rooter75

sorry if this is SIAL, but i've just found it

SPY PHOTOS: Subaru Impreza Hatchback

what do you think? not alot to see really!

rob

rooter75

and some more,

Spied: 2008 Subaru WRX hatchback | Leftlane - Car News For Enthusiasts

Sti_Prodrive

hmm.. looks abit ugly if u ask me if thats da final design

ambobod

Looks promising. Hmm...Civic type R bods better watch out.

Prasius

iTrader: (1)

What - subaru is thinking - "oooh, the Evo is a bit tough for us.. lets lower our sights and aim for Honda instead"

I personally think its aweful - they've obviously done a Maserati and asked an american focus group about car design - always a bad move. I was hoping all those photoshopped hatchback things were a horrible lie.

R.I.P Subaru Impreza Turbo 1996 - 2007. You Will Be Missed.

mwilliams

Good Lord! It looks like a Mazda 323 thats done a ram raid on Halfords.
That can't seriously be it?!?

And I thought my bug was ugly......

BRI4N

If the finished article ends up looking like this though, I think I'll need to have one........








Or even better, This.........

Prasius

iTrader: (1)

See - that last picture looks a bit more like it.

The focus wannabe is just simply the end of the Impreza

Pro Boy

its a 5 door hatch and the 1st thread is very close to the finished one

rooter75

i've seen loads of photoshops in auto express and the like, some look ok but some look ****!

whens the new wrc car competing? we might get a better idea of the new shape from that

Smifster

My better half has just told me that she wants the new STi when it comes out - get in there!!
Thanks Brian, she like'd the pics!!

Bug Eyed Peas

330 bhp as std. . . . . . . . .

Smifster

Its not mate, it's 300BHP as standard. Still enough though!!Subaru Impreza | Auto Express News | News | Auto Express

HEAZILLE

'The top-spec STi is to feature a reworked version of the current 2.0-litre turbocharged flat-four. This offers 300bhp and 431Nm of torque. A new 2.5-litre motor is also under development, although it's likely to debut in the US before heading to the UK.'

300bhp!! 2.0ltr!! So Subaru going backwards then from 2.5ltr back down to 2.0ltr!!! dont think so.

Best wait till New York motor show in April will know for certain then
Ta Ta
Richard
Scooby Island

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Understand that the 2.5 we have now isnt a good engine, its exactly the same physical size as the 2ltr, weaker walls etc, not good.
The 2ltr on the other hand.... just look at the JDM cars, lots of torque and all pushing over 300bhp out of the box the other reason the 2.5 replaced the 2ltr in the uk was emissions regs, if Subaru have solved this problem and still are able to push out 300bhp then good on em it gets around that dodgy area that mitsubishi have been cheating on for several years of importing grey imports and flogging them off as MR/FQ variations hence the reason they get around emissions

Tony

motoxxxr

i bet it will a fast little car, plus it still got flat 4 sound which you cant beat, 4wd. it does sound good, i would have one and i bet it will still sell,the subaru name sells itself, the only think i love my classics to much

dreamer_girl

Looks like an A3/S3

Daft Lad

I'm not passing judgement on any of these spy shots or photoshopped images until Subaru actually unveil the real thing. All we've seen for the last 6 months or so are photos of cars covered in styrofoam or whatever it is, that may not even be the Impreza for all we know, and photoshopped images of what can only be described as an Astra hatch with bits of STi8 stuck to the f**king thing.

Personally I don't like the idea of an Impreza hatchback at all, though I do think that if the replacement to the current Impreza is a hatch, they should at least drop the Impreza name and think of a way to re-brand it.

MrRA

I have to echo Tony Burns' comments. The 2.5 is nowhere near as strong as the 2 litre JDM unit. JDM unit features better designed heads, better cams, a much stronger crank. As Tony said they are pushing out over 300BHP straight out of the box

340BHP seems to be the limit for the 2.5. Anymore power after that and it literally falls apart.

So buy using a reworked version of the 2 litre does in no way mean that Subaru is taking a step backwards. If anything they are taking a step forwards

Anderooo

The biggest market in the UK car industry is meant to be the hatchback market, and this is the reason Subaru are attempting to get a foothold in this market place. Plus they want a smaller car for rallying I suspect. An article I read somewhere stated they would still continue to make the Saloon version as well as the hatchback.

Nobody is going to know anything for definate until the car is unveiled and they go on sale anyway.