jploveparade [NL]

The pics seem OFFICIAL

The picture above has a scoob that looks too ugly to be true



[Edited by jploveparade [NL] - 9/5/2002 12:15:56 PM]

ozzy

To add to Carl's comments, they've even chopped off part of the front tyre when overlaying the sill extensions.

Should be "slightly better" photoshoped ones So much for professional journalism.

Stefan


[Edited by ozzy - 9/5/2002 12:16:14 PM]

Vanker

who cares people will still by it if looks good or bad, I guess if you are buying a car based on looks then get a 206 or something, & start working in a hairdresses.

[Edited by Vanker - 9/5/2002 12:34:23 PM]

wacky.banana

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[Edited by wacky.banana - 9/5/2002 10:53:45 PM]

EvilBevel

Scary thing is the same guy who designed the A2 later did the Murcielago Wonder what country he came from

[Edited by EvilBevel - 9/6/2002 3:19:22 PM]

jploveparade [NL]

Don't know if been posted before, but this it the new Subaru WRX for 2003.

-new agressive looking headlights
-bigger air intake
-new rear lights
-exhaust modification for more torgue



What do you think? I say it's a beauty

JP

Smit

Not bad that! got a spec list? prices, colours n stuff?

jploveparade [NL]

-standard wrx 223 instead of 218 horsepower (new exhaust)
-in showrooms at the end of this year
-same engine, same suspension etc etc

so to be short: only the looks changed...

noodle

jploveparade,
Check www.evo.co.uk
You'll find some more realistic pics there...........

POC

I like it!

carl

The thing is, they're quite obviously the same picture. Although the front wheel's turned on the second one, you'll find that its counterpart on the left hand side isn't. Excessive toe-in

suba

very nice, but why the bonnet scoop look so much bigger??? look a bit like the new honda integra .

ozzy

You mean, better photoshoped ones

Anything's an improvement on the current std fugly.

Stefan

jploveparade [NL]

why have they photoshopped a pic released by Subaru?

Phil

yawn

and I suppose the Sti PPP is due out tommorow

Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

The n'plate says STi so that might be the STi catered for but what about the WRX - there's generally a bit of difference between the two

TopBanana

Can anyone else vouch for the authenticity of the pics?

ozzy

Coz, they like filling pages in magazines. It's a good way to generate a few extra sales if the have some (so-called) scoop pics of a new car, especially an Impreza.

Happened with the fugly too and probably every other make.

Stefan

HELLOM8

The more I look at it, the more I can see of the Civic Type R, front and rear quarters especially.

ozzy

Apart from the front lights, it just looks like loads of the other Scoobies that have added a big wing and some sill extensions/splitters.

They've probably used some of the cars on SN to come out with that.

Stefan

chiark

The first pictures have both, without doubt (in my mind) , been photoshopped. The wheelarches are too dark , the reflections are wrong (highlights on top of lights as opposed to side of car), there's a roof vent hole on there, the WRX stuck on logo on fogs looks just wrong (but that could be me), the rear arches are lower than the front, the driver side lights and the bumper don't merge properly, ...

If it is right, I'll print this post and eat it.

As for EVO, that's not quite as bad, but why picture a car with rusted front brakes?

On both the intake is "interesting".

Both of them look good to a certain extent, but I don't think they're official pics yet. They may be based on spy shots or something, but in my opinion no car exists looking like that

Nick.
(cynic)

ozzy

Vanker,

If looks aren't important, what's all the fuss about? The biggest complaint about the new model was the bug-eyes. Yes people will still buy it, but not as many if it looks sh!te.

It's one of the reasons I haven't traded-in my RB5. IMHO, the current model (in std form) has the image of a fat @rsed, middle-aged accountant

Stefan

chiark

Another point - if the model has clear rear lights according to evo, why does the side-on picture that they have published show a touch of red in the rear light cluster?

I think we'll have to wait 'til the paris motor show for the absolute truth.

As for why people are bothered... There's quite a bit of emotion attached to these cars, as you may have picked up on a little bit from some of the more emotive posts on this board. People have opinions on what looks good and what looks bad...

And the bugeye's lights weren't right. Hence the STI being different, the UK300 being different. Ever felt like a guinea pig?

Vanker

oh sorry to offend ozzy just thought the scooby was a drivers car not peni$ extension. Yes I have a fugley but if the old shape had still been in production then thats what I would of got by defination. For me the looks of the scooby is irrelevant.

uxg

I've said this before and I'll say it again. Why all this big secreacy surrounding new car designs? Most other consumer products take part in some marketing surveys\testing etc to see what to guage consumer reaction long before the product is released. Why don't car manufacturers adopt the same approach. I and any other Jo bloogs could have quite clearly told Subaru's big-wigs that the bug-eye headlights were a no-no if we had been given indications of it before the car was built.

It's sheer nonsense in my eyes. Loads of companies have made costly styling mistakes with their cars which have been reflected in the poor sales figures. This could have easily been avoided with a bit of market research. Audi's A2, The new BMW 7 series, The bug-eye Subaru, the list goes on.

johnfelstead

did we have any acurate photos before the fugly was launched? no!
will we have any acurate photos of the new fugly before the Paris Motor Show? no!

Nuff said.

chrisp

Dramatic effect .

Gets people talking about it which we can all agree on yes

IMHO it will have a slightly revised front and rear end people are expecting major changes which I very much doubt just bumpers and lights .

Scoob99

iTrader: (1)

very much like the EvoV111 thats in this months Autocar, Great looking motor though.
Cheers
Colin

jploveparade [NL]

If that scoop is true, it would be a dangerous car to drive. It would suck in birds and small children.

But then again, an F-16 has the same problem

Diesel

Hallelujah!

Half way between a Mitsubishi EVO and the nice classic shape.

There is now an option for us limp wristed Laurence Llewelyn Bowen type design aesthetes now! Tidy!