I thought looks didn't matter to me. I mean, some of my favorite cars are butt-ugly to most people (Merkur, Alfa Milano, maybe even my Contour...). I really started looking at the Evo and the STi, but I couldn't get jazzed up about them. Then I figured out that for the same price, or less, I could get an RWD G35 Sedan with a 6-speed, sport suspension, and LSD. That car ignited automotive passions in me that I haven't felt for a new car since, well, 1995. Yeah, the mitsu and subie drivers would likely beat me at the track, but the rest of the year I'd have a more satisfying street car. Guess I'm getting older. Just wish I could get the "G" with less "stuff."

Bob Kulstad, you're the first reviewer I've ever read who called the Evo "comfortable."


Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998