Well iv owned 4 180's a uk impreza turbo 2000 a wrx import and currently own a sport model (as well as a zs180 at this present time) and to say the wrx was quick but i did get overtaken by my friends mondeo st as i constantly had boost problems with it! the turbo 2000 was not fast at all, but it did pop and go very nicely
but the handling i think in the zs is better, i find that the scoobs have more body roll than a zs although awd does pull you around corners nicely, but i have to say a zs 180 would frighten quite a few more exspensive exotic cars out there through the twistys! so less of the negative and take it from someone who has owned both types of cars in this thread! its very possible to show up quite alot of people in a zs