The 5.4 second 0-60 is not Subaru's # either, that belongs to Car and Driver IIRC. The official 0-60 is 6.4 seconds.
The Forester XT according to car and driver is still 5.3 while the Legacy is 5.5, yet non of these cars have these problems. The drag racing ESX thing is just that ESX's thing. SOA is a sponsor of ESX, therefore they are simply promoting them. Americans love driving fast in straight lines, why I have no idea. And since you dragged ESX in here, why don't you PM Ali and ask him how many trannies/engines that SOA has warrantied for him.....