Welcome to the North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club Thursday March 28, 2024
Home Forums Images WikiNASIOC Products Store Modifications Upgrade Garage
NASIOC
Go Back   NASIOC > NASIOC General > NASIOC Official News, Articles and Polls

Welcome to NASIOC - The world's largest online community for Subaru enthusiasts!
Welcome to the NASIOC.com Subaru forum.

You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community, free of charge, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is free, fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.







* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads. 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-03-2007, 09:16 AM   #51
FCmaniac
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 142029
Join Date: Feb 2007
Chapter/Region: Tri-State
Location: Lehigh Valley, PA
Vehicle:
2013 Forester
2008 350z, 1991 Miata BRG

Default

ugly as sin... makes me want to keep my 04 that much longer
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
FCmaniac is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
Old 04-03-2007, 09:19 AM   #52
karr1008
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 118924
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Madison AL
Vehicle:
2006 WRX STI
Blue

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alvin View Post
everyone said the 06' was ugly as f***, but hey look now, everyone loves it. only time will tell .....
08 impreza...look! it's a mazda, no wait, it's a camry? ah...nope, it's a WRX

As far as the 06 looks...well, it is far different from any other model with the exception of a few Alfas and maybe one Suzuki Forenza? Other than that, you can distinguish an 06 from a mile away from the rest of the ordinary cars.
I wish we could say the same here with the 08 but is not.
karr1008 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:22 AM   #53
scott_gunn
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 4203
Join Date: Feb 2001
Chapter/Region: South East
Location: Palm Harbor, FL
Vehicle:
2009 WRX 5spd hatch
Platinum Silver Metallic

Default

I like it. The other Imprezas were all pretty ugly. This one, while it doesn't stand out with good looks, at least it blends and looks like a normal car. The previous versions were all failed attempts to put a pretty face on an ugly car, and they all ended up as ugly faces that looked out of place on the rest of the car.

But really, I don't care how it looks. I never would have bought a bugeye if looks were my main concern.

Maybe the lack of fender flares make it more aerodynamic and save a little gas? Maybe the new suspension will give it outstanding handling?

So, if the engine is just a reflash away from 300hp, the suspension is improved, it's lighter weight, it gets better gas mileage, and the interior is classier, then I won't be concerned one bit about how it looks. At least it won't stand out as an exceptionally ugly car like it's predecessors (2002+).
scott_gunn is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:23 AM   #54
mikebus7
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 141172
Join Date: Feb 2007
Chapter/Region: NESIC
Location: ManchVegas N.H.
Vehicle:
EVO X-mr PhantomBLK
driving with a chubb

Angry Giant step back

<- meet the three guys who came up with the new look!

I think the value of my 04 WRX just went up.
This is so ugly, It looks like a compact Sabb turbo.


Why God, WHY!!!!!
mikebus7 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:25 AM   #55
dug-e-fresh
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 4568
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: 603 whp / EJ207
Vehicle:
10.7 @ 136, '02 WRX
12.8 @ 112, '09 spec.B

Default

I'll take my bugeye over ANY other design (minus a modern interpretation of the GC8 coupe)... regardless what the haters say

def
dug-e-fresh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:28 AM   #56
doubledribble
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 42912
Join Date: Sep 2003
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: Newark, DE
Vehicle:
2003 Outback Sport
bird **** & door dings

Default

say it ain't so....
doubledribble is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:28 AM   #57
bachan114
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 99321
Join Date: Oct 2005
Chapter/Region: Tri-State
Location: Putnam/Westchester NY
Vehicle:
2014 Forester
Red

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ricochet View Post
Pics in this article are the 2.5i model. The WRX Still has a scoop.



