They've been saying that for the past 10 years.
The reason I'd get an Evo over a Sub WRX is that they must be built 10 times better (at least their trannies and drivetrain).
Our Talons (even the 2G's) have the old Galant VR-4 drivetrains and trannies. The worse of the bunch (well, old technology). They abandoned the Galant platform for the Lancer platform after that (lighter).
I had an inside look at the Evo 5 tranny at Camo and it looks MUCH sturdier than a Talon tranny. Since the engine is the other way around, no need for a stupid T-case either. Really, the Talon internals look primitive compared to the newer Evos (even if they have the same origin, one of them evolved, the other didn't).
That said, our crap Talons trannies and drivetrains seem to be so much tougher than the current WRX. I've been beating mine at the drag strip and this stupid thing manage to stay together and never breaks! Imagine for the much improved Evo, there is IMHO NO comparison between the 2.
I have seen about 5 drag passes done by WRX, 2 of them resulted in busted trannies. In rallye, in the P4 class, they swap the whole trannies every couple of stages as a "Preventive" mesure.
JS with his Evo 5 did the whole season on the same tranny. He did break a gear *once*.
I'm sorry to bash the WRX, but as much as I enjoyed driving it, those truly AWFUL trannies will keep me away from them.
Now, if they could bring that Evo!!!!!!!!