More information about the new impreza 2006-2007

http://www.caranddriver.com/assets/image/1012004152951.jpg

The illustration above, purloined by our man in Japan, is an insider's estimation of what the next Impreza WRX STi will look like. Although many of the characteristic features of the current car are carried over—hood scoop, aggressive fender flares, enormous wing—the rest of the car shares some styling elements with Subaru's new corporate face, exemplified by the B9 Scrambler concept car designed by Andreas Zapatinas and displayed on a pedestal at the 2003 Tokyo show. The front-end styling of the concept is shown here and is reportedly the face of future Subarus. A new Impreza WRX STi should hit Japanese roads in 2007 and ours soon after.

source: http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=29&article_id=8707&page_number=1

looks like an evo with a hood scoop.

That bumper will never pass muster with us crash tests.

While it looks more and more like this new look will indeed be the new WRX/STI, I'd be more interested in insider scuttlebutt on what mechanicals the car will have---like, for instance, the engine and transmission!

Ugly bumper...evo/peugot grill...celica headlights...hood scoop...yeah, not feeling it.

i cant get over how weird the headlights look, its like 2 pieces or something, its just not working, rework the headlights is a must, and then the car will look alot better

-mikey

We need the bug eyes back!!!

I don't understand, there is like 100 million topics on the 06/07 impreza, some still right on the main page of the forum. Look before you post please

yeah not a fan of the front end.. return to square front ends.. flat lights and agressive stances..

I don't understand, there is like 100 million topics on the 06/07 impreza, some still right on the main page of the forum. Look before you post please


correct! this pic an variations of it have already been posted numerous times.

wondering if any bodykit can actually make it look half decent...

Awful lot of hating. I don't like the car depicted in that video game or whatever, but this new picture from C&D looks great in my opinion, much better than the current car. It has less of a "small car, boxy" look and more of a sporty, low slung look and stance. The current look of the car is its biggest downfall for me, I love everything else about the cars performance, it just needs a bodykit like Zerosport's IMHO. I would be less inclined to put a kit on this new look, just lower it, Im sure it wont come that low from the factory...
Oh and everyone stop all the bickering about reposting, who cares? Does it really ruin your day or something? Relax...jeezus.

so many negative comments.


i LOVE it ... bring it over ... and all you haters can have my 04 :)

correct! this pic an variations of it have already been posted numerous times.
I think this was moved here from General Community. News & Rumors seems to be the dumping site for that forum.

That bumper will never pass muster with us crash tests.
What do you base that statement on? If the Elise can pass a crash test, then that certainly can.

What do you base that statement on? If the Elise can pass a crash test, then that certainly can.


Just look at it. One minor bump to the front and there's going to be a whole lot of damage. From the grill to the headlights, any indentation is going to screw all that stuff up. There just isn't enough bumper there. I mean, look at what happened to the Legacy's bumpers.

Just look at it. One minor bump to the front and there's going to be a whole lot of damage. From the grill to the headlights, any indentation is going to screw all that stuff up. There just isn't enough bumper there. I mean, look at what happened to the Legacy's bumpers.
You're talking about the 5mph insurance bumper red tape... Not really relevant to safety, which is what the NHTSA crash testing will be focusing on. In my opinion the IIHS test requirements (and the success of their lobbying) has actually reduced the safety of our vehicles in order to protect the insurance companies' profit margins.

first, if this car were to be the one they built, the bumper is no less of a worry for the 5mph rules as that of the BMW Z4.

anyway, on to the 'official picture' I've seen this pic in no less than 4 different posts. this pic is no where near what a real artist from any competent automotive company would create.

look at any of the lines on the hood, the one on the passenger side doesn't follow the one on the drivers side. look at the roof line, this is exactly the roofline of the current car. look at anything on this car, none of the lines match up.

this is the most widely publicised POS drawing I have seen.

haha if this car really comes out you guys will be like "***"

Just look at it.

you realize your critiquing a photoshop'd guess of what the next car could be?

If it looks like that - or has any hint of that frontend design - I am glad I got in for '05 rather than waiting!

Man, I just dont like that design...

Id like to see a cossover between the GC8 and the bugeyes.


-Mark
MAPmotors.com

http://www.caranddriver.com/assets/image/1012004152951.jpg

looks like a G35 sedan went to pimp my ride...

I would bet on Subaru reverting back to the GC chassis type headlights (updated of course) with the new grille design...

IMO - that would be the best looking impreza ever... :banana:

Isn't that picture the same one in the "unrallified impreza concept" thread started right here on nasioc?

