When I heard the specs of the new rs I was worried but then I looked at it. It's awful, 5 door hatches look boring I can't understand why they don't make a 3 door option, this also let's down the a45 AMG and the rs3. It looks like it's going to be a great performance car but not a great deal better than the subaru.
I still think the best thing coming soon from ford is the new mustang maybe ill try a 5.0l V8 in a couple of year :)
It is a bit worrying that the hot hatch are catching up with and in some cases beating the new sti, I can only see subaru going 2 ways in the next couple of years and I think we will either see a heavily revised engine or the sti will be killed off like the EVO and what a shame that would be!