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http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1230616

Official Subaru NYIAS Impreza & Tribeca Photos

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1235682

Damn, the Tribeca is actually looking pretty good now.

No more quirky design.

It looks better, but more like every other SUV.

And they have finally done it. They officially killed the Impreza. =(

Except for totally hating the grill and taillights, I'd rock the hatch. I'd hit it.

I guess it's not so bad. The WRX sedan is kinda cool.

The only person that should be saying this is Bob becuase it definitely looks like a corolla with a hoodscoop.

pretty much.

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/140778269-M.jpg
http://www.toyota.com/images/vehicle...ge/photo_2.jpg

Yeah it really does. Fuckin Toyota.

Well... my next car is going to be an Audi. The new Impreza, while a likely winner for Subaru's overall sales, has strayed too far from it's rally heritage for me to want one. I'm sure the rally car will look sweet, and the STi too will be better looking, but I was hoping for some middle ground with the WRX. Sure, it's always been a hood-scooped econo-car, but now it looks like one. :(

If only they'd bring back the SVX before I save up enough to afford the new S5.

Dude, if an S5 is your ideal next DD... what could Subaru possibly do to a WRX to make you want one more? :lol:

It's not bad when you compare it to the competition.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/galler..._pw_007-75.jpg

I'm just excited to see the new STI. I'm not sure how accurate these will end up being.

Ug, the placement of the wing on that p-shop makes me hurt deep down inside.

But, I think the hatch is pretty awesome. I can't wait to see what the STi actually ends up looking like.

Oh GOD! That's just plain awful... :( I'ma have to go hurt Bob to make myself feel better...

Um, 1/3 the price for 2/3 the car? Hell, the interior and performance are already there... but the WRX is too plain looking. That's why I'd love a new $40k SVX... it'd compete with all the 2 door MBZ/Audi offerings but cost less and not be quite as nice/fast.

Wow, they really have made it look like a pure econobox. Why are OEMs so good at taking a great design and slowly watering it down to nothing over the years? I guess it's not a Detroit-only phenomenon.

I think a lot of it is that Subaru is finally trying to go up against Toyota. The car looks more like what a lot of people expect it to look like, and I think that will greatly help their sales numbers, although it will alienate the people that buy Subaru for its rally association.

Plus if you look at the cars that other rally cars are based on, they're much tamer than the rally version:

http://www.lifecar.de/berichte/bilder/citroen-c4-01.jpg

http://www.duemotori.com/racingnews/...ueue/10081.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/1...ford-focus.jpg

http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring...s-rs-wrc-1.JPG


Additionally, the STi will now probably boost its sales as well, as all the fence-sitters that decide "well the WRX is enough" will all bump to the STi over looks alone. Now the WRX is more of an econo-sleeper. And even better the new WRX may look so tame, all the ricer fanbois will just go buy Lancers. Sliver-lining?

But yeah... no more cool looking, rally inspired, affordable sports sedan. :(

I really like hatchback cars in general, but the 08 Impreza just isn't doing it for me. Although I hated the 06 design in pictures but I really like the car in person. I'm hoping the same thing will happen with the 08 once I see a few on the road. I'd hate to have to spring for the STi just to get a decent looking car.

:mad: I'm gonna be sick! I WAS planning on an Sti for a christmas present to myself... Santa is gonna be bringing an Evo now!:mad:

What's the new Evo like?

OK, I spoke way too soon, the 08 evo is a million times worse than the 08 werks! I looked up "08 evo X" and all the pics I saw were pretty consistent as far as what it's "supposed" to look like and I gotta say, I am very disappointed with Subaru and Mitsubishi. They both have taken things to a whole new level of gay. Lets hope I can move up my X-mas present soon enough to swoop a new 07 Sti while they are still around!

as long as they perform, I don't care what it looks like.



JC, "Yeah dude you used to own a bugeye."

hey man I liked my bugeye!

It looks about 11teen! times less gay than the new impreza: http://gallery.boostlabs.com/evom/evox/index.html

well, countdown is finished. over hyped IMO. And is it just me or is the website loading slow?

It's not really fair to compare the Evo to the 2.5i or the WRX. The Evo looks ok...

I still can't wait to see the STi trim. It wouldn't take much for me to like it better than the Evo. I like wagons and a hatch is just a sporty wagon. :P

The link in the first post now shows you photoshop smoothed images...nothing we haven't seen already. They're server is slowing to a crawl though.