.
eh the x is ok, still change the front a lil, the disign is good tho. is there any news on if they bumped up power or nething like that. to make a drastic body change like that, they had to have done something under the hood

It looks like an acura tl with a front mount and big wing. Cars are just turning plain ugly. There is no style to them. It looks like it's ment for a 50 year old mid life crisis rich person.

yea cars are loosing there appeal, but some keep them.
if u wanna see how much cars are starting to look like each other, take a look at the saleen s7, the aero 8tt, and mosler mt900s, they all have the same look, it horrible. even the new viper lights and vette lights look the same

yea but for the money you save in buying the SRT-4 you could upgrade the suspension easily...

I agree, I've owned an '03 SRT-4, almost as good as '04-'05 SRT's minus the LSD, it was a great car for $16k with 12k mi. I now own an '06 Mazdaspeed6, I know it's nowhere comparable to an STi or Evo, but the AWD does make a big difference; however, that is only my prefered drivedrain. Like mentioned before, if you want great handling and suspension, get an AWD car, i.e. Sti, Evo, Speed6, or even the WRX, minus the STi.
If you want great straight line speed from a roll for less cash, get the SRT-4 or Speed3. If you want a drifter, get a good RWD car i.e RX-7, 300ZX or 240SX. But like mentioned before, do some research, google searches are very helpful.

Just take your money and buy somthing faster than a tuner car like a transam WS6.

Check out some of these videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMu9HzrJ1Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXTpzEvshsE

If u get any one of these 3 cars their talking about { i suggest srt4} makes sure u get a low mileage. Why do people by these cars? To beat the piss out of them, to race, to mod then when u buy a "used" one u might be getting a piece of shit. U buy one keep it under 25000miles and a waranty. I bought mine used with 7000miles. Couple miles later bone stock teh clutch slip cause the previous owner draged it once and it was his first ever manual car. And the 4 gear synchro was fudged up. Just be careful and think 5 times before u make a decision.

Personally i'd go with an sti. The evo and sti can be driven yr round because they are awd turbo cars. if you buy an srt4 you will need a winter car or buy some tires better suited for winter weather. My friend drives his srt4 in the winter, but he has two sets of rims, his second pair have winter tires. he has a stage two and full exhaust. it's a low 13 second car, but it's semi safe with the winter tires in snow.

The thing about all these cars, aside from domestic such as f-bodies and stangs, is that they are marked up at dealerships. You can get a low mile 4th gen f-body for around 13-16k. and a stang even cheaper. i have a friend that owns an evo and he always tells me how his car really doesn't get good gas mileage. Most of my friends have 4 banger turbo cars and i always drive around with them in my Formula. i gotta say they really don't do much better then me on gas. my formula probably gets 18-22mpg with me beating on it frequently.

I guess I will post on this because I was faced almost this very same question a few weeks ago. I saw an EVO for sale and thought about trading my SRT-4 in. All it took was a few mins even on my fav twisty road to realize the EVO was DEFF NOT for me. It was slow. It might have been able to beat my SRT on the street if I wanted to destroy the clutch launching it. It did handle very well but my SRT is fun in the twistys too. I bought my car for the street first and the track second. To me the SRT makes a lot better street car. I can drive hard without replacing drivetrain parts all the time, I get 30 mpg, and mods are SOOO cheep. I have about 500 bucks under my hood and I think I could beat an EVO. I looked up mods for the EVO and $$$$$!!! As far at the T/A goes they are about equal in a straight line but 30>22 mpg any day. It is up to you though. I am sure you will love any of these cars just buy what fits what you want to do with the car. If you want to build a drag car get a F-body or Stang, if you want to build a lambo killing track monster get an STI or EVO, if you want a fast everyday street car that is cheep to mod and fun to drive get an SRT-4. My best advice to you if you just want a fun street car is go drive some cars. Then think about your goals for the car. That is what made up my mind. I drove a ton of cars before I bought my SRT. I wanted a 12 sec street car that was fun in the twistys, got good gas mileage, could haul people/stuff.

Yea parts for sti's and evo's are expensive. stock replacment parts are real expensive also from what i hear. I like them they are really great cars with tons of potential, but they are just tooo much money to be beating hard all the time. I have a friend with an evo and he fucking launches that thing at like 7k rpms. We make fun of him for being so stupid but he just keeps doing it. It's deffinatley gonna break soon. The launch is the only reason why evo's are quick in the 1/4. cause you have more traction with the awd. if that car was just front wheel drive it would be a low to mid 14 second car. think weighs 3100 lbs. They really aren't that quick when racing on the highway. my friends srt4 pulled on a slightly moded evo very hard on the highway.

there are two things that should be considered the srt-4 is lighter and cheaper, wit some basic bolt ones you could make your car faster than an sti for less money