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Originally posted by Azure haha!... i like that. never thought of the RSX as a high-priced Honda. |
Okay, lets do a comparison and use a few examples.
A base RSX runs for approximately $20,000. The Type S, $23.3k.
Why buy an RSX with 160HP for $20,000 when you can get a Mazda6i with more displacement, same HP #s and starts at $18.5k?
Why buy an RSX-S with 200HP for $23k when you can get the 6s with 220HP that's still about $2,000 less? $1,000 more than the RSX!
The Celica GT-S 6-speed is about $2k cheaper, comes with a lil' less crank HP but is lighter and ends up being just as fast as the Type S. Again, $1,000 more than a slow RSX.
Nowadays you can get an Eclipse GT for a better price than a Type S and the GT stock vs stock is faster. And to think, the GT used to be the "price gouger" (GTS, maybe) but the RSX-S wins.
GTI VR6 is cheapAr and more mod friendly than an Type S.
And for $1,000 more than a Type S, you can have the beauty of AWD and turbo in an Impreza WRX.
Why buy an RSX or RSX-S for those prices when you can get the fastest production FWD car ever that starts at 19k? Yes, that damn SRT-4.
Just to name a few.