Here's a pretty good comparison of the STi, Evo, and the VW Golf R32 over at evolutionm.net. While they tended to prefer the Evo over the STi, it was a pretty fair and interesting article overall. (hope it has not been posted here already) Enjoy!
http://features.evolutionm.net/article/lanevo/26
http://features.evolutionm.net/article/lanevo/26
