Well I personally care about cornering, but yes the SRT-4 is like half a second faster in a straight line. Either way, I'm the kind of person that has to buy the top model of my car, So I would never buy the normal WRX, I would save for an extra year and buy the STi... worth it to me. Besides that... ITS FWD!!!!! You CANNOT have a FWD sports car... PERIOD. Now I know that we are getting off the subject here because reguardless your modded car would be FWD as well. But seriously, the WRX's have been EXTREMELY reliable cars, so you have no right to say crap like that... I know how Neon's are... but I will give the SRT-4 a chance.