Looking at new Car or Truck not sure which to get

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I am looking at getting a new car or truck i have narrowed it down to 3 but i am still unsure which one i should get. Let me know your experience was or is with either of these. Subaru WRX STI, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, or Toyota Tacoma with the TRD package. They are all 2008's and are all around the same price. How reliable are the Subaru and Mitsubishi? What are you getting for MPG if you have one? How nice is the interior? Let me know anything else.

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subarus are built like tanks, as are the tacomas. IMHO the lan evo is more fun than the sti though, and has a "better" awd system. I don't really think you can compare a truck to a car though...

interior...the tacoma's is nice, the other 2 are pretty crummy. The MPG in all of them are pretty bad, DON'T GET ONE IF YOU WANT FUEL ECONOMY!!!!

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I drive a Subaru WRX and have driven an STi and the Evo. I can say that the build quality for an everyday use would be the STi but by a hair. The Evo has the more hardcore aspect to it but like I said its such a minuscule difference. The interior for both cars, IMO, is standard. It is comfortable, the bucket seats feel very nice, and everything is placed really nice. The Tacoma's interior is very nice and the car itself is amazing then with the TRD package it just heightens all the goodness of the car. Really the thing you wanna ask is do you want a truck or car, because that's the biggest question here, all three cars have good aftermarket accessories if you're into that and all three cars will treat you amazingly if you do the same to them, remember these are performance cars. MPG is not what you look for when you're looking into these cars, just pointing that out, it is just not good lol. If you are into the street racer/rally type scene then the Subaru and Mitsubishi are what you are looking for, but if you want some offroad possibilities and just big beefy truck that also has speed then the Tacoma is what you want.

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Well if it helps at all, they tested the 2008 WRX STi and 2008 Evo X on Top Gear recently and the Evo X destroyed the WRX STi. They recommended the less powerful model (can't remember which one that was, I think it was the second best model) as the top model gets quite thirsty. Personal preference I would of gone for the Evo X anyway, but Top Gear confirmed it was the best of the two. Sorry I can't be of much help, hope that info is slightly helpful for you.

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Tacoma... Add a lift and take'r in the mud by'

You must not watch rally racing, both the Evolution and the WRX STi can go in the mud just as well as the Tacoma, if not better when probably tuned.

My vote is for the Evolution, mainly because they are quite the sexy car and paddle shifters for the win.

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