The main UGLY is the front IMHO. The side view has nice lines - but the front is unbelieveable. The rear is OK - not many cars have nice asses - although just lowering the window would improve it. John

PS Engine would have to be almost midships.

 

That concept car was released just about a year ago. Not really an imitation of an RX8 per se. It would have been in the design phases at the same time as the RX8.

Turbo Flat 6, almost 400hp, AWD.

--kC

 

HIDEOUS!!

 

Not bad from the side... looks a lot like a taller RX-8... note the freestyle, um I mean "subaru-style" rear doors. Don't mind the butt end either. But MAN, that front end is not just ugly, it's FUGLY!!! Other than that, s'ok.

 

When is subaru going to start designing some cars with decent looks. Besides the amazing longlastingness, powerfulness, SubaruAWDpower, looks kill practically any stock subaru....why???!!! I'm sure they can get some people with the stylistic side of their brain equal to the incredible genius side behind the omnipotent AWD. Personally, I think it's uGly. But don't pay too much attention to it, 1/7 concepts look friggin weird, and most of them never hit the road...

 

still nothing from IKE

 

wow... seems like subaru could think of another car and decided to cross dress a rx8 to a 350z or vice-a-vers. either way it is a nasty set of wheels

 

I think Subaru's last over-the-top sports car, the SVX, looked much better. Plus it looked like nothing else on the road.

 

it's not ugly, but it sucks how Subaru had to go down that level...copycat.

 

Apparantly you haven't seen the new Legacy that will be coming out in the US for 2005. That is a understated sharp car...

 

maybe it's subaru's svx replacement

 

This is a rather old concept from long before the RX-8 was released... So you guys thinking it's Subaru copying the RX-8 it probably isn't the case. I think the car is OK... with some work and some minor touches here and there it could be a winner, but certainly not in it's concept form.

 

I like the rear suicide doors on this car. At least the lines of those doors are more interesting than the 8's fairly straight ones. Can't say much about the rest of the car though...

 

I don't remeber seeing this subaru before 2003.

 

Well it made it's debut early 2003, so they had probably been working on it since before any of the RX-8 photos came out. The RX-8 wasn't the first car to have those doors, and if you want to say anyone is copying anyone it's Saturn who copied old designs and now other automakers are coming out with similar door setups. There's not a whole lot to be done that's new and fresh when it comes to design, so it's really about blending a bunch of old ideas to come up with something fresh and new.

I think if they just got rid of all that plastic molding it would improve the car greatly.

 

not that i'm one to pick nits, but it's not like the RX-Evolv, nor the RX-8 concept car looked ANYTHING like the production RX-8

 

I guess at least the proportions of the car are somewhat in sync...not!

Never been a fan of Subaru design, definitely not, after seeing this one.

Seems the designers ran out of ideas and borrowed design concepts from the current batch of Jap cars.

Still might sell a few, if it has massive power and patented all wheel drive grip.... just look at the WRX, that's no Mona Lisa.

 

but the new legacy makes the final step forward that the past two generations did not... stepped past the "level" that the Impreza sits at to a more "luxury" level. Basically... i think the new legacy looks more classy than past models. I think it'll be well work people's time to take a look at the turbo model when it arrives in the US.

 

Ugly!

 

It's not a V6, but a Flat 6.

 

Copy!? All I can say is they all copy from the Ford F150 extended cab.

 

I don't know how many people abuse the "LOL" comment, but I ACTUALLY laughed out loud when I read this. It refers to Jimmy Durante (and his big nose). Too funny. :D

 

Damn... that was it!

You know it's pretty sick that you know that factoid... :p

 

Subaru should try to be some what original dont ya think? looks entirely too much like the 8 in the body lines behind the front clips.

 

:p Mazda's wannabe Saturn Ion Quad Coupe? I don't see so many similarities.