Well finally some pics...

[RacingManiac]

I really don't know how much the power difference actually is. The car is rated at 200bhp in US, I've seen cars dyno in US with 200bhp at the wheel(Dyno Testing the 2010 Mazdaspeed 3 and 2010 Volkswagen GTI), which means there are more than 200 at the crank. And there are dyno graph that shows the difference in power output based on fuel used since the engine adjusts the timing based on fuel grade. It might just mean the EU spec 210bhp is available with the higher grade gas in EU.

I am also sure that the sue-happy consumer in US might made VW err on the side of caution in labeling the output....

But I don't know how much 10 bhp means anyway. The car is not exactly "slow" or really "fast". 10bhp is not going to make that difference....50 though, might....

But yea, the rest of the equipment set in US/Canada is much trimmed vs the EU model. Adaptive damping, adaptive cruise, back up camera/sensor, dual zone climate...are all not available even as option here. Though really I would've opted for none of those(I don't even have sunroof) except maybe Adaptive damping....

I am pricing up some brake tuning for down the line. Getting some Hawk HPS pads, Motul fluid and stainless lines will cost me ~$400 from ECS....might wait on this a bit longer...