Next-Gen Subaru WRX STI Could Be Two-Door Coupe Co-Developed With Toyota

[NZrex]

Still no real info, really? Man.

Also the new car must be ages away as nothing has been seen. Chucking the new engine in a 2020 and testing incognito isn't enough. They need to test the whole package of drivetrain and chassis (sgp which the dealers on here say is waaaaay better than the old one) in the real world. Last one was out testing in different guises for about a year. Supra was driving around for what, 2 years?

This car isn't just going to be revealed at new York and then on sale this year. It's still ages away, just my opinion tho.....

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[KC]

Originally Posted by NZrex

This car isn't just going to be revealed at new York and then on sale this year. It's still ages away, just my opinion tho.....

They've done it before with the BugEye WRX. Was held quiet for its creation and then maybe a week or two before the reveal someone posted the pic of the bugeye. They announced it at a Jan show and said "ordering will be open tomorrow."

Maybe something surprising will happen at the upcoming LA show...?

--kC

[clarkkent1975]

Originally Posted by KC

They've done it before with the BugEye WRX. Was held quiet for its creation and then maybe a week or two before the reveal someone posted the pic of the bugeye. They announced it at a Jan show and said "ordering will be open tomorrow."

Maybe something surprising will happen at the upcoming LA show...?

--kC

That was the age before mobile phones and social media. It would be pretty near impossible to keep that quiet today. One can always hope though.

[KC]

Before phones with cameras. Yes.

Before digital cameras? No.

Before cell phones? Also no.

Before social media? Also, also no.

All one had to do was pull the files off your camera onto your computer and email to publisher or put on a forum.

Check my join date. This is also social media. It's not twitter or FB, but there were places people went for stuff. Also, car magazines, et al had their online presence up and running.

Photos were shared, albeit just *slightly* differently than *now*. It may had taken a few minutes to pull the pics off the camera and email them or post/share them.

--kC

[chanomatik]

It's hard to argue how many more cameras there are now compared to then. I'm also surprised we haven't seen anything yet.

[SoDealer]

Originally Posted by KC

Before phones with cameras. Yes.

Before digital cameras? No.

Before cell phones? Also no.

Before social media? Also, also no.

All one had to do was pull the files off your camera onto your computer and email to publisher or put on a forum.

Check my join date. This is also social media. It's not twitter or FB, but there were places people went for stuff. Also, car magazines, et al had their online presence up and running.

Photos were shared, albeit just *slightly* differently than *now*. It may had taken a few minutes to pull the pics off the camera and email them or post/share them.

--kC

In 2000/2001 almost no one:
Carried digital cameras around everywhere they went
Had a phone with a camera. doesn't matter if they had a phone or not.
Used well connected social media (forums are not considered social media)

[4S-TURBO]

Originally Posted by SoDealer

In 2000/2001 almost no one:
Carried digital cameras around everywhere they went
Had a phone with a camera. doesn't matter if they had a phone or not.
Used well connected social media (forums are not considered social media)

The amount of cameras are beside the point. It's the will to take a picture in the first place. Only a small handful of people give a **** about future models. Less and less so with the current generation who had cameras implanted into their retinas at birth.

Forums are forums. Car people are car people. They gather where the platform provides the most use and share info related to cars. That's this place. People who cross forums will post information between them and that's how more people see it. Sure it's easier to spread it on one platform like facebook, but the same principle applies. It will spread all over.

No shortage of cameras and camera phones existed in Japan back then. That's where the bugeye came from.

[SoDealer]

Originally Posted by 4S-TURBO

The amount of cameras are beside the point. It's the will to take a picture in the first place. Only a small handful of people give a **** about future models. Less and less so with the current generation who had cameras implanted into their retinas at birth.

Forums are forums. Car people are car people. They gather where the platform provides the most use and share info related to cars. That's this place. People who cross forums will post information between them and that's how more people see it. Sure it's easier to spread it on one platform like facebook, but the same principle applies. It will spread all over.

No shortage of cameras and camera phones existed in Japan back then. That's where the bugeye came from.

There definitely was a shortage of camera phones in Japan in 2000 and now one was carrying a freaking Powershot in their pocket. Spy photos and leaks back then came from official photos or Brenda Priddy.

[SoDealer]

I also think you forget how rare it was to see any official spy shot of a Subaru back then compared to other brands. Everything released in the JDM market first (usually a year ahead) and it was before Subaru did a lot of finished bodywork mule testing in the US. The best we would get would be artist renderings from Japanese magazines.

[4S-TURBO]

Originally Posted by SoDealer

I also think you forget how rare it was to see any official spy shot of a Subaru back then compared to other brands. Everything released in the JDM market first (usually a year ahead) and it was before Subaru did a lot of finished bodywork mule testing in the US. The best we would get would be artist renderings from Japanese magazines.

I love all those renderings. Got books and books of them. Most were pretty close to the finished product.

[subimp6u08]

I first saw bugeye wrx from Japanese car magazine at Narita airport on my way to Korea in summer of 2000. That's when nobody from the U.S. really knew about bugeye. When it came out on 2001 as 2002 model, I bought my first brand new Subaru, bugeye wrx. It was a bit different in good old days.

[chanomatik]

US should've never Subaru'd. There. I said it. We can't have nice things. The US is like The Narrator in Fight Club. "I wanted to destroy something beautiful."

[b4wantab]

Better to have loved and lost than to have never loved......

Peace,

Greg

[bugatti0628]

what about the spyshot of the levorg, if the 2 cars are based off each other. what does that mean for the wrx. was the wrx development finished and they used that as a base for the levorg in the spyshot. also we only caught the 2020 legacy spy pics here. the outback was never spotted in the open before they released the teaser for the auto show.

[Pre]

Bring on the new STi coupe. I will buy and will watch Subros Beard Vapors cry in agony!

[bugatti0628]

Originally Posted by Pre

Bring on the new STi coupe. I will buy and will watch Subros Beard Vapors cry in agony!

a launch edition 2 door STI commemorating the legendary 22b with gold rims would be fire.

[subyski]

I honestly just miss WRB with Gold wheel combo.

[4S-TURBO]

Yeah the S209 color combos are odd considering.