I drove Serge's GC RS because he was concerned about the shifter feel (he's used to German cars), and because of certain noises (whiney pulley sound at certain RPM's, under load and off, probably actually an exhast shield rattling.)
The thing that I was concerned about was actually the power delivery. The acceleration was kinda moderate until the car hit 5000 rpm and then it really accelerated hard. He is sure that the car is basically stock as it was the daily driver of a female university professor in her 50's, who wasn't interested in performance. Only getting to work from Barrie to York.
Is this power delivery common for the 2.5L stock RS motor? I'm used to Subarus running out of steam much past 5000 with good 3000rpm torque, but it was like a Honda where this car didn't come alive until it was past 5000...? It honestly felt a lot like VTEC or coming into the turbo spool area of a TD04.