Isn't that picture the same one in the "unrallified impreza concept" thread started right here on nasioc?Yeah, thats what I think...

What your seeing are the WRC rims, that bulge that sticks out of the front side bumper, and most likley the rear wing. What I think it is, is a WRC car without the decals. Its not like this picture is new to us though....


-Mark
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i think it looks awesome!

supersized pic... ;)

http://tinypic.com/cjqkn

Somebody needs to chop that pic with a wagon body.

Ugly bumper...evo/peugot grill...celica headlights...hood scoop...yeah, not feeling it.

Okay-looking bumber...evo/peugot grill...celica headlights...hood scoop...yeah, i'm feeling it.*

*I like the evo grille
*I think the celica is one of the best looking cars available
*I don't care either way about hood scoops

Overall, this is one good design. *Much* better than the current look, which, no matter how you look at it, just looks like a COROLLA+ECHO. It looks like many manufacturers are moving away from the RectangleHeadlight-Grille-RectangleHeadlight horizontal arrangement, and this is one of the better implementations I've seen. I am curious about the back though - I really hope they got rid of the gigantic block-shaped taillights for something more legacy-like.

My bet is that it will be close to that look add some orange in the lights, cept no scoop, as the new grill and coweld hood will direct flow to the still remaining TMIC. Just like the new Mazda MS6

original
http://www.caranddriver.com/assets/image/1012004152951.jpg

massaged the grill and lowered headlights/deleted lower set
http://home.comcast.net/~beatcoaster/mikesidea.jpg

dual projectors
http://home.comcast.net/~beatcoaster/mikesidea2.jpg

now i should do it using that mondosized pic

OK, I had to,

My Photoshop rendition

http://www.jeremykeith.com/uploadedfiles/06impreza.jpg

those lights at the outer ends of the grille (under the main headlights) will disappear on production cars. I can see them perhaps on the WRC racers, but not on what you will see on the showroom floor.

Bob

Well if subaru continues with their 2 bulb headlight approach I see them as a possibility.

Well if subaru continues with their 2 bulb headlight approach I see them as a possibility.


Why don't you try a version without those "under" lamps. I bet it will look 10 times better. They could always include two bulbs in the upper main light cluster.

Bob

can someone photochop evoVIII headlights onto it...?
just totally don't like verticle headlights...
looks like the z car...

http://www.jeremykeith.com/uploadedfiles/06impreza2.jpg

http://www.jeremykeith.com/uploadedfiles/06impreza2.jpg

That looks pretty nice. Even the one with the lower lights in it looks nice, without the hood scoop, with the foglights added, and with the low-profile spoiler. I think it fits in with Subaru's new "premium" image quite well. It doesn't look like a corolla-economy car, and yet is not too "grungy" looking either. It seems to have the right balance of refined assertiveness without being too aggresive, which is what i'm guessing Subaru is striving for.

blech! I'm so glad I got my bugeye when I had the chance.

wow seems like they finally refined the design to a point where the most of us would accept... i actually like it :)

Nice job gibjer! I like the "original" and yours.

My question is, 06 or 07?

still cant decide if I like it or hate it maybe it will look better in person :confused:

Not feeling the headligts.

I wont be rushing to my subaru dealer to get one, thats for sure.

I have been saying for some time that this design is the first Alfa-frontend that would actually grow on you. I like what some of you have done with the headlights even more.

I am still waiting for someone to chop this into a street car...

http://www.powow.com/coolbluelb/CG%20WRX.jpg

What do you base that statement on? If the Elise can pass a crash test, then that certainly can.
The Elise doesn't pass US bumper or headlight standards. Lotus got a 3 year exemption on the promise that the next Elise will meet those standards.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/?http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/ae_news_story.php?id=44316

I remember in a previous thread a Subaru executive saying the Impreza would have a face lift, before a completely new version arrives - so maybe this is the facelift?

Looks even better without the hood scoops. I would assume the turbos will still have hood scoops though, maybe not as pronounced as the ones in the original illustration.

Bob

you're looking at a Photoshoped WRC racer concept. The regular WRX and other Imprezas won't get those wheels, and they will probably have a much more subdued front bumper too. The rear wing will also most likely be MIA.

Bob

wow seems like they finally refined the design to a point where the most of us would accept... i actually like it :)

Just to clarify.. THEY is not subaru. THEY are photochoppers.


Basshead, I think your 3rd pic is the best version yet.
http://home.comcast.net/~beatcoaster/mikesidea2.jpg Very Alfa. :D

http://home.comcast.net/~beatcoaster/mikesidea2.jpg

I have to agree that the third of Basshead's chops is my favorite. It gives me that feeling that this is a car that would just look mean coming up on you in your rearview.

