Which do you prefer?

I would go with the EVO because you won't be suprised by any small animals living in the hood scoop.

STI, because well i'm a subaru fan, and i've never trusted DSM engines, i've seen far to many of them blown up for it just be idiot kids

EVO because it has sharper handling.

If they were the same price, I'd take the STi, mostly because Subaru has a better reliability record. But dealers are still charging several thousand over MSRP for the STi, while the Evo is available for less than list price in many places. Under those conditions, I'd take the Evo.

i'd go for the EVO: cheaper, and looks cooler (IMO), even though the two of them have the UGLIEST boot section possibly ever designed.

sti is ugly, evo is cheaper and way better, hey wakeech did u get my pm?

STi.

I have yet to see a dealer charge over MSRP near me anyway.

More torque, less lag, better looks (IMO), better interior, and it's a suby.

Their both boxy looking, and they both got the boy racer look. If looks wasn't the case I get the faster one. So I choose the sti
"13.3 suby / 13.6 evo." .3 sec doesn't make alot of diff but it does in your rear view mirror.

I would pick Evo because of the STi's ping...ping...ping!!

where is the neither button? they both have things i don't like about them. the wing on the sti is just horrible to me. evo just doesn't do it for me all around. gimme a regular wrx and the difference in dollars to do some mods and i'd be happy.

I prefer the Sti for various reasons. I'm a Mechanical Engineer and I'm very techincal about things. I find the Suby's design to be superior and more unique, turbo opposed four engine with top mounted intercooler vs turbo inline four with front mount ic, three different lsd's the center one which is auto or manually controlled for torque split, etc. I also see the potential of tuning and with 19psi max boost I believe the EVO will be harder to tune. The ping issue is going to be solved with an ECU reflash so I'm not concerned about it.

By the way, I'm a rotorhead just because I'm totally AMAZED at the design and "uniqueness" of the wankel engine and it's incredible potential for power in such a small package :D

I guess I would choose the lesser of the two evils of ugliness. That would mean the EVO to me.