I love The WRX! I own a 2002,the first year of it's production. It has been a terrific car, totally reliable and at 120,000 miles, still is as tight and quick as the first day I bought it. My only complaint is there is a fair amount of turbo lag (OK, it's pretty bad), but if you drive it like you stole it (keeping the rpms around 3500), it's always right on. I have heard that Subaru has addressed this problem in the later models. And it's a HOOT in the snow!!! I paid about 24,000 for it in 2002-not sure what they sticker at now.