Why did only the classics have bonnet vents ?
 

Just being nosy lol.

Possibly a homologation thing from back in the days of group A. If the rally car had it then the road car had to - roughly speaking :)

no idea mate:p

Rumour had it that the new age was a lot more prone to water damage, so they took them off!

i agree its a raly thing.

The next generation will have vents but NO SCOOP.............

well not before time ...:)

The vents were missed on the Fugly and New Age ...... they were needed to help the looks!

Back when the Impreza was born, GpA rules stated that you could not alter the bodywork in any way from the road car*, hence the vents were fitted.

By the time the bugeye was spawned WRC rules were in effect allowing modifications to be made. As they are are pita to design in to a compound curved panel (witness the sh!t fit on pre-facelift classics), and the road car didn't need them, it didn't get them.

*Lancia had it's cars excluded from one event after they were found to have cut additional ventilation holes into the Integrale's (originally enclosed) headlight clusters. Hence the Evo versions getting smaller driving lights and mesh headlamp surrounds.

Cos it is the better looking Impreza:D
Cheers
Colin

Scoop going due to pedestrian safety. EU rules!!!!!!!!

Doe's that mean it will be getting a front mount then?

wtf? It's not like 3-4 passers by get sucked in each morning on the way to work! As a pedestrian I would prefer to bounce on something plastic, rather than metal or glass! :freak3: Maybe pigeons will feel safer though!:wonder:

yeah they served no purpose and where there purely becasue they had to be in order for the car to rally, when the vents were needed.

mate, go waste £17.99 on the Haynes book "you and your subaru". Pretty insighting look at the whole history of impreza's.

And pussy cats ! :lol1:

Simple..........Classics are better!

Cheers for the replies people.