2007 Subaru Impreza STi Prototype
10-14-2004, 01:56 PM
#23
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I hate it. It looks like a cross between a Evo and a Saab and i love both but those rights made a very very wrong.
Wrx Zero, nice job with the adjustments, change the headlights and it will look pimp.
If they come out with this car they will kill wrx's for me the same way mitsubishi killed the eclipse with there new prototype design.
Wrx Zero, nice job with the adjustments, change the headlights and it will look pimp.
If they come out with this car they will kill wrx's for me the same way mitsubishi killed the eclipse with there new prototype design.
10-14-2004, 02:55 PM
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Styling themes
This car is the first of the new style for Subaru in America. This style has been out already in Japan in the micro car. We've all seen those pictures.
We must realize that the WRX is a world car. We never had the 90's WRX, but most of the rest of the world did. When the bugeye came out, we loved it---for the performance. The look was considered odd, or different, or was overlooked due to the speed. The rest of the world did not like the car though. Even with the '04 redesign, they never warmed up to it.
This is an early prototype drawing of the car. Remember all the pics we saw of the WRX during 2001? This look will be massaged over the next year or two (i.e. adjustments to the lights, wing, lower front bumper section.). What I do see as important is, still a wide-body look for the sedan (will the wagon still be slab-sided?) the same dimensions seem to be there.
The big question is, will the front bumper be butchered for the US crash standards (don't forget we are still knee deep in "our legacy front bumper is too big" whining). Also, the bulge on the hood that starts at the triangle grille and sweeps to the side mirrors, will that be more pronounced to meet Euro pedestrian crash standards.
More important than all this is, what will the price be? How high up the premium ladder does Subaru want to climb? Will the 2.0 be eliminated for the WRX? (the FXT embarrases the small sporty car). Will there be a special 2.0 for rally homoglation? Will it get a more useful back seat?
That's all I have right now.
We must realize that the WRX is a world car. We never had the 90's WRX, but most of the rest of the world did. When the bugeye came out, we loved it---for the performance. The look was considered odd, or different, or was overlooked due to the speed. The rest of the world did not like the car though. Even with the '04 redesign, they never warmed up to it.
This is an early prototype drawing of the car. Remember all the pics we saw of the WRX during 2001? This look will be massaged over the next year or two (i.e. adjustments to the lights, wing, lower front bumper section.). What I do see as important is, still a wide-body look for the sedan (will the wagon still be slab-sided?) the same dimensions seem to be there.
The big question is, will the front bumper be butchered for the US crash standards (don't forget we are still knee deep in "our legacy front bumper is too big" whining). Also, the bulge on the hood that starts at the triangle grille and sweeps to the side mirrors, will that be more pronounced to meet Euro pedestrian crash standards.
More important than all this is, what will the price be? How high up the premium ladder does Subaru want to climb? Will the 2.0 be eliminated for the WRX? (the FXT embarrases the small sporty car). Will there be a special 2.0 for rally homoglation? Will it get a more useful back seat?
That's all I have right now.
10-14-2004, 06:23 PM
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I like the shape of the car, but the details need to be worked out. I'm not a fan of the new grill. Those lights need to go and why the hell is there a vent right in front of the scoop? That's got to go too.
10-14-2004, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by MonkeyAB
why the hell is there a vent right in front of the scoop? That's got to go too.
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