The interior pics look good.

 

i dont really mind the new design, i just feel that the new design is not subaru. and the interior is IMO not as great as previous years. the engine upgrades do seem to be a highlight in the new redesign though.

 

http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/subaru...reza_Sedan.jpg

Video available of standard hatchback and WRX hatchback

Click on link top right of page


http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/subaru/27193/

 

According to the Japanese photos the STI looks pretty badass...I say ski the WRX and head straight the the STI.

 

I am really hoping the STI is going to look alot different since it is a bonafide sports car. Maybe 2 door hatch? Probally not but I think it would be cool.

 

what have they done. It looks like a family car now...looks nothing like its rally ancestors.

 

wrx is the ugliest car of all time. its just keeps gettin worse. cars like mercedes benz just keep getting better

 

the bugeye was OK/can look good, the 04-05 STI was the climax, the 06-07 models are blah, and now this....well, this is just crap lol. subaru is doing great things, no doubt

 

I have seen enough pictures of the new WRX to determine I don't like it. People are saying, "Oh yeah just put a new grill on and some different tail lights and it will be fine" Now this is fine for a person who likes to buy a brand new car just to change how it looks, but not for some people who don't focus on exterior oriented modding.

I currently own an 02 WRX wagon and I am completely happy with the way it looks, the only modification to the exterior is my prodrive P1s. This new WRX definitely won't be considered aesthetically pleasing by just slapping on a set of rims, that's for sure.

Is this car really worth the compromise of looks for performance? Is any $20k+ investment worth a compromise on your behalf? Only a few on these forums really enjoy how this car looks, and that is fine. In my opinion, Subaru won't be getting my vote on this new body style, and since my $ is equivalent to me voting, they won't be getting it this time.

 

Yes, just as my 03' was worth the compromise.

 

Yup. I buy cars to drive them, not stare at them. You can't drive good looks. Looks are nice and something to consider, but it's still got the Subaru guts, and that's more important to me than Subaru's confused marketing campaign.

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apples are bananas

 

To my recollection, I can drive a car that looks good. Looking bad is not a prerequisite to performance.

That's equivalent to saying you can't drive performance. Good looks is something a car can have, as is performance, so it is easy to see how I can drive something that looks good.

I agree with you here, those "Subaru guts" are very important, yet why settle with only performance when we know that Subaru has it in them to create beautiful performance based cars (many of you think the 04-05 models were just that)

So as I said, I will wait until something with those "good looks" and performance come back around since I know Suby has it in them.

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v-bananen_smilies0 Uhm.... an ugly car can drive just as good as a good looking car. Looks have zero bearing on performance. I don't want to buy an ugly car anymore than someone else would, but the new model is more boring than ugly. That I can easily live with. I don't care if the car looks boring, just as long as it doesn't drive boring.

It's nice to have a good looking car, sure. But the 04/05 models are not anywhere in the same dimention as beatiful. I put them at the bottom of the list of the GD bodies.

01-07 Impreza owners have had our perceptions altered by our affection for the cars. Take out the Suby spirit of these cars, and I garanty the majority of us would consider these cars ugly... or worse.

Suby does have it in them. And it's called the Legacy GT.

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I think you misunderstood what I said, I was responding to your "I buy cars to drive them, not stare at them. You can't drive good looks." statement, I do not think anyone was questioning whether or not a car needs to look good to drive well. I was just stating the fact that a car does not need to look bad to have good performance. In regards to looks havng zero bearing on performance, you might want to rethink that one. I seriously doubt a Scion xB has a better drag coefficient then let's say, a Ferrari F430, which happens to look good too. Not saying we can all buy Ferrari's, but almost anything would have a better Cd then the Scion. This shows that looks can play a role in performance.


I guess I should have made it more clear, the 04-05 models are, to many, the best looking Impreza.

Yeah I bet that is partly true, just as it is with most cars. People do not want to believe that they just spent $20k+ on a chassis and an engine. Now granted there are some interior improvements, they could have spent more time on the exterior as well. Let's hope this car hasn't lost that "Suby spirit" because then I doubt very many people will be buying them at all.


That is a different car, so why wouldn't they put that same effort into the WRX?

 

I dont like it.