Why don't we get the Impreza saloon anymore?
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I've always been a fan of Imprezas but I find the most recent hatchback incarnation an absolute eye-sore. I feel turning the Impreza into a hatchback is a real injustice to the nameplate. I mean if they had to turn it into a mundane looking hatch at least keep the WRX STI as saloon in the U.K. This was further amplified to me earlier when looking at photos of the Impreza WRX STI saloon at the New York Motor Show...
What do you guys think? am I alone in thinking the saloon is a much nicer looking car?
What do you guys think? am I alone in thinking the saloon is a much nicer looking car?
Edited by Fahd on Thursday 1st April 23:27
jamesson said:
Blue Meanie said:
They sell a saloon version in the US.
Hence the pictures from the New York motor show.
They are nothing new...
Edited by Blue Meanie on Friday 2nd April 00:04
For the most part the saloon photos I've seen look worse than the hatch*, but that example looks quite good. Though they appear to have borrowed the rear wing from a Lancer Evo VI. 
* Thinking about it that may be because the only one I like is the STi, which we've only seen in hatch form up to now.
* Thinking about it that may be because the only one I like is the STi, which we've only seen in hatch form up to now.
Edited by GravelBen on Friday 2nd April 00:23
Blue Meanie said:
jamesson said:
Blue Meanie said:
They sell a saloon version in the US.
Hence the pictures from the New York motor show.They are nothing new...
Edited by Blue Meanie on Friday 2nd April 00:04
I think we just prefer hatchbacks here in the UK. Some of our most popular hatchbacks are available as saloons here:
But you just never see them, because everyone buys the hatchback. Most manufacturers just don't both with saloons for this reason.
Am I alone in wishing the Impreza looked a bit more discrete?
But you just never see them, because everyone buys the hatchback. Most manufacturers just don't both with saloons for this reason.
Am I alone in wishing the Impreza looked a bit more discrete?
Edited by RobM77 on Friday 2nd April 00:33
GravelBen said:
RobM77 said:
Am I alone in wishing the Impreza looked a bit more discrete?
You even need to ask? The apparent outsourcing of the Subaru design department to Korea is... unfortunate.
Although as you know I prefer rear drive and normally aspirated engines, I really admire the Impreza and Evo for what they are. I just wish that they were a bit more discrete RobM77 said:
Am I alone in wishing the Impreza looked a bit more discrete?
Although I'm a big fan of the Q-Car myself, I love that Scoobys & Evo's have for so long been brash, noisy hooligan cars with lots of wings tacked on in the old Cosworth tradition. It's a great antidote to the stereotypical middle-class aspirational Audi driver smug in his anonymobile. The same reason why I like ST burnt orange/GT stripes & the garish RS colours.I know it's often in poor taste, but I love the two fingers it gives to this idea that we should all somehow be ashamed of driving a fire-breathing distance-destroying car, and instead be more concerned about the quality of plastics in the interior, and what our neighbors/bank manager will think of us.
It's regrettable that these days it appears that such things predominantly appeal to chavs, which applies all kinds of social pressures to the enthusiast who might also consider one.
Agreed... The 'rally slag' is very chavvy, and yet not chavvy, if you know what I mean? The thing is that althoug it has brash looks, it has the performance to back it, up, as well as pedigree. Personally, I love all the slags... Scoobies, Evo's, Escorts, Intergrales, etc... They dress like your common or garden slapper, but you know they will put out!
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