Subaru WRX to Kia Stinger - anyone make this switch?

[Dreadnaut12]

I just replaced my 06 wrx wagon with a gt2. Wrx was stage 2 and plenty fast but had NO creature comforts whatsoever. Very nice to get in the stinger and have cooled seats, awesome stereo, etc,a still go fast. Loved my Rex but with the stinger I don't miss it too much.

 

[Ozstung]

I just replaced my 06 wrx wagon with a gt2. Wrx was stage 2 and plenty fast but had NO creature comforts whatsoever. Very nice to get in the stinger and have cooled seats, awesome stereo, etc,a still go fast. Loved my Rex but with the stinger I don't miss it too much.

Ditto came from an 05 wagon.

 

[RyanG]

My '18 GT2 AWD replaced my '15 WRX Premium. Got the GT2 at the end of January '19 and put Nito all seasons on the 19" staggered OEM wheels. While it was cold, we didn't have much snow the remainder of the winter here in Michigan. No trouble handling what snow we did get.

They really are two different types of cars. The WRX is/was a lot more fun to drive on curvy roads but the GT2 is much better for stop/go city driving and on the open road. I averaged 28 mpg on the WRX. The GT2 is mostly run in Sport mode and averaging 24 in all around driving 80% freeway at 75-80 mph.

 

[Manaz]

I came from an 09 Liberty (Legacy) GT Spec.B. The reason I had the Liberty over a WRX was that the Liberty is much better appointed - nicer seats, better stereo, nicer layout - more luxurious and "classy" than a WRX, yet still capable of going plenty quick. It also didn't attract as much attention (there's lots of Liberties on the road, and the bonnet scoop was much more subtle than that of a WRX), so was quite the sleeper.

The Stinger is a worthy successor to the Liberty for me - it's larger (I've got two growing kids), it's faster, it's more luxurious, and despite the fact that it's much rarer to see on the road than a Liberty, it still has a degree of sleeper to it (there's no brash wing, no obnoxiously loud exhaust, etc).