i'd go with the subaru. after having two friends who have GTI's, on MK2 and one MK3, they both had headaches, along with any other VW owner i've ever met. not to mention the GM for the VW dealership on the BLVD dated my best friends dad, we went up there to say hi and were asking her about VW's, she straight up said don't buy one, they have lots of problems and theres always something wrong with it.

needless to say the two people i know with VW's have successfully turned me off ever owning a VW