That being said, I am fully aware that all this started from a photoshop job on an 02/03.

I'm just happy the bug-eyed era is done with. When the GC8 owners first saw the bugeyes it was a sad sad day. Then of course it grew on some people. This concept will grow alot quicker on people than the bugeyes did. I'm still never selling my GC8.

Ditto!
Good job Basshead, now go submit that to FHI and Subaru and say this is what we want!

Would Subaru really consider a new Impreza bodystyle without revising the motor/tranny/interior/wheels/brakes, etc that one would expect with the next generation Impreza? Seems hard to believe they would offer what amounts to a complete rethinking of the skin and offer the same old 227hp motor with a decades old tranny......who would buy one knowing the next year the mechanically probably would be dramatically changed. I'm inclined to think we won't see the next generation body style available for about another 18 months......or if it really does become available next spring as an '06 it will be thoroughly revised mechanically as well as cosmetically.

Should show up as an 07 model in Spring / Summer 2006 here, we still have one more year of the GD chassis left.

From the time we saw the first new offcial legacy shots till the time it was in showrooms was 6 months. I am holding out for either the detroit show (we'll probably see the new 7pax here) or toyko (more likely) for the new impreza to make it's rounds. My GUESS anyways.

gibjer--what do you think of snowman4us's thread re: timing of new Impreza? With all the speculation in Car and Driver and his "insider" information, maybe Subaru is working away like beavers on the new WRX, figuring the old model is too long in the teeth now that the Legacy is out and nobody will buy the WRX as it currently exists when the Legacy is an option, so they have decided to fully revise the WRX now in time for a model year 06 to be introduced summer of 05???

While possible I don't see it happening fiscially, unless the new impreza is still based off the GD chassis with more body panel swaps, ie the difference between the bug eye and current models.

FHI has said repeatedly that the "new" impreza will be a 07 arriving in 06, which means as a corporation they have budgeted the money for retooling years ahead, not months.

And if it was gonna be on lots this spring, I would assume we would have at least picked up a spy shot like we have for the 7pax by now, since that is its target date as well.

Thanks gibjer--unfortunately, I think you are probably correct about the timing of the next generation Impreza, particularly if substantial chassie modifications are in the works. I do think Subaru will be hard pressed to sell many more current WRXs for the next one and a half years. When the next generation does come on line I think all major changes, both to the body and to the mechanicals, will be in place.

Is it just me or does that kinda look like a celica?

I hope with the new chassis comes a 2.5 in the wrx with around 250 hp that whould be great, I can only hope this will happen
good call a celica with four doors :banana:

I hope with the new chassis comes a 2.5 in the wrx with around 250 hp that whould be great, I can only hope this will happen
good call a celica with four doors :banana:

My guess is that they will stick to the 2.0 for the rally crowd overseas, and I doubt they would go as far as to offer 2.5 in base WRX just for the US. Plus I'm actually quite happy with my 2.0's relative lack of torque. I do hope for more power at the top end though.

Heres my photoshop...


http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wNjAzMDIwNnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg


-Mark
MAPmotors.com

that's the best design...
however, not a good chop...
thanks for you effort...

Heres my photoshop...


http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wNjAzMDIwNnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg


-Mark
MAPmotors.com

What happend to the lower half of the bumper
:eek:

;)

another opinion...
the headlights should be little closer to the middle...
so that the grill is not as wide spread...
and should keep the grill... /_____\ rather than \_____/
fog lights... please have gc fog light complex please...

Not bad for a 14 year old, huh? :lol:

I didn't like how the lower grill area. I liked it seperated with a different shape. The little gap in the original looked too cheesy for some reason.

Thanks for the advise, too!


-Mark
MAPmotors.com

Rallycarperson looks good nice photochop

took a couple hours and made this...MUCH better than from Subaru, they need to hire me now....
-my best concept-
http://home.comcast.net/~beatcoaster/mikesidea2.jpg
-changed a bit-
http://home.comcast.net/~beatcoaster/mikeriewerconcept.jpg
my whole intent was to make the face much more mean, looks too damn cutesy in the original, so i gave the grill some agressiveness. Created my own headlamp assemblies, lowered them and changed their angles to match the new grill...which one is better guys?

looks good like those headlights better

Love the new look Basshead,
Go Work for SOA!!!
Go email them this idea

took a couple hours and made this...MUCH better than from Subaru, they need to hire me now...
That's the spirit! :banana: :disco:

To lament the death of the R34 Skyline, I say Subaru replicates the look for the new WRX.


