I hate to tell you but I am disagreed with you. Nowhere close to same time.
Few of my friends drove my old Subaru and they like whoa! and one of them admitted that my Subaru AWD is very quick than his chevy camaro 91 V8 even his engine is high HP than mine at old time.
2010 Chevy Camaro SS with 422-hp 6.2-liter LS3 V8 six-speed manual
0-60mph in 4.9 second
2010 Subaru Sti with 305hp 2.5-liter with turbocharger EJ25 H4 six-speed manual
0-60 in in 4.4 second.
Explain to me why RWD with 422HP can't quick than AWD with 305HP for 0-60mph in sec?
Trust me, I drove Corvette, GTO, Camaro,Mustang, BMW M3, etc, They are manual transmission and they are not really quick enough to me than Wrx, Sti, and Eclipse GSX AWD.
I don't really care about MAX SPEED since there is speed limited 55-70 almost anywhere in USA but I can do 0-60 at 55mph speed limited for fun and perfect for drag racing.