I'll happily admit to having owned an early unmodified standard Impreza Turbo - not blistering fast with 220bhp and 4wd, flimsily built, noisy and cheap inside, not very pretty, low teens mpg if you're using it properly but I didn't buy it for any of those considerations, I bought it for pure direct feedback and hands on control and I couldn't fault it particularly on damp roads. I havn't driven another car so easy to drive with confidence at high speed, the later models have bigger this n that, driver assistance, more power etc but they've lost their way when it comes to feedback given to the drivers hands feet backside etc. You'd be doing well to fault Mark Higgins commitment to the course in that car as well.