RE: RIP Subaru Impreza
Discussion
hora said:
If we are in for a foight I'll venture most drivers I've seen in 1 series have been females. It does seem to be a (youngish) ladies car IMO.
Saying that, when I think of an Impreza owner I imagine someone who still lives at home with his parents.
I agree about the 1 series being driven a lot by girls (maybe not the m135i though ;-)Saying that, when I think of an Impreza owner I imagine someone who still lives at home with his parents.
I couldn't possibly comment on the stereotypical Impreza driver though ;-)
paulmoonraker said:
A debate about the looks of the 1 series vs. the Impreza. Comedy gold.
I think the Impreza has an easier time with it's looks than a 1 series. I'd like to think that FHI allocated 80,000 Yen on styling and 1000 Yen on updating the interior then blew the rest of the budget playing with a gearbox 
Just look at the 'classic' ones in 1.6 base spec. It's a very awkward looking mid size saloon under all that. Fit bad-boy bodykit/wings/wheels.... and it becomes the Chav-chariot we all know and sometimes love. So, in my head, people just buy it for what it is.*When it comes to the 1 series, I get this awful feeling that it was supposed to look good. That leads me to think people might have actually bought it because they think it looks good. You know..... like a middle aged man buying Superdry jacket with 5 zips.
Of course, I'd also have told you Nissan would sell 25 Pukes a year because it looks like the result of 5 different cars being loaded into a crusher. If I walked down my road on the roofs of those things I wouldn't need the pavement any more. What I didn't account for is the general public's (or, to perpetuate the stereotyping, 50 year old Women's) 'ohhh that's a bit funky, I want one' reaction.
- declare an interest, I do drive an Impreza and have had a few... and yes, I often walk back to it in a car park and think it looks ridiculous. And, actually, I've never really grown to love it either... but, still, I'd rather take the new one than the equivalent German hatch.
rb5er said:
CraigyMc said:
rb5er said:
soft touch plastics and rubbers don`t make a car at all desireable for me.
Funnily enough, hard/scratchy plastics don't make a car desireable to me. Each to their own.On a side note have you been in a new STI? Which plastics did you find hard and "scratchy" ?
The day was competitive, but the only timed event was karting, which I won (bit unfair on the RB320 owners really, I do karting most weekends as does the guy who invited me). The other bits were subjective ("best" track driver), or non-interesting to me ("smoothness" test with a tennis ball in a saladbowl shaped thing on the bonnet, to stop you turning sharply through cones)
The car is quite impressive, in that they can sell a 300bhp 4wd vehicle for about the same price BMW will let you drive off in a 320d -- given BMWs economies of scale (they made about half a million of the 3-series last year) versus FHI's.
As for your question about specifically which were scratchy plastics: doortrim, steering column shroud, the storage bin in front of the WRX logo on the gearshift trim, glovebox handle main vent controls, cupholder between the seats. You get the idea - the minor trim. They have to compromise somewhere, and that's one of the places.
paulmoonraker said:
Negative Creep said:
Do Subaru have the most depressing colour range ever? Everything bar the BRZ has 3 dull shades to choose from!
Without question. Look at this idiot with his bright blue, yellow and gold...
Oh, and I am mistaken because the current WRX has an incredible 4 shades - blue, white, grey and black. It's a veritable Jackson Pollock!
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