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Old 10-29-2010, 07:34 PM   #201
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i hope that they bring it back, i love seeing them especially the turbo'ed ones, which you dont see often.
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Old 03-12-2011, 07:17 PM   #202
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I ABSOLUTELY would buy another. I bought 2 in 2006, traded one in for the Impreza. The other is still going strong. I freakin LOVE this car. I hope they do bring it back. I'd buy another in a heartbeat.
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Old 03-12-2011, 08:24 PM   #203
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I like it. They should make another turbo charged version and put them on the lot.
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Old 03-12-2011, 10:38 PM   #204
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Brat ftw... maybe then I could actually find one in decent shape! >.<
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Old 03-13-2011, 10:21 PM   #205
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Brat ftw... maybe then I could actually find one in decent shape! >.<
ya ive only seen one Brat, it was so clean and original owner. He randomly showed up to a local meet and had something like 300k+ miles on it!
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Old 03-13-2011, 10:32 PM   #206
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Brat ftw... maybe then I could actually find one in decent shape! >.<
I work with someone who just bought a Brat. He looked for a looooong time before he found one.

I think they're cute but they just seem so small. I like that the Baja is bigger and just meatier looking than the Brat. Get rid of the standard tiny tires and the Brat does seem like it would be fun offroad.
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Old 03-14-2011, 12:04 PM   #207
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Yes, bring back the Baja!!

My wife owns a 2006 turbo that she is currently trying to trade on a 2011 Legacy 3.6R. I'm against it because I love the Baja.

Here is a picture I found a while back of a concept. Not sure where it came from.

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Old 03-14-2011, 12:08 PM   #208
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Uuummmmm???? Yes Please
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Old 03-14-2011, 12:21 PM   #209
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I just purchased my Baja about a month ago and I love the damn thing!

Useless bed my arse!

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Old 03-14-2011, 01:15 PM   #210
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If Ssangyong can build this:


Then Subaru should be able to build an SUT, too.

Outback is not the choice for the donor.

FORESTER is the logical donor.

Slightly longer with a bed, and 4-doors.

Tribeca drivetrain and hubs, brakes, including the 5x114.3 wheel bolt pattern.

6MT or robust-upgraded automatic, both with VTD-AWD, and torsen/helical rear diff. Subaru is rumored to be beefing up an automatic option for their boxer diesel.

There should be a couple of engines offered, for efficiency with an FB25, premium upgrade with an EZ-H6, even if down to 3.2 liters to not step on Outback/Tribeca's toes.

Ideally, there would be a boxer turbo-diesel from the overseas forester, perhaps in leu of an NA FB25 in this application. A turbo diesel and an H6 would be a pair of nicely efficient, yet torquey engine options, that wouldn't have issues with low RPM turbo lag and high highway RPM levels, both of which lower fuel economy.

Limited edition STI with EJ257 turbo gas flat 4, for the enthusiasts, as an SUV/SUT Dakar Rally replica.

And it should have skid plates and a Class 3 towing package, with transmission, engine, and possibly front-diff oil coolers, and at least an air-cooled finned-aluminum rear differential casing. What it can't carry in the bed, it should be able to pull on a trailer, within the limits of appropriate cargo. If the cargo gets too big, it makes more sense to buy a full-sized truck from another brand for that. But it should be able to pull a personal boat, a pair of watercraft, or a couple of motorcycles, a U-haul trailer, maybe even a car dolly trailer. 500lbs tongue weight, and 5000lbs gross trailer weight should be good.

Tribeca is not quite the right body/interior donor. Too car-like and soft, and too close to the ridgeline's size, which is in-turn too close to the full-size truck market. This should be a small truck. that isn't bigger than a Forester, Outback, or Tribeca to park in a parking space.

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Old 03-18-2011, 01:03 PM   #211
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It would cool if the bed was bigger, more truck like.
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Old 03-18-2011, 11:55 PM   #212
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I would love to see another one.
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Old 03-19-2011, 12:08 AM   #213
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I like them ALOT!

Be nice to seem 'em made again.
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Old 03-19-2011, 09:58 AM   #214
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FORESTER is the logical donor.
The Forester sits on the the old Legacy platform, as does the current Impreza. I'd think that you want to keep it on Suabru's most modern platform, that way you get the updated driveline components.

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Slightly longer with a bed, and 4-doors..
At some point, though, it just becomes a truck.
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