I baby ALL of the cars I have ever owned. It's still a peice of trash. I'd rather own a Toyota ECHO than a neon. You will get ur *** wipped by the neon but the Echo would drive on by and beep as it passes you on the side of the road.

 

I don't think the winner does the *** wiping.

In regards to Subaru and BMW and that ilk, the Subaru is a great car for the money IN IT'S CLASS. I don't agree that the WRX and M5 are being compared nor comparable. They just happen to be great cars in their range.
The BMW has sport driving as one of it's virtues but it's also a larger and more luxury car. The WRX is smaller with economy and performance in mind.
It's a reliable economy car not to be confused with cars that reach for a different level of quality in workmanship and materials.

The Neon and WRX are in the same class, economy cars with awesome performance. The WRX gets the nod in quality and build off the bat.
However, the SRT4 has yet to prove itself. It may surprise us or it may confirm the common wisdom.

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