Subaru is enjoying phenomenal sales success around the country. A good portion of that success has to come from its move to more mainstream-looking vehicles (along with quality products, of course).

Gone are the distinctive shapes, replaced with softer lines. Middle-of-the-road designs mean you're seeing a lot more Subarus on the road. More cars mean more profits, and greater profits allow a manufacturer to free its designers to stretch convention.

Subaru has gone outside the proverbial "box" with the 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI--the hot sports sedan lusted after by rally car enthusiasts and teen drivers everywhere. It is wider and lower in the 2011 model year for noticeably better handling.

The company offers two versions: a four-door sedan and a five-door hatchback.

It's the former you'll want (if you crave these types of things), because it has a huge wing mounted on the trunk. Clipped in the previous-generation STI, the car's rear wing spoiler resumes its rightful place on this generation's model.

As demonstrated during a media introduction in the mountains of Aspen, Colorado, this wing is no cosmetic attachment. It's there for a good reason: to keep the wheels of the STI firmly planted when power is applied by the