drtchock

just made this timeline using some photographs to see how the impreza has evolved over the past 10 years.. i tried using cars as similar as poss (same colours, similar spec) to get a true comparison! i personally think this really shows how bad the new hatch looks when you compare it to the rest!

mellinator

This is a great comparison................
i am very dissapointed with the new look.
I like my cars like I like my women.........big and strong looking haha

WaltonWRX

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Either 1 or 4 for me

The new shape just doesn't fit in really...... Looks like Mazda helped with the design

Scoobyspanners

Should have a preface lift car at no 1!

D6ale

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Great comparison but it needs a MY95 or similar

D6ale

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Also a type R / P1 just to capture the 2door

RUDDY

haha they started out as beautiful cars and have got worse and worse! they havnt evolved much have they?

DazW

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As above ...you need an MY95 & MY97 in there too

PantsUK

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Good job mate !!!! I'm sure there's other models that could be represented but thats a nice quick comparison!!

tiny gsy

The new one doesn`t look too bad really. I`d rather have the hatchback than a bugeye

pnbond007

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The new Impreza is wrong.....its looks like a Mazda

TonyBurns

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And the classics look like a toyota, but you dont see the owners complaining

Tony

C17RPA

mmmmmmmm number 1 for me its a classic and still the best

urban

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I guess some people are destined to remain in the past.

Do you have a fires in the huts, or do you have central heating

subaruturbo_18

to be fair, i used to hate the hawkeye impreza, i thought it was horrible, but recently i have started to love it, maybe the same will happen with the new one?..........maybe not

D6ale

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For me its in this order
1. Late classic (MY99)
2. Early classic (MY95)
3. Blobeye
4. Hawkeye
5. Bugeye
6. Hatch

TimWRX01

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I like the bugeye best out of that selection

REDZIPPY

I know its wrong but I really like the bugeye !! have got a blobeye now - but miss my bugeye !

Ryo

Classic or Hawkeye for me......

Yep - I'm retro all the way, I listen to Zeppelin & Hendrix, it was always better back in my day!

However, I do prefer my LCD widescreen to the black & white manual tuning 12" telly I used to have !

Boost II

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Nice - would be better if you could mirror flip the classic and the hawkeye so they are all facing the same way.

If I had to replace my classic I'd probably get a blob if going on looks alone.

drtchock

yeah i know but i