A quote that sums up the styling of the new 2008 Impreza WRX
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A quote that sums up the styling of the new 2008 Impreza WRX
'What 8 year old kid is gonna turn to his dad and go "look daddy a rally car!" when they see this?'
got that from a comment on you tube.. its very true though.. it wasnt just the special STI's that looked like the rally cars in the past.. my dad got a turbo 2000 estate when i was 13, and kids still stopped and pointed at it!
got that from a comment on you tube.. its very true though.. it wasnt just the special STI's that looked like the rally cars in the past.. my dad got a turbo 2000 estate when i was 13, and kids still stopped and pointed at it!
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I think all the guys that hate it are trying to compare it to the older models and are so disappointed by its looks... i agree, theres little thats as iconic as the classic shape impreza.
BUT!!
If you look deeper than that and actually think about what Subaru have done here.
Most manufacturers design a road car and then take it to the rally stages... here Subaru have designed a rally platform, ie shorter, lighter, hatch to compete with the likes of Citroen, Skoda etc and have then put it on the road.
Give it a year guys... and im sure alot will warm to it, just like the bugeye, blob eye and hawkeye and now the 08 hatch.
There will always be people that dislike it but i genuinely belive this is the start of some great stuff from Subaru.
BUT!!
If you look deeper than that and actually think about what Subaru have done here.
Most manufacturers design a road car and then take it to the rally stages... here Subaru have designed a rally platform, ie shorter, lighter, hatch to compete with the likes of Citroen, Skoda etc and have then put it on the road.
Give it a year guys... and im sure alot will warm to it, just like the bugeye, blob eye and hawkeye and now the 08 hatch.
There will always be people that dislike it but i genuinely belive this is the start of some great stuff from Subaru.
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I think all the guys that hate it are trying to compare it to the older models and are so disappointed by its looks... i agree, theres little thats as iconic as the classic shape impreza.
BUT!!
If you look deeper than that and actually think about what Subaru have done here.
Most manufacturers design a road car and then take it to the rally stages... here Subaru have designed a rally platform, ie shorter, lighter, hatch to compete with the likes of Citroen, Skoda etc and have then put it on the road.
Give it a year guys... and im sure alot will warm to it, just like the bugeye, blob eye and hawkeye and now the 08 hatch.
There will always be people that dislike it but i genuinely belive this is the start of some great stuff from Subaru.
BUT!!
If you look deeper than that and actually think about what Subaru have done here.
Most manufacturers design a road car and then take it to the rally stages... here Subaru have designed a rally platform, ie shorter, lighter, hatch to compete with the likes of Citroen, Skoda etc and have then put it on the road.
Give it a year guys... and im sure alot will warm to it, just like the bugeye, blob eye and hawkeye and now the 08 hatch.
There will always be people that dislike it but i genuinely belive this is the start of some great stuff from Subaru.
needs...
- bigger foggies
- daft spoiler
- refined vulgar evil headlights
- lumpier scoop
- no window surrounds (very kia-esque)
could have the suspension and handling set up of a godd, tweak a metro enough and it will too. it still looks sh!te.
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exactly. you look at my classic for instance. doesnt have huge wheels, or is lowered on coilovers, big daft spoiler etc. but.... BUT.... it has a "presence", something this failier will not have, unless the sti is a drastic overhaul of this shambles of a car
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I wonder if ppls perceptions will change if the new model starts winning championships.
Cant really say i'm a fan of the standard but after seeing the rally car i'm sure the STI is gonna be gr8
Cant really say i'm a fan of the standard but after seeing the rally car i'm sure the STI is gonna be gr8
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I don't think it's a bad looking car... it's just a bad looking Impreza, IMO. As someone mentioned, it just doesn't have the presence.
That said, I'm sure it will grow on a few people. Some will still hate it though.
That said, I'm sure it will grow on a few people. Some will still hate it though.
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Agreed, that looks fugly. The white does look kinda good. Echo everything Frayz said. The classic was very very bland when it first appeared, people seem to forget that....
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If you look deeper than that and actually think about what Subaru have done here.
Most manufacturers design a road car and then take it to the rally stages... here Subaru have designed a rally platform, ie shorter, lighter, hatch to compete with the likes of Citroen, Skoda etc and have then put it on the road.
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hahahahhaha keep telling yourself that.
besides i thought the new one was the same length as the old one, but with a longer track?
anyways, i would only ever consider one if it looked like the wrc proto because to be honest the only car that looks worse is that skoda with the advert where the robots are making noises when making it, and then only just. If that picture was a golf we'd all be rolling around in fits of laughter rather then some of us defending the brand to the death.
If you look deeper than that and actually think about what Subaru have done here.
Most manufacturers design a road car and then take it to the rally stages... here Subaru have designed a rally platform, ie shorter, lighter, hatch to compete with the likes of Citroen, Skoda etc and have then put it on the road.
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hahahahhaha keep telling yourself that.
besides i thought the new one was the same length as the old one, but with a longer track?
anyways, i would only ever consider one if it looked like the wrc proto because to be honest the only car that looks worse is that skoda with the advert where the robots are making noises when making it, and then only just. If that picture was a golf we'd all be rolling around in fits of laughter rather then some of us defending the brand to the death.
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a pink car that drove brilliantly
same car in red that drove about 50% as well
extremes i know, but the point im trying to make.
horrible, horrible looking car, in any guise. i also refuse to believe that scoobs were bland looking when they appeared in 93/94 over here. maybe if they did, the sharper lines of the 96 facelift did it better. a facelift wont do this any good. shooting the designers wont either, but it will stop them moving to kia next year
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"Everyone moaned about the Newage models, hoping they will make a classic again" ............it was just never going to happen.
Sorry but the classic is dated, good looking maybe, but still very dated now.
My dads Vauhall Wyvern looked great many years ago, but would I want one now of course not time to move on.
Tony
Sorry but the classic is dated, good looking maybe, but still very dated now.
My dads Vauhall Wyvern looked great many years ago, but would I want one now of course not time to move on.
Tony
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It looks like a Daiwoo(chevrolet), it just looks like a common hatch that they couldnt be bothered to try with,
It will have to be a very very serious wolf in sheeps clothing to temp a lot away from some of the other cars out there.
It will have to be a very very serious wolf in sheeps clothing to temp a lot away from some of the other cars out there.
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like i said, most people. what you rather buy...
a pink car that drove brilliantly
same car in red that drove about 50% as well
extremes i know, but the point im trying to make.
horrible, horrible looking car, in any guise. i also refuse to believe that scoobs were bland looking when they appeared in 93/94 over here. maybe if they did, the sharper lines of the 96 facelift did it better. a facelift wont do this any good. shooting the designers wont either, but it will stop them moving to kia next year
a pink car that drove brilliantly
same car in red that drove about 50% as well
extremes i know, but the point im trying to make.
horrible, horrible looking car, in any guise. i also refuse to believe that scoobs were bland looking when they appeared in 93/94 over here. maybe if they did, the sharper lines of the 96 facelift did it better. a facelift wont do this any good. shooting the designers wont either, but it will stop them moving to kia next year
In fact I would actually consider Impreza ownership again.....the people that have managed to bring down the marque in the last few years, would never consider buying the new model. And everyone else on the road would not know what it was......exactly the same as it was ten years ago......a classic
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What those yanks have do to the new 2008 Impreza is nothing short of special. All they have done is change the alloys for bigger better styled ones, lower it, put a front lip on and tint the rear tail lights, nothing special...its still the mazda 3 of a car. Where as the previous models always looked like an Impreza with rallying in its DNA.