All New 2012 Imprezza...is that it??

http://www.subaru.com/auto-show/index.html

And does this spell the beginning of the end for the WRX and STI?

 

no that is just the new impreza....the wrx will be different

 

With Mitsu announcing the discontinuation of the Evo line, who really knows. I still think the WRX/STi's are Subaru's best sellers, so they would be stupid to drop them, but I also thought the Evos sold for Mitsu, so sales may really have nothing to do with it.

 

Oh great...so instead of it looking like a Corolla, it will just look like a corolla that belongs rolling down Buford Hwy.

 

http://www.insideline.com/subaru/impreza/2012/2012-subaru-impreza-first-look.html

 

looks like a legacy to me. and i wouldn't be surprised to see STi's go by the wayside. however i think they would keep the WRX, just to offer a turbo platform.

 

The only part of the car that looks nice is the front...
Side profile and rear, forget it. They put 95% of the work into the front, and got lazy with the rest.

 

Gonna repost comment here for longevity

2008-2011 base model: Happy and Playful




2012 base model: Just kicked a puppy

 

Wow. Looks like a minivan.
The equivalent to a Mazda5.
But it's not bad actually. Obviously aggressive.

 

it takes a picture of what the previous one looked like without the fender flares to realize this won't look too much like the wrx/sti if they keep up the tradition. so just be hopeful

 

They just seem to be getting bigger with every model year. I know subaru wants to go upmarket, I know they are working with Toyota and maybe the FT-whatever will become their new sporty, coupe, but I still don't understand why you take a car known for one thing and try to make it something else? I fail to see how a larger Imprezza will be good for subaru. They have the Legacy and Forester, how much bigger will they get?

 

they said +1 inch larger wheelbase, but all the other exterior dimensions are the same.

 

Looks terrible

 

http://www.roadandtrack.com/future-cars/spy-photos/spied!-subaru-ft-86-sti-coupe

what ever happened to this thing

 

1999
Wheelbase 88 in
Length 172 in
Width 67 in
Height 56 in

2010
Wheelbase 103.1 in
Length
sedan: 180.3 in
hatchback: 173.8 in
Width 68.5 in
Height 58.1

Add another inch to wheel base for 2012 and its grown 16" in that dimension in roughly 12 years. I realize there has to be more bracing, more room to accommodate airbags all over the place, etc. but not to the extent it has grown.

Still coming.
http://wot.motortrend.com/leaked-scion-fr-concept-pictures-surface-early-69767.html

 

separated at birth?

 

Might want to check the source.

So let's see, they made it wider and increased the wheelbase while decreasing length from 07->08. Isn't this the whole "lower polar inertia" and the reason they went hatch form.

From 93->08 i see a wheel base increase of 4 inches, a length increase of 2 inches, and a width of almost 3inches.

:squint: 16"?

 

The current Toyota Matrix.
Oh goodness.

 

I stand corrected sir. It is bigger, but not as much as my perception of how much bigger it is would have led me to believe. I cut and pasted from wikipedia, but must have grabbed the 88 number from some other dimension as even on wikipedia it is showing up as a 99 in wheelbase. They will have to do quite a bit with the hatch styling in WRX form to make it intriguing.

 

this is why i`m working hard so i can take place of the stupid designers lol... but really its not even their fault because most of the times we dont have a choice when the marketing ppl tell you the dimensions, features, etc they want... the scion FR-S looks SWEET though hahaha

 

looks bloated, malformed, and angry about it.

 

I really can't argue much for the feel of the newer models though. Alex might have better input on that end of the debate as he has more historical experience. I really do love the GR though, quite a great car to drive (after sway bars).

And I cringed when I saw the back, reminds me whatever the Dodge hatch is more than anything.

 

Shit is ugly as fuck. But then I said the same thing about 09 sti till i saw them in person.

 

I'm sure once the sti gets released a lot of opinions will change, seems to happen everytime. For now I think it looks like a smaller legacy.

 

Subaru should just bring back the 04-05 body style and quit trying to fix something that wasn't broken.

 

This.

 

the lines almost resemble the 02-07 wrx wagons minus a few obvious differences. Will just have to wait for the wrx/sti models I guess.

 

shouldnt we be happy that our cars will be raised in value lol

 

I think we all know that the order of sexiness goes 98-01, then 06-07. Dur.

 

Corrected for you

 

similar.. saw one of these this morning. I thought the lights looked a little smaller on the caliber I saw though.

 

Well done.

 

The fender flare styling sucks. Every Nissan except the gtr has the same shitty design.