nik52wrx

The following was advertised in the motoring section of the Daily Star today.

MY06 WRX

£20495

5YR Free servicing

5YR Warranty

Trackstar

Smartnav with touch screen

Bluetooth phone kit

5YR Roadside recovery

I guess they aren't selling so well

Phil

still haven't seen one on the road

Leeroy

The only one i've seen is my own!

JoeyDeacon

Strange considering the excellent image and residual values.

hoskib

iTrader: (1)

saw one the other day, the tears in my eyes from laughing nearly made me crash

what a munter of a front end. (sorry if anyone has fallen in love with it, this is just my opinion)

Chins

Its no worse than a classic, blobeye etc. No scooby is an item of beauty.

Petem95

Subaru really have lost it. People forgave them the bugeye because the classic was so good (at the time). Now they've had their chances to bring out something decent looking with a good interior, but have failed. MY06 looks so hideous its painfull.

RIP Subaru

bluto22b

Petem95

I think you'll find there was a large dose of sarcasm with his post!!

pslewis

Sadly, Subaru Impreza's have had their day ...... it's a shame, but the car died with the Classic.

The classic WAS the Impreza, it WAS the ICON, it WAS the one every young man aspired to own .......

Subaru is stuck between a raw rebel (the Classic) and a grown up car like a BMW/Audi/Merc. and it simply cannot offer the interior to rival the Top Marques ............. the Rebel Classic is now in the hands of the Chavs and it's being destroyed before our very eyes.

How many posts are saying, "Modify" - "Modify!!!!" ... turn your Classic into a ChavMobile!!??

We are witnessing the death of the Impreza at the hands of the modifying chavs with their CockLinks, De-Cats and Re-Mapps Sad very sad

Pete

Chins

Pete

You are tuned in to the vibe of today. All I see in Chesham is P1's destroyed by people wanting Lexus lights and driving at 70 in a 30. I'd prefer to be associated with Sadam than the current Scooby scene

F1 CJE UK

iTrader: (8)

so what are you doing on this site

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Subaru's have grown up, this is the truth of the matter, the people now wanting the classics back just want to relive their childhood
The new cars are far better than the old cars ever were
Oh and Pete, we could always bring that car Jackie Chan drove in the gumball rally now THAT was a scoob

Tony

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Well, as long as you can get Euro spec cars for £15000 BRAND NEW (not Jap spec....these are EU - near enough identical to UK spec as both conform to EU type approval standards - unlike Jap imports). So the onus is why pay £5.5K more for virtually the same car? When residuals caused by the imports make it worth no more once it's outside the warranty.

At least they've now raised the bar with 5yr warranty (worth about £1K a year after the first year) and 5yr servicing (I wonder what sludge they use as oil ). And 5yr recovery (and does that cover the fabled flat battery issue ) So now it's starting to make "some" financial sense...depending on the "terms and conditions" of their "free" promotional offers. There is always something in the small print to **** you sideways...you can trust I.M with that one

KiwiGTI

That's debatable, I did some quotes the other day and it was £400-500 for a 2 year extended warranty (from 3 to 5) from various 3rd party warranty companies. 2 years extra recovery is worth sod all really (£40?)

Don't know what servicing would cost though.

KiwiGTI

IMHO there is still nothing out there to touch them (and EVOs). People complain about the interior but I find it perfectly functional. Look at a Lotus for example in comparison. It's 4WD, your other choices are some VAG softies or a Jag X-Type. Nothing comes close to it for performance for the price. Take the EVO test track, VXR and Focus ST are something like 6 seconds slower while the standard MY06STI is hovering around Porsches, Ferraris and Lamborghinis. And then there is the reliability which always seems the be up the top in surveys, as well as customer satisfaction.

It's not beautiful to look at, but there are very few cars that are. I really like it. And the thing that attracts me to the MY06 is that it is quieter, and won't be heard for miles.

Also part of the problem is International Motors and Subaru dealers who have to be some of the most pathetic people in the motor industry. Unwilling to be pro-active and generally couldn't care less about their customers. Subaru dealers in Australia and NZ are so much better. (Don't believe me then look at www.subaru.com.au and www.subaru.co.nz to see how much better their websites are than the amateur effort over here)There is no excuse for the prices they charge, they should be charging a lot closer to import prices.

pslewis

You want beauty??

I'll give you beauty .....

The newcomers don't even stack up - they live in the shadow of the great Classic!

Pete

Chins

Why have you posted a picture of a Tamiya car?

Bubba po

I saw my first one on the road two days running on my way to w**k this week. This morning, it had turned into a blobeye. The woman must have had the '06 as a courtesy car.

KiwiGTI

Which in turn live in the shadow of the great RX turbo and Legacy

There is no such thing as a beautiful Subaru.

Bubba po

It's not often you're right, but you're wrong this time.

tath

hmm... Pete, i hate to say it but i'm agreeing

The number of little scally ******** with their quaddies and 24" zorst (sic) that i see around sickens me. And is getting to the point where my friends are pointing and laughing at my subaru.

Elmer Fudpucker

...I 'spose you're right there

a quick browse thro members gallery on here and theres usually a few tips on how to make 'em even more less beautiful

but sadly,it has to be said that the 06 truely is the steaming dog-turd on top of the trifle

53

iTrader: (41)

This is the Special Edition Impreza 2.5 WRX "Type UK".

Available in limited quantities for vehicles ordered and registered between 1st April and 30th June 2006.

Looks identical appart from the all important performance modification of Type UK external badging!!! Does indeed look like an atempt at a sales boost with the promise of free servicing and cheap peripherals rather than any real worthwhile car upgrades like the suspension brakes etc.

WRX-NZ

Except the Legacy GT wagon

davyboy

Yes...lets take a moment to compare the interiors of the 2 cars mentioned This is a great like for like view of things. Lets compare a 1400kg 4 door saloon, to a lightweight 2 door convertable

KiwiGTI

People buy STI's or WRX's for their performance, that's my point, like someone would be a Lotus. They aren't sold because they have nice interiors. The EVO is even worse.

Seems that people expect an RS4 beater in all aspects for half the price

dave honey

Im sorry but the new subarus just can't cut it in the looks department which is why I think sales have fallen.
The classic was the best ever because the uglyness of it made it beautifull but sadly now in the days of all the chavs bolting on halfords bits and dodgy second hand bits from ebay people have lost their respect for a truely great car which is why it will never be the same.
It really is a crying shame.
All I can say is I know my classic will be staying exactly as subaru intended it to be.

sienar33

Is it the Lexus Light Brigade that is destroying Scoobs?!
My first Scoob experience was my mates (vanilla) P1, small A road, going "quite" fast.
Thats all I wanted from a car.
What other car, £ 4 £, gives that kind of drive? (Dark side excluded)
Mates E46 M3 has bling than aforementioned P1's in Chesham, the "modding" scene is trendy now, what with US rappers and all that spinning 20" sh*t
The f****** things still come with gold wheels for ***** sake!!!!!!!!!!
;-)

KiwiGTI

Looks good to me.

http://www.swrt.com/img_gallery/855151754.jpg
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