well well well........ subaru wrx got absolutly trounced. By the margin that the GTi beat it by, im sure that its running more then 197bhp to match the 230 4wd that the impreza has on tap. Imagine with DSG would of knocked a further second of the 1.28 sec lap . Goes to show and take note ALL, its not the ammount of horsepower a car has, its the chassis that makes a car with the right ammount of power to go fast AROUND A TRACK. The ed30 i really think would of beaten the GTi but only slightly, as the handling in the normal GTi is slightly more agile then the ed30. Im sticking to that theory!!! .
Based on what?? 
well Whatcar for starters, 5 star GTi to 4 star Ed30...... anyways im dont wanna start a war on My c..k bigger then yours bussiness. Was a good shoot-out, will a nice result. Who would buy a new shape impreza now???
I can only speak from experience, having owned both std gti and now ed30 and having covered 12k miles since October 2007 to date in the ed30 that the std is defo not more agile and no I'm not being mine is better than yours, just stating my own experiences.

I have found both cars chassis to be thoroughly fanbloodytastic!
