compromised to sell more units....have you seen the wrx? That is a compromise to sell more units, it looks like a corolla. So in turn the STI looks like a corolla on steroids. I think mitsubishi can not afford to fail with the Evo X, also if they did not compromise a little they might not even be here anymore and there would be no evo anyways. I will take an Evo X that outhandles a VIII or IX anyday, but only time will tell how good or bad it is..