Yeah I feel very fortunate I was able to get one. Now they seem very difficult to find even in markets where they were sold.

Yeah it was not a strong hot hatch market here, but it seemed like Toyota made little effort then walked away leaving it to the GTI and Civic SI. They seemed to do the same with 4wd wagons, even after what I thought was some success with the Tercel and Corolla Alltrac. Toyota just built and handed that market to Subaru. (I have no idea about sales numbers. Just a speculation.)

I've really come around to the wagons in the last while. Would love to give one all the fun guts from my Prizm GSI sedan.

That's right. I avoid calling them "red top" though because it's ambiguous. Easy to confuse with older TVIS variety 4AGE engines with similar red lettering on the cam covers. I encourage calling these "small port", and the older variety "large port" or "TVIS". The large/small port reference is the design of the intake ports on the head which you can't see on an assembled engine, but the easy visual identifier is the ribbed top surface of the intake manifold on the small port variety, vs the "TVIS" badge on the older large port intake.

Nice! What country are you in? I won't reveal my price, but JDM Legends has a cost breakdown on their website and mine fits the low-budget example very closely.

Score! What country?

@@ADub-Bub New Zealand, sold the car last year haha

Yeah, USA had the previous gen AE82 FX16 GTS, but never got the E90 2 door hatch.

Hah! I'll pass, thanks but honestly you should give your FX16 all your love. I've owned a few AE82 FX16s, and my first car was a GTS. They are great cars and in some ways more fun and stylish than the AE92. GTS is just some extra cladding, cool but no more fun to drive. I've got an 4AGE swap FX project haunting my yard that I'm very excited to get on the road.