During the annual Canadian Car of the Year TestFest in Shannonville, Ont., last October, Subaru made a gutsy move: they pitted the redesigned (but still gritty) 2006 WRX against the polished Audi A4, BMW 330i and Lexus IS 350.
Never mind that those three cars come from pedigreed luxury marques, or that they came to the ring wearing sticker prices at least $15,000 north of the WRX’s. The Subaru fits in with this group about as well as Happy Gilmore at the country club. But that’s OK, because in my opinion the WRX best defines what a sports sedan should be. Even though it was my personal pick for best sports sedan, the Bimmer ended up at the head of its class in this competition. WRX was third. The Audi was fourth.
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