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Looks like a regular Impreza with a wing and some fender flares to me, maybe some LED lighting. I don't mind, the whole idea was always to stick Superman inside of Clark Kent. Which generates a few evil images, so I'm going to stop channeling my inner Lex Luthor.
Since this is probably reasonably final, it could be showing up comparatively soon. Less than 12 months I figure, maybe less than 9.
Could be they're just testing the powertrain and tech in an Impreza body.
I would be seriously surprised if they end up having the WRX and STi be Impreza based when they've spent so much publicity and time on distancing the two.
I still hold out and think the finished product will look a lot more like the NYC concept.
Could be they're just testing the powertrain and tech in an Impreza body.
I would be seriously surprised if they end up having the WRX and STi be Impreza based when they've spent so much publicity and time on distancing the two.
I still hold out and think the finished product will look a lot more like the NYC concept.
I have a feeling that you (and I) will be severely dissatisfied. Unfortunately the spyshots show a car that looks awfully complete and well fitting. This is very disappointing as the car shown here seems to have thrown the hot WRX concept styling elements from the New York auto show out the window.
Wow, what a difference! It has 4 wheels! It looks just like any other car on the road! Has spoiler!! And doors and headlights! Wow, them boys at Subaru really redesigned it.
I seriously doubt they'd bother with the camouflage if it was a test mule, generally test mules are pretty obviously slapdash and put together with superglue and duct tape, and scream "this is not what the car really looks like!" You put camo on something that looks like it was made in a factory because you don't want to give away how the car looks from the factory yet.
It looks like a combination of this year's generation WRX with the fender flares and hood. The current day Impreza can be seen in the lipped trunk and rear bumper, and A-C pillars. The concept parts are the diffuser, rear lights and front end.
If this is the final product, I'm sure it will be better in amenities, especially if it has the new powertrain. Looks-wise, it doesn't seem to be that big of a departure; maybe a bit more mature.
In all honesty it looks a bit like the Japanese Civic Type R a few years back.
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Again, although I think it will be a better car all around, since I own a 2012, a part of me is glad that it doesn't look too much like the concept. I didn't want my resale value to dip that low.
I have a feeling that you (and I) will be severely dissatisfied. Unfortunately the spyshots show a car that looks awfully complete and well fitting. This is very disappointing as the car shown here seems to have thrown the hot WRX concept styling elements from the New York auto show out the window.
I don't think it would be entirely abnormal to take the current gen Impreza and using it as a test mule, the hood scoop and wing could be easily explained by the need for cooling and keeping the ass on the ground due to current design language.
All in all, you might be right, and we will be dissatisfied, but so would a whole lot of other people.
Again, after all the talk about distancing the WRX from the Impreza and that amazing concept at NYC Auto Show, they would be shooting themselves in the foot putting that thing out.
Remember, that concept was no more than a design study to generate buzz around the WRX nameplate. And a platform to show off some really really metallic paint, anyway.
It looks like the grill and some of the fender styling made it into this. But frankly I never believed any of the hype regarding "separation" of the lines. They were going to try to create some distance between the two names, but they could never distance the car itself all THAT far from the Impreza, not without the car costing too much to develop, and therefore too much for us to buy. One of the reasons it's such great performance for cheap is because it has always re-used so much from the Impreza parts bin.
Besides, Subaru has gone this long with exactly one car platform, the Legacy platform. A short version makes the Impreza, the short raised version is the Forester, except when it's the Crosstrek, the raised Paul Hogan version is the Outback, the stpuid-fied version is the Tribeca. Then you just buy Scions and slap a BRZ badge on them to say you have more than one platform.
WRX was always going to sit on the same plaftorm as every other car Subaru makes. This was always life. Any hope to the contrary was just that. Hope.
Remember, that concept was no more than a design study to generate buzz around the WRX nameplate. And a platform to show off some really really metallic paint, anyway.
It looks like the grill and some of the fender styling made it into this. But frankly I never believed any of the hype regarding "separation" of the lines. They were going to try to create some distance between the two names, but they could never distance the car itself all THAT far from the Impreza, not without the car costing too much to develop, and therefore too much for us to buy. One of the reasons it's such great performance for cheap is because it has always re-used so much from the Impreza parts bin.
Besides, Subaru has gone this long with exactly one car platform, the Legacy platform. A short version makes the Impreza, the short raised version is the Forester, except when it's the Crosstrek, the raised Paul Hogan version is the Outback, the stpuid-fied version is the Tribeca. Then you just buy Scions and slap a BRZ badge on them to say you have more than one platform.
WRX was always going to sit on the same plaftorm as every other car Subaru makes. This was always life. Any hope to the contrary was just that. Hope.
I fully expected sharing of parts, and chassis components, but after 3-4 years of "The WRX and STi will no longer be based on the Impreza" and a design study that dropped everyones jaw, yes I would be disappointed if that's it. It's not the end of the world, I'll just buy a different car, but it would be an unfortunate turn of events.
And it's not like we're talking excessive development cost, the engine tech is there, the AWD system is already epic and they know how to make a chassis. It would be more a matter of stamping sheet metal I would think.
Oh, and the mechanics and chassis of the FRS/BRZ was developed by Subaru, Toyota did the styling.
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