Tell that to all the guys scrounging for gently used WRX's because they discontinued the hatch version (which accounted for half of WRX sales).Sorry we're not a hot hatch nation.
I don't fully understand the Type R on paper. I doubt it will be much cheaper than an STI or Golf R, yet lacks AWD and at least the Euro version has a lower 0-60 figure. These things don't matter much to me but it does to a lot of performance oriented buyers. Yet the current version gets good reviews. I guess we'll find out in a couple years...