:D

bored at work:

http://www.freebmw.net/achilles/B11I/imprezascanml1.jpg

subtle changes to headlights, lower grille opened. low wing, no scoops or vents on hood, and its silver(ish)

They definitely need to at least have the option for a two-door, again...

They definitely need to at least have the option for a two-door, again...

funny you should mention that:

http://www.freebmw.net/achilles/B11I/imprezascanml2.jpg

:lol:

Heres a facelift version of my original....

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wNjA0MDEzNnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg


-Mark
MAPmotors.com

Heres a facelift version of my original....

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wNjA0MDEzNnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~axp696/forumimages/smiley/idhitit.gif

funny you should mention that:

http://www.freebmw.net/achilles/B11I/imprezascanml2.jpg

:lol:


thats MINE!!!!

funny you should mention that:

http://www.freebmw.net/achilles/B11I/imprezascanml2.jpg

:lol:

sweeeeet

This reminds me of the B4 Blitzen, Porsche front air dam on a Subie.

Heres a facelift version of my original....

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wNjA0MDEzNnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg


-Mark
MAPmotors.comhttp://www.mattrandolph.com/wrx/adrenalin-Junkie/images/2002%20Subaru%20Legacy%20B4%20Blitzen.jpg
http://www.motorsportscenter.com/uploads/cayane_s.jpg

But I think it would look better with the slant of the grill seen in this one. Both very nice renditions.

http://home.comcast.net/~beatcoaster/mikesidea2.jpg

just for the love of god lose those stupid slanting lights.. go back to some sort of flat/squarish lights.. the 04s were a step in the right direction.. just keep that flow going.. flatten them out a little more .. elongate them a bit more.. and your heading back to how the WRX should look.. the 02 bug eyes were a HUGE mistake..

that's going to hurt a lots of people's feeling here...
i am not one of them, it's ok...

could somone try extending the alfa grill wider towards the headlights. so it is /________\ this far apart. not /____\ this far. that would make the grill a little resemblant to the new legacy.

bored at work:

http://www.freebmw.net/achilles/B11I/imprezascanml1.jpg

subtle changes to headlights, lower grille opened. low wing, no scoops or vents on hood, and its silver(ish)
Looks like a G35

Heres a facelift version of my original....

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wNjA0MDEzNnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg


-Mark
MAPmotors.com
:eek:

Truly amazing Mark....

I like that shade of red better than what's currently offered.

Bob

"*I like the evo grille
*I think the celica is one of the best looking cars available
*I don't care either way about hood scoops"

bob655, I am a fan of both Evos and Celicas. I couldn't be more pissed about the discontinuation of the Celica line. That being said, I just don't think all these random things fit together.

GC8 4L.

http://www.subarunews.net/extra/wagon2007.gif

Found at Subarunews.net, looks pretty good IMO

What do you base that statement on? If the Elise can pass a crash test, then that certainly can.

The Elise never did pass a crash test. That had some sort of special permission to bring it US market.....not sure will have to searching my many car mags. This is why they are redesigning it already in a year or so.

The Elise never did pass a crash test. That had some sort of special permission to bring it US market.....not sure will have to searching my many car mags. This is why they are redesigning it already in a year or so.In anticipation of importing the Elise into the US, Lotus Cars USA petitioned NHTSA last year for a temporary exemption to portions of the 2.5 mph Bumper Standard and of the Lighting Standard (which doesn't involve crash testing). That petition was approved by NHTSA this past February. You can review its docket at http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchResultsSimple.cfm?searchType=docket&numberValue=16341. There have been no other Elise-related petitions, so the US version of the Elise has passed all crash tests required by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

http://www.subarunews.net/extra/wagon2007.gif

Found at Subarunews.net, looks pretty good IMOThat looks hideous!!

Looks like a freakin funeral car!


-Mark
MAPmotors.com

Yeah, I don't like the way the window does not wrap around like on the current model. I also think they could be a more agressive in the front end design.
The lights are weak. I guess this is what will dirve me to the Legacy GT in my next puchase.

That looks hideous!!

Looks like a freakin funeral car!


-Mark
MAPmotors.com


well of course ... it's a photoshop ... plus it has STi fog lights, HUGE fender flares (which wagons do not have) and no roof rails ... so i have to agree it looks kinda silly

but i love the sedan concept alot !

That looks hideous!!

Looks like a freakin funeral car!


-Mark
MAPmotors.com

you mean a hearse? :rolleyes:

looks ok to me. just the sedan with a wagonish roof extended to the rear end.

