As an aside, I find the changes to the 2012 Specialized bikes interesting. Well the names at least. It seems like there are now three levels of frames, Amira S-WORKS SL4, Amira Pro SL4, and just the Amira. But that's irrelevant to my question because I can't afford any of them on my student budget!

If anything though, it does highlight that the price of the 2011 demo Amira Comp is a good deal (even though the colors are ugly), as I'm pretty sure the frameset (FACT IS 9r carbon) is better than the 2012 Comp (FACT IS 8r carbon). Although the 2012 does come with an Ultegra rear mech, Ultegra shifters and FSA carbon crankset. It's just comparing apples with apples though.