RE: New Subaru WRX revealed
Discussion
dandare said:
I had to look them both up. I get your point, and second the question.
I think it looks more like a Volvo front. The rest is a bit boring.
I thought it was a volvo! If it hadn't been for the title... first sight of the front quarter photo had me wondering why they'd messed with the grille...... and can someone tell me why they've pinched the back end from a generic 3/5 series?! C'mon Subaru, where are the insanely styled rally monsters that could adorn the walls of modern day pre-pubescent teenagers, much like they did for us in the past? I think it looks more like a Volvo front. The rest is a bit boring.
It just looks over weight for what it is meant to be. If they had come up with a modern P1, somewhere between a GT86 and this then it would have gone down much better.
I have a 2007 WRX which is great fun to drive but pants on the MPG front. I'd imagine the new one won't be much better as the engine sounds a similar spec to a 2007 STI. There won't be much demand for a 25MPG car today!
I have a 2007 WRX which is great fun to drive but pants on the MPG front. I'd imagine the new one won't be much better as the engine sounds a similar spec to a 2007 STI. There won't be much demand for a 25MPG car today!
T1547 said:
Yawn - has Subaru lost all sense of design inspiration / direction..?I suspect this 'bland' car is just what Subaru need in the UK; price it clear of the German competition, and it has to be an attractive proposition.
It started going wrong when too many shouty STIs appeared in the UK, before that it was the discreet(ish) Impreza Turbo with its anonymous saloon body and basic interior sitting on top of that banzai power train. The new car looks, to me, like a return to that concept.
Make available a Performance Pack to 300bhp and that would make a very quick yet practical car.
I'm in
But please Subaru UK, just bring in the JDM cars and don't stick any s
t on them.
It started going wrong when too many shouty STIs appeared in the UK, before that it was the discreet(ish) Impreza Turbo with its anonymous saloon body and basic interior sitting on top of that banzai power train. The new car looks, to me, like a return to that concept.
Make available a Performance Pack to 300bhp and that would make a very quick yet practical car.
I'm in
But please Subaru UK, just bring in the JDM cars and don't stick any s
t on them.Reminds me of the MG6 from the back. previous shape 3 series side on and the front wing has the line from a Nissan GTR
I don't think its an ugly car, it looks far worse than that....plain. But in my opinion the WRX was never a car that caught my attention. The STI and pro drive ones however did.
For me Subaru needs to re-visit its roots and create something truly inspiring, but it seems the majority of the non petrol head people don't want this at the moment.
I don't think its an ugly car, it looks far worse than that....plain. But in my opinion the WRX was never a car that caught my attention. The STI and pro drive ones however did.
For me Subaru needs to re-visit its roots and create something truly inspiring, but it seems the majority of the non petrol head people don't want this at the moment.
The problem is not really looks, more that Subaru simply haven't moved the game on at all. Back in the mid-late 90s the humble Impreza turbo would trounce ANY VW/Audi/BMW offering within 50% of it price-wise. Now the WRX is barely on pace with a golf GTi and the STi beaten by the M135i/S3 which are similarly priced yet better in almost every way.
I don't see what the problem is tbh. No Subaru has been a pretty car, in fact almost all Jap cars of this nature are either plain, boring, ugly or a mix of all three.
Lets face it chaps, this WRX looks no worse, in my opinion better, than a Focus ST, Golf GTI, Mazda MPS, Renault Sport Meganne, etc etc.
Lets face it chaps, this WRX looks no worse, in my opinion better, than a Focus ST, Golf GTI, Mazda MPS, Renault Sport Meganne, etc etc.
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