Being from a place where evo's 1-7 are very common (especially the 1,2,3's) and where there is a WRX at every corner and an STi at every 3rd corner (ok a small exageration but compared to other countries) we get to hear a large number of comparisons between the Evo and the WRX. Everyone's opinions are very different and each car has subtle differences that makes them suit particular things.
The evo's are all good at being modified to do quarter miles simply due to their practically bulletproof transmissions where as the STi transmissions were a lot weaker than the evo g/boxes. I've driven both and the 96 WRX was more driver friendly and nicer to sit in and had a better build quality feel to it, the evo 2 was very harsh and it appeared cheap inside with lots of rattles but it did go a bit harder and handled a bit more on the edge.
Have never seen the VW you are talking about here in New Zealand which is being compared to these 2 cars.
I've got a good magazine article on the Evo vs STi vs R32 Skyline GTR. In comparing the GTR to the evo and sti you are really comparing an apple to oranges, the first 2 are based on a rallying background where as the skyline is more a tarmac racing car which owned everything it raced back at Bathurst before it was banned cause it was too fast
