rotten42

nope..can't agree with you there...the car has a blotted look like the wrong girl wearing spandex.

LiL BenNy

solara is the ugliest car... ew cures look terrible to me.. it looks liek a stretched out taurus... EW

DreRX8

I agree--the last Solara was decent looking (a girl car) but its performance was super mediocre--this latest one is one of the ugliest cars on the road. You would have to pay me to be seen driving that bloated ****.

TheColonel

I think people miss the lines on the WRX. It has a quick look to it, but I certainly wouldn't call it "sleek" or "sexy". I blame the front fascia and lights mostly. The Subaru's are a different breed though. If you think it's butt *** ugly because it doesn't look like a Aston Martin, then I think you just don't understand Subaru. I appreciate the styling for what it is, though (sorry Ike...) I think my 8 is a hell of a lot better looking, even if it's not as fast.

However, to take the other side for a moment, studies show ladies care more about how you actually perform in certain "adult" activities than if you look like you're really good at it. lol

tiggerlee

Remember the Brat?

BoxerGT2.5

I don't think my Legacy looks anything like an Impreza?

:D

Steiner

Whatever Subaru is doing. it's working. 20 years ago, among plummeting sales, economists predicted that Subaru would have to pull out of the USDM. What a turnaround. IIRC they're growing between 8-12% in the US almost every year. For a company that size that's amazing.

Personally I don't care what a car looks like (assuming it's not a Citron, Pinto, etc) if it can haul *** and handle like some of the Subarus. The only time I ever see the outside of my car is when I'm washing it or walking up to it. The rest of the time it's everybody else's problem. :p

I have a Scottish in-law who once told me that in the UK the Ford Fiesta used to be offered in a turbo charged version called the "RS". He said in Europe the word "Fiesta" brings a totally different image to mind than what people over here know. Apparently that version never made it to the US...



http://www.turbocharger.co.uk/rs-fiesta-turbo.html

Ike

Some of us would rather be fast than look fast :D

zoom44

good example= forrester :D^^

Ike

Yep, to me there is something very cool about an ugly little SUV that will lay the smack down on most affordable sportscars, V8 powered SUVs and trucks, and big engine Luxury cars on the market.

Tirminyl

Looks are subjective. I don't get why people don't get that? I know some that think the 8 is ugly. Subaru is different and I like them. IMO their cars look good and they are def no Toyota or Honda when it comes to style IMO.

Ellar

I guess I'll come out of the closet here and say that I find something attractive about the Impreza 2.5 RS. That might be because it looks tastefully understated next to the STi, though.

truemagellen

thank you for bringing this up KHTM...

I have always liked subarus for their inovation, reliability...AWD vision...no frills advertising...etc etc etc...the 'goody too shoes company you actually respect greatly' but....

there has never and based on currently styling and brand recognition probably will not be an attractive subaru...every car of theirs has made me feel either like a river rafting hippy (I have no beef with hippies btw) or a teenager wearing abercrombie cargo shorts and drinking mountain dew all day (I do have a beef with them though).

please please please Subaru...I don't care if you keep all these f-ing ugly *** cars...for g-ds sake just make a subsidiary that has its own brand (ie luxury performance line like Acura) and your company will explode in sales and you'll have more money to further your stellar technical innovations

Ike

Subaru is doing just fine without your advice. They have some of the highest brand loyalty in the industry, their sales have been increasing every year for severla years, and many people like the styling. The last time another Japanese automaker thought about doing a Luxury line they introduced a car to feel out the market they produced some sales dog called the Millenia and shortly thereafter had to be bailed out by Ford.

Subaru knows what they are doing and the sales, reliability, and owner loyalty show it.

StealthFox

THANK YOU

are you people retarded or what? the Impreza WRX STi Ver.5, Ver. 6, Impreza WRX 5th and 6th gen, and the american 2.5 RS are some of the best looking cars around. with proper work they do 350-450WHP(this is with engine upgrades and turboed) and whoop a current STi7, even in the torque category.

alright, i have to admit, their US image portrayal is very outdoorsy old sandal wearing hippies type with their oh so popular forester and such and thats how its always been. in japan they are a well respected company and dish out lots of high performance cars like the LB4 and the WRX Imprezas all the way back to the beginning. i certainly didn't feel that way in the Legacy(the new legacy looks GREAT, and they need to bring the b4 to the USA) and the WRX/STi, i felt like kicking someone's *** on the street rather. while the WRX/STi looks are subjective, ill state my opinion...the newer ones(03 and up) look great(it took a little while to grow on me) but the old bug eye WRX's(01' and 02') look ugly as hell.

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yes that's right Ike i think you're bug eye style rex is ugly :p

truemagellen

a luxury sports car line you turd

Subaru obviously needs advice as many people I know admire their company but wouldn't be caught dead driving one

Subraru needs some graphic designers with *****

StealthFox

i dont care what you say they still sell **** compared to any other japanese car maker, except for suzuki

and there are certainly more mazdas on the road than subarus

Ike

If you had any clue what you were talking about you would know that Millenia was going to be the luxury brand for Mazda, it wasn't originally supposed to just be one car. Who's the "turd" now? I also know a lot of people that admire the looks of the RX-8 but wouldn't be caught dead owning one, so what's your point?

truemagellen

what the heck does this have to do with the Millenia...how is the Millenia a luxury sports car? It is a large sedan...I know because I own a Millenia S I use for when I have relatives in town and for tranporting stuff

I'm talking about Acura NSX, RSX (me dont like)

put together supercars subaru should do this

Ike

Casue we all know the carmakers that are the biggest and sell the most cars are the superior ones. There are more Pontiacs on the road than Mazdas, I guess that makes them better. At least Subaru has controlling interest in their own company unlike Mazda.

Ellar

We're ugly and we have controlling interest...tell 'em Paul Hogan sent you!

Ike runs right out to his local Subaru dealer and tells them to give him their ugliest...

"C'mon baby, I want to shatter traffic lights."

Ike

Yeah, Subarus would "explode in sales" if they had a car like the NSX. Every carmaker wants a car that they call sell about 200 units of a year in the US and lose huge amounts of money on. They should also follow the model of the RSX rather than the Impreza, who cares if the Impreza outsells the RSX by thousands every year...

Ellar

You'll have to forgive Ike. The concept of flagship or tech demo cars is a little out of his range.

Think Viper. Before the Viper, Chrysler were the idiots who brought the K-car and the Voyager to market. The cars sold, but they didn't build a serious rep. Subaru is basically Chrysler in the mid-eighties. Enjoy your K-car.

truemagellen

very good point

murix

Subaru slipped by with an improvement on the year selling 187,402 cars in 2004 compared to 186,819 in 2003. Strong sales of the new Legacy offset poor performances by the Baja (down 32%!), Impreza and even Forester. Maybe that tells Subaru it’s time for some needed changes on the other half of their line-up.