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my images are down for some reason, sorry, need to contact my host to see whats up.

Heres a facelift version of my original....

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wNjA0MDEzNnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg


-Mark
MAPmotors.comId sell my sti in a heart beat if it would look like this pic. :banana:

The pic kind of looks like a cross between a legacy and a sti, but it whould still be sweet if the car looked like this

The pic kind of looks like a cross between a legacy and a sti, but it whould still be sweet if the car looked like this


Wanna see a real cross between a legacy and sti?

http://members.shaw.ca/anon123/imprezawierd2.jpg

:lol:

impreza99 (http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/member.php?u=7601), it's the headlights. But I still say that front bumper screams Porsche.

thats how the new Wrx should look^^^^^

Subaru, Are You Listening?!?!?!?!

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/wNjA0MDEzNnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg

Love the Legacy lights on the Impreza concept. I personally could do without the Cayenne/2f2f bumper. Either way, this car keeps getting better. I also hope this is the way Subaru plans on going.

i like that.. needs to be a coupe .. and the lights just a little flatter.. and more "front on" .. less sidemounted.

looks like an evo front, srt4 headlights, g35 body, and sti scoop and wing...

looks like an evo front, srt4 headlights, g35 body, and sti scoop and wing...

Wow, I don't see that headlight comment at all...

http://www.applepics.com/5/userfiles/4160bdf6090c1.jpg

http://www.caranddriver.com/assets/image/1012004152951.jpg

looks like a G35 sedan went to pimp my ride...


*LMAO* Love that show!!

And you are right on...I'd still take it though!

http://tinypic.com/cjqkn

I like this actually - I know I am in the minority here. I do think they need to get even more wild and more aggressive, but I think that this is a decent start for a car that is probably still going to change quite a bit in the next ~2 years. Also, while it seems that quite a bit of you guys hate the lights, I like them qutie a bit. I would like for them to integrate that hoodscoop more into the hood though - dare I say it... like the SRT4, which I think has a great looking scoop.
(YES, I said it! I admit that I like the look of the SRT4 scoop :p ... ok please don't kill me!)

Obviously this is just a photochop using the current body, but I would expect to see that new Subaru design theme of having a pronounced shoulder-ridge running down the length of the car. Looks like in their new R1 concept it is quite pronounced and then they seem to have smoothed it out in the production version (from the other thread). Also the 7-Pax seems to have that same ridge in the spyshots that I have seen.

Also, Subaru, please.. for the love of gawd, give us more color choices! My WRX is Silver, but I can't take it anymore... ALL i see are silver and blue Impreza's (let alone all the other silver cars out there on the road). Give us some cool colors like copper (like the 350Z) or that great graphite color (like the Mazda3).

:p

Wheels and lights are from the Subaru B9 Scrambler concept. And of course no Scooby is complete without the big fog lights.
http://genji.image.pbase.com/u41/rallycarperson/upload/35937444.SubaruConceptResize.jpg


-Mark
MAPmotors.com

Here's an edited link so everyone should be able to see....
http://image.pbase.com/u41/rallycarperson/upload/35937444.SubaruConceptResize.jpg

Here's an edited link so everyone should be able to see....
http://image.pbase.com/u41/rallycarperson/upload/35937444.SubaruConceptResize.jpg

Link didn't work :confused:

Sorry. Guess you needed a Pbase account to view it. Hope this works...

http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1099597170.jpg



-Mark
MAPmotors.com

You know, it's different, but it works,
I actually like the B9 fish eyes look.

Verdict is still out for me. I'm not a fan of the B9 lamps, however, the rest of the front is an improvement IMO. Pull together the last pic with some modified Legacy lamps that instead of having one, have dual projector lamps. Just another thought and since I'm not so Photoshop inclined at this time, I'm open for more suggestions.

that have been shown as of now, have the headlights above the grille, not merged with it. I suspect that will hold true for the production cars too.

Bob

Verdict is still out for me. I'm not a fan of the B9 lamps, however, the rest of the front is an improvement IMO. Pull together the last pic with some modified Legacy lamps that instead of having one, have dual projector lamps. Just another thought and since I'm not so Photoshop inclined at this time, I'm open for more suggestions.Something like this? :confused:

http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1099668692.jpg


-Mark
MAPmotors.com

Sorry. Guess you needed a Pbase account to view it. Hope this works...

http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1099597170.jpg



-Mark
MAPmotors.com

Nice shop Rallycarperson !!!!
only the baffles are what angular

http://www.subarunews.net