I love EVO's, but the scort is one of the best looking cars ever made imo, far far more handsome than the EVO. The interior is far better than the plasticy evo too - ford interiors have always been comfy. They got shit brakes, and are really detuned as std. Ultimately, if u are tuning both, there's nothing between them, but id much prefer the escort. After that, it'd be an R34. They totally different again - heavy but clever.