I don't recall seeing much, if any, talk around here about the Subaru S209 so my apologies if this has been discussed before
On paper, at least in terms of price and performance, the M2 C and the S209 seem to match up pretty well
However, similar in many respects to some of the discussions seen around here regarding the M2 CS not being worth the premium over the standard model, much of the Subaru community has expressed reservations about spending considerably more for the higher priced and limited edition variants of the current WRX STI offered in the USA, first with the Type RA and more recently with the S209
Unfortunately, the S209 was not available for this year's C&D Lightning Lap where the M2 C put down a time of 2:59.7
https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...lightning-lap/
However, C&D were able to put in some unofficial laps at VIR in a preproduction S209 which seem to suggest it might be capable of a similar lap time
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...totype-driven/
For comparison, the 2018 STI Type RA put down a 3:04.9 lap in the 2018 LL (some 5.6 seconds faster than a standard 2015 STI managed back in the 2014 LL)
https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...ning-lap-2018/
Anyhow, I was curious if anyone here had any thoughts, feelings or experiences with the current generation of WRX STI (which will soon be replaced)