Just read that 1187 imprezas were sold in the uk in 2010 compared with only 329 in 2011, a massive 72.28% drop!

 

New car sales by the way!

 

Out of interest, where did you read this?

 

Subaru only sold 329 subarus in the uk in 2011 ?? dont know what I expected it would be but kinda amazed at just how low this figure is !! how many is that per garage - not many ??

just as well the mark up on them is excellent !!

 

Over on the evo forum perhaps ??!!

 

Its true though, you can see the ammount of cars sold if you look at the new registrations, shows you by manufacturer how many cars they sold, a little scary but IM seem to have killed Subaru off in the UK

Tony

 

ok read it in autocar,SMMT uk sales data,these are just impreza sales.the only cars suffering a bigger drop in sales were citroens c crosser and C6.

 

1187 in 2010
329 in 2011
??? in 2012 ( less than 200 ?? )

with the prices off the latest new scoobies, there road tax banding and the ever rising cost off insurance / petrol would well imagine I would not be far off with this figure ??

 

I can honestly say i have not seen one new shape Impreza in STI or WRX guise on the road. Not one. Come to think of it I dont think I have seen any normo's either.

 

This could be because in 2011 the WRX STi was introduced to superceded the Impreza. So any Impreza sold in 2011 was the last years model?

 

You dont see many scoobs on the road nowerdays, not like the mid 2000's where you saw 3-4 on a run, seeing one now is rare, not many people can afford to run them really.

Tony

 

I see one most days

 

But are you certain its a new shape scooby and not a mazda ??!!

 

I see plenty around the southampton area, newage and classics.

 

when did tey have the scrap cars for cash thing on a new car?

 

Its got the subaru logo on the key fob

 

Sadly this may be the last subaru I own, Other things on the horizon.

 

Just one?

 

New sti is a rare sight here,not seen a new sti saloon on the road yet.

 

Most of those classics will be from the dockside auctions, piles of poo

Tony

 

I've had a Citroen C6, absolutely stunning.

We had a Subaru dealer here in my town. It opened in 2010 and closed late 2011. Apparently they didn't sell one car in 2011. It's now a Hyundai dealer I think.

 

have you seen how many get broken for spares? dropping like flies

 

Yes very rare site the new STi apart from our club members incumbria

Petrol and £440 tax is the killer and of course £34k
Before they discontinued the wrxd it rose to a whopping 25.5 k on the road
I don't regret buying mine as I keep my cars for years but not value for money compared to other rivals on the market
The BRZ will make or break it for Subaru but as its similar apart from badges to the Toyota gt86 it will be intersting how they price it but intersting if you can get one from Australia cheaper

 

Certainly not the case where I am at the moment in Colorado, seen loads of imprezas and a fair few new ones too although only 1 hatch

 

The hatch - the car that killed Subaru in the UK.

Ugly with an ugly price tag to match and a propensity for the top of the range model to detonate its engine is not exactly the recipe for sales success in a recession.

 

The numbers are not that surprising TBH. Subaru U.K lost the plot some time ago and it will be intersting to see how they price the BRZ.

As Lordy says it's make or break time very soon. They cannot expect to be viable and keep dealers satisfied on 300 sales a year.

 

They need to get back rallying again and get a folowing of peeps for the new car. Get back to what made the car fab in the first place :-) they would sell more then im quite sure

 

329 in 2011. I wonder how many were scrapped, Brocken for sale of bits and written off??

 

I'm lucky if I see 1 Subaru a week, apart from mine of course.

 

Why rallying - sure that's boring as hell now and has hardly any coverage.

If you go to a decent rally, you will see plenty of Subaru's - including the Hatch shape.