Subaru, what are you doing?

I presume when the new car won't get you through 6 inches of snow over ice in DC or some other backwater you will be able to admire that grill.

The grille is supposed to reflect subaru's heritage in aviation. The grille is supposed to look like a coupe of wings (like a plane flying toward you. I have an 06 wrx and think they're the most agressive looking one's yet. Considering this is the first year of the 2.5l in the standard WRX, the bigger brakes, available leather interior and electronic valve timing control, this may be the best WRX ever.

You'll get used to it. Let's face it, Subarus have never been style icons.

Yeah, I don't shop for grills when I car shop.

Carl

Greg R scribbled:

Hey, what do you have against the round lights? I love my bug-eyed Impreza...

Oh, don't forget the extra bricks added to the roof and the wheels of the STI Limited arriving this fall. Goes well with the ugly nose. I'm soooo glad I got the MY2005 before the uglification took place. I'd get EVO over STI if only for the fact that the nose does not look so ugly. Anyhow, it's hard to please everyone. But I did like the designs of the first frenchman better.

Why get used to it when there is non uglified Evo? A4 never looked ugly either. Legacy looks quite good also. But Subaru always would fine some way to make the Impreza sheet metal ugly.

Hmm, didn't we have the same discussion during the bug eyey years?

ice in DC or some other backwater you will be able to admire that grill.

ice in DC or some other backwater you will be able to admire that grill.

The Ki-43 Oscar, Ki-84 Frank and the Ki-115 kamikaze special all with radial engines.

Fuji Heavy Industries was known as Nakajima Aviation then, after the war the first Subaru was a light plane the Fuji FA200 Aero Subaru.

Well, it seems that some AWD systems are just AWD on paper. There was a video by some swedish guy ages ago showing an Outback and some volvo towing a trailer on a level muddy terrain and up an unpaved hill. For some reason he kept getting the volvo stuck.

Again, this is a recent example of a car with a six digit price tag useless off road:

Speaking of minivans. Tribeca was the first one with the awful grill and why did not Subaru add the sliding doors? I think the utility of it with the hinged doors is greatly reduced for the people with kids. Or maybe some kids are careful opening them without trashing M5 parked nearby? If there are bmw owners retarded enough park next to a minivan.

I actually got the RAV4, so no, I will not be stuck in the snow.

That's the first time I noticed how ugly Subaru has become (the Tribecca). Then while researching cars online I saw they also ruined (in my opinion) the looks of the Impreza, the new look reminds me of the old Dodge K cars. Of course not everyone's tastes are the same, but the absolute lack of Tribecca's I see on the road tells me I'm not alone in thinking this is one of the worst looking cars. Don't get me wrong, Subaru makes great cars (I have an older Impreza myself and am quite happy), I just think the new look is horrible.

When I was looking, the STi came with more options available, like the

-- Mark

Leather interior?? Nice... hope that comes to Australia... too late for me though... went out and got a Forester. Personally I don't mind the new nose, but I think it would look strange on the Forester, Outback or Liberty (Legacy). We don't have the B9 Tribeca here yet (later in the year is what Subaru Australia are saying), but from what I've seen of the B9, it doesn't look awful on that either.

Each to their own on this one...

...Ric

Yeah... but I don't think many other people liked them... I didn't have a problem with them either way... but as history has shown, they went from slits, to bug-eyes, to what looks like an aggresive squint...

At least Imprezas and B9s front don't look like "Aston Martin's catfish gulping water" front... Let me go get into my asbestos suit now after that comment...

:-)

...Ric

Well, you should drive a new one. I don't think you'd want to trade in. When I bought my OB Sport I was thinking: heck let them sort out WRX further, put a detuned STI plant in and I'll sit it out and trade in a

SI Drive senor? Si si!

I think the only creature comfort feature available on RS is an air conditioning. Which is all I need.

But let me put it this way: the $5k of a difference between RS and STI buys a LOT of sound deadening materials, stereo equipment and labor. Cruise control is nice as a ticket avoidance crutch though. Well, at least one less lever to rattle I guess.

If that's what you want why don't you give Legacy spec B a try? It's 200lbs heavier than STI but still lighter than the MazdaSpeed6.

Mazda truck is $7k cheaper though.

If you want to read a full run-down on the 2007 Spec B and features that will be added to the other 2007 Legacy products:

I think the designers at FHI are smoking pot between their lunchtime trips to the Sushi Bar.