A screaming pile of Subaru Poo

[soloracer]

I've seen the new Subaru WRX and I have to say I don't like it. Why did Subaru screw up such a nice car? The old WRX screamed "Rally Car" and "Testosterone". To me it was sort of the Mad Max of sports cars. I was hoping they would make the new one more muscular looking. Instead they make it a tear drop shaped bubble gum car with tin foil tail lights. It's now pretty much exactly the opposite of what it used to be. What a waste. What do you guys think?

[willyC]

i agree....it looks like matrix...

Evo is were the action is now.

Who the hell drops 40+k on a hatchback??? hehe

[Rocky]

New Subaru is seriously FTL.

New Lancer ain't spectacular but it's a start... and about damn time we get it up here.

[aleroid]

Looks to me like a done-up Ford Focus.

EVO's definitely where it's at.

[DeleriousZ]

it looks like a mini mazda cx9 to me... 3 steps backwards imo

[:EzE:]

i agree a seriously ugly design.

[Canmorite]

They look so pedestrian and boring now. I'll buy an < 07 over an 08.

[projekz]

I love it...Especially the STI:love:

[Cronin]

I drove a new WRX recently and I can say it still has lots of power with a serious turbo kick. However, it does not inspire confidence when pushed. The suspension is way too soft for a car like this and it squirms in the corners. Now I've been told that it will hold its line, but it feels like it's going to spin any second.

The new one is far more luxury than sport. The interior is pretty nice, the outside pretty bland (helps you blend in if you don't get it in "arrest me Subaru rally blue"), and the wife won't get on your case for buying a "sports" car. You will soon find out though that you didn't buy a sports car but rather a family sedan/5 door hatch will a little more power than usual.

Cronin

[Aleks]

Originally posted by willyC
i agree....it looks like matrix...

Evo is were the action is now.

Who the hell drops 40+k on a hatchback??? hehe

I would. Utility and performance FTW.

[IntegraG2]

i bought one.....i love my 08 wrx 5-door.

[finboy]

http://www.members.shaw.ca/samtang310/WRX-HATCH1.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/verker77/STI.jpg

http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news_pics/725/gallery/ChargeSpeed_038.jpg

http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news_pics/725/gallery/ChargeSpeed_070.jpg

i don't know what you guys are looking at, but that thing looks pretty nice to me.

new sti look > new evo look

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by Cronin
I drove a new WRX recently and I can say it still has lots of power with a serious turbo kick. However, it does not inspire confidence when pushed. The suspension is way too soft for a car like this and it squirms in the corners. Now I've been told that it will hold its line, but it feels like it's going to spin any second.

The new one is far more luxury than sport. The interior is pretty nice, the outside pretty bland (helps you blend in if you don't get it in &quot;arrest me Subaru rally blue&quot;), and the wife won't get on your case for buying a &quot;sports&quot; car. You will soon find out though that you didn't buy a sports car but rather a family sedan/5 door hatch will a little more power than usual.

Cronin

well said, that's exactly what they are aiming at for the WRX.

[Mibz]

http://members.shaw.ca/pantlesskrabz/deadhorse.jpg

[Perfect Dark]

For every 1 enthusiast that bitches about the way the new WRX/STi looks there are 3 non-enthusiasts out there saying "That's better, maybe I will go test drive one".

I am not knocking the previous generations looks, but it only appealed to a small sample of people in the market for a new car. This version is much more tame, therefore much easier to sell to a wider range of customers.


That being said, I am a big fan of the new STi...almost tempted me to trade in the Legacy.

[icydude666]

I still prefer the 04 models

The chargespeed one is not bad though.

[soloracer]

Originally posted by finboy
http://www.members.shaw.ca/samtang310/WRX-HATCH1.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/verker77/STI.jpg

http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news_pics/725/gallery/ChargeSpeed_038.jpg

http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news_pics/725/gallery/ChargeSpeed_070.jpg

i don't know what you guys are looking at, but that thing looks pretty nice to me.

new sti look &gt; new evo look

Those are nice enough looking cars.....but so are the Golf GTi and Mazda 3. That is what they turned the WRX into. Nothing more than a hatchback clone. They could have kept the face the same to give the car some cleaner lines but then given a nice fender flare and keep the rough and tumble bad boy looks - perhaps made it even a little more "military" looking if that makes any sense. It used to be a car that you could see looking at a huge mud bog and say "Fuck it....I'm going in and I'm going to rip it up..." The old car you could see doing stuff like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPyZZ9ZNQ5M&eurl=http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/showthread.php?t=418635&highlight=subaru+wrx

The new car looks like something you have get your nails painted before you get into.

[4doorj]

Originally posted by IntegraG2
i bought one.....i love my 08 wrx 5-door.
sweet congrats man!
u going to mod yours??
you got the white right?

[vadeit]

I like the body style enough that I bought one. I have had a new sti for about 3 weeks now. I expected the power but am amazed by the handling and the brakes.

My frame of reference for handling isn't that large; I have driven an 04 WRX, an 07 WRX, a 03 Cobra, a 89 5.0 Mustang plus my two previous civics (89 si and 93 si). Both had some suspension work (coil overs on the 89 and springs on the 93, both had strut tower bars) and sticky tires. Compared to those cars the Sti blows them away. There is more body roll than my lowered civics and the cobra but less than the others. However, the body roll never seems dangerous, the car feels planted and just rails around the corners. The closest car was the cobra, which had huge sticky tires on it.

[lianli]

Originally posted by Mibz
http://members.shaw.ca/pantlesskrabz/deadhorse.jpg

:dunno:

[stvtec]

Either you love it or hate it, I love it.

[Hawk01]

Originally posted by finboy
http://www.members.shaw.ca/samtang310/WRX-HATCH1.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/verker77/STI.jpg

http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news_pics/725/gallery/ChargeSpeed_038.jpg

http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news_pics/725/gallery/ChargeSpeed_070.jpg

i don't know what you guys are looking at, but that thing looks pretty nice to me.

new sti look &gt; new evo look

i like em too, i would'nt mind rolling in one. i deffinetly take the new STI over the evo x

[nightfx]

Hatch's with a few mods and a drop look amazing, love that black one with red tails. The WRX Sedan is not too shabby either, Also the optional mesh grille looks MUCH better than the stock one. :bigpimp:

[googe]

had an older STI, but huge :thumbsdow to subaru now

a once respectable car looks like just another ricer hatch now. not a fan at all. looks like a mazda3.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

I kinda like the black one with the red rims... but only because of the HUGE fender flares... The white one kinda looks ugly IMO

I much prefer the blue/gold 07 STi

[cityhunter2501]

saw one parked at north hill mall this afternoon.
looks good in person imo

[Ihatetowait]

I think this is the 10th thread on this.

[mac_82]

wrx = :thumbsdow
STi = :thumbsup:

[TheVicaR]

well performance wise there are many awesome things about both the evo and sti. but looks seems to be the most important thing here.

I think the previous models both looked better.


the new STi can look sweet, but the older one was more aggressive.

the previous Evo was far hotter, the new one is nice, but it looks like a Heavy "Dodge" type of car. and I am not a fan of many domestics at all.

just my 2 cents.

now let's talk performance!

if you are going to race these new ones and what type of racing are you prepping them for?