The MSRP was $36k, but they were selling for $30k due to the early and frequent stories of the engine grenading and the fact we were in a recession in 08.08 was about when I started to consider an STI because I loved the hatch. I had been in my MKV GTI for a couple of years at that point. I think the price for the STI was in the low-ish 30s, maybe? Wild to think that was peak hot hatch pricing at that time and now base GTIs are more than that haha.
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