USDM WRX Sedan
it has a mazda front end

subaru made me just die a little inside
bachan114 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:30 AM   #58
pereirav
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 140531
Join Date: Feb 2007
Default

The more i look at it...the more I like it.
pereirav is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:34 AM   #59
ErikAnderson
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 26739
Join Date: Oct 2002
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Offshore
Default

i will NEVER, EVER own one of those.

the more i look at it, the more i see prosaic and uninspired design, and a botched rush job. I remember my high school days, rushing to finish an assignment and producing a crappy, botched, copy of someone else's work. Dear subaru, i made it out of high school, why are you still there looking over the shoulder of the person in front of you?
ErikAnderson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:34 AM   #60
happos2
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 114791
Join Date: May 2006
Vehicle:
'12 Golf R
Blue

Default

too much sheet metal between the rear fender wells and the trunk deck. Like the Evo had, ewwwww
happos2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:40 AM   #61
infamousone
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 59625
Join Date: Apr 2004
Chapter/Region: NESIC
Location: Lowell
Vehicle:
01 Integra Type R
#01-0362

Default

looks like a freakin carolla.
infamousone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:43 AM   #62
mossie4
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 83997
Join Date: Mar 2005
Chapter/Region: NWIC
Location: Kalispell, MT
Vehicle:
2008 STI
Aspen White

Smile

Quote:
Originally Posted by ricochet View Post
Pics in this article are the 2.5i model. The WRX Still has a scoop.



USDM WRX Sedan
The Hatch is most definitely not as good looking as my 02 wgn was but this picture of the sedan reminds me a little bit of the Acura TL lines (not grille). Of course it is early in the morning!

Thumbs up on the sedan....thumbs down on the hatch!
mossie4 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:44 AM   #63
BAMBOO
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 144649
Join Date: Mar 2007
Chapter/Region: South East
Location: Stockbridge, Georgia
Vehicle:
2001 iMPREZA RS
Darkness

Default

it's like the PS3. it came out really soon and it is not really looking good at all. im very very disappointed. why do designers always go for the "capsule-like" shapes??!!! no offese guys, but the image of the new EVO looks alot nicer. ...and all this time i thought we culd whip those suckers on body style.

what happen to all the "oldskool shapes"??!!
BAMBOO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:46 AM   #64
project x
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 132425
Join Date: Nov 2006
Default

IMO this makes me want to sell my car so it is'nt associated with a company that is going in a direction that is so lame . this looks like a car only elderly people would look good in . not a lusted after ripper . i'm over 40 and own 3 hatchbacks including a 300 hp WRX wagon ( my demographic ) . the only way to make the front look good is to replace it all , headlights can stay , the rear is a total mess and the tail lights look like e-bay crap . if i owned a car like this i'd feel like a teenager that just got his grandparents old car that they couldn't drive anymore , for free , and no matter what i'd do to make it cool it would still suck so i'd drive it only because i didn't have any other choice but to walk everywhere . just me but i hate it that much . they should call it the new justy .
project x is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:46 AM   #65
BAMBOO
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 144649
Join Date: Mar 2007
Chapter/Region: South East
Location: Stockbridge, Georgia
Vehicle:
2001 iMPREZA RS
Darkness

Default

btw, ill just pretend that i didn't know anything about "this" car
BAMBOO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:46 AM   #66
Subie-Gc8
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 109270
Join Date: Mar 2006
Chapter/Region: NESIC
Location: Londonderry NH
Vehicle:
05 WRX
RED

Default

Good Job Subaru you just added more value to my GC!!!!!!!!!! lol

Can you say ford foci btw!!!!
Subie-Gc8 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:47 AM   #67
FreNetiC WRX
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 109763
Join Date: Mar 2006
Chapter/Region: Tri-State
Location: Putnam/Westchester N.Y.
Vehicle:
2006 aw TR
[ GO PETTER GO! ]

Subaru Stars

go away, go far, far away.....
FreNetiC WRX is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:56 AM   #68
SQ3.0dotJP
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 136330
Join Date: Jan 2007
Chapter/Region: International
Location: Nippon, Yeay
Vehicle:
# OCCUPY

Default





one can only dream the sti saves this platforn, and this is what i think a hot hatch is.. subaru=failed

Last edited by SQ3.0dotJP; 04-03-2007 at 11:06 AM.
SQ3.0dotJP is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:57 AM   #69
red rexx04
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 92314
Join Date: Jul 2005
Chapter/Region: SCIC
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Vehicle:
2018 WRX
WRB

Default

i'll stick with my 04 thank you very much
red rexx04 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:58 AM   #70
Leonardo
Cowabunga!
Super Moderator
 
Member#: 185
Join Date: Aug 1999
Chapter/Region: South East
Location: Orlando, Fl
Vehicle:
2014 Impreza Sport
Ice Silver Metalic

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by FCmaniac View Post
ugly as sin...
Depends which
Leonardo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 09:58 AM   #71
SCOOBY2.5RS
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 66234
Join Date: Jul 2004
Chapter/Region: MWSOC
Vehicle:
3G WRX-WRB
Scooby-X Monster

Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by dmross View Post
:Puke:

GC forever.
Damb right!! And this is why im keeping my car!!! haha!!

YA!! The price of my car just went up!!! haha

It looks like a toyata corolla!!
I was hopeing the new one was going to be FMIC too! like the evo.
Ease of modding!
SCOOBY2.5RS is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 10:13 AM   #72
dug-e-fresh
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 4568
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: 603 whp / EJ207
Vehicle:
10.7 @ 136, '02 WRX
12.8 @ 112, '09 spec.B

Default









Off solsticeforum.com

def
dug-e-fresh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 10:15 AM   #73
darknightohio
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 50523
Join Date: Dec 2003
Chapter/Region: MWSOC
Location: Toledo
Vehicle:
2023 GR86
Gray

Default

Subaru better offer an aero sport package for the new WRX. The kit should include new grille treatment, fender flares, 4-pots and better tires...

Interior looks much improved.
darknightohio is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 10:17 AM   #74
nondezkrypt
*** Banned ***
 
Member#: 138324
Join Date: Jan 2007
Default

Put more succinctly:
Quote:
Originally Posted by ricochet View Post
...Tribeca-inspired cabin with sweeping lines and brushed-aluminum accents.
...an additional 2-inches of shoulder room up front,...
...large cup-holders (up to 24-oz bottles) in the doors,...
...an MP3/video jack, for plugging in either an iPod, XBox or some other fun gizmo.
...longer and lighter than the car it replaces,...
...has a lot more cargo area...
...an improved ride and a quieter cabin.
...Subaru tossed the Legacy GT turbo mill into the chassis, turned down the boost and called it a day. Visually, that certainly seems to be what has happened.
...making its Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC) system finally available on its small-car. ...This should earn the new Impreza high marks with the safety-conscious.
nondezkrypt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-03-2007, 10:18 AM   #75
o2sys
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 43842
Join Date: Sep 2003
Chapter/Region: Tri-State
Location: NYC
Vehicle:
200? WRX STI
Aspen White

Default

The seats look like Recaro Topline design...from the angle/view of the interior pic....
o2sys is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
2010 Legacy Debut at the NYAS [email protected] News & Rumors 691 04-15-2009 02:28 PM
2010 Mazda CX-9 and CX-7 Facelift making their debut at New York AVANTI R5 Non-Subaru News & Rumors 6 03-23-2009 12:33 PM
2007 Impreza WRC Makes Debut at Rally Mexico ricochet NASIOC Official News, Articles and Polls 19 05-23-2007 06:00 AM
New Altima to debut at NY mhoward1 Non-Subaru News & Rumors 28 04-12-2006 05:39 PM
New Impreza Body Debuts 10-17-00!!!!!!!!!! (must read!) SubieRacer General Forum Archive 6 10-15-2000 02:28 AM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:54 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
Copyright ©1999 - 2019, North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club, Inc.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission
Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.