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Originally Posted by MikeSTI
I didn't compare Top Gear did......
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No, you said "I want to say thanks for showing me that the 50K plus car (not avalible here) can beat my 30K car".
You directly compared the FQ320 to your US STi.
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Originally Posted by MikeSTI
It isnt available here so No, your still wronge, its a 50k car no matter how you cut it!!!! (even if you math is right)........ I'm sure the FQ line would cost more then the MR line?
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Since the car isn't available in the US, I did the best thing I could: use equivalent cars to estimate the US price so I could compare it to the US STi. If that car was worth $50k here in the states, I'm sure Mitsubishi would be selling them here... as it is, they have a hard enough time selling regular EVOs at $27k. Likewise, the US STi sells for much more than $31k overseas... it's cheaper here in the US because of the expectations of US buyers. It's not an issue of "no matter how you cut it"... a car is only worth what people are willing to pay for it.
So if you want to compare your US STi's bang-to-buck ratio vs. the UK's FQ320's bang-to-buck ratio, you have to compare apples-to-apples, which means either estimating the value of the US STi in the UK, or estimating the value of the FQ here in the States. Otherwise your comparison is worthless.
FYI: the FQ320 *is* an EVO MR... just tuned. In the UK, the FQ300 (which is what I'd guess is closest to our EVO MR) goes for 28,000 UK pounds, which is about $49,800. The US EVO MR's MSRP is $34,700... which is about 30% cheaper than it's UK sister, and right in line with my previous estimates.
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Originally Posted by MikeSTI
your right!!! for 50k it can hang with cars 2 - 4 times its value, but so can almost any car ( 20 - 30k base price + 20 - 30k mods)
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I'll agree to this statement... but I don't agree that the EVO FE320 counts as a car that's 2-4 times as expensive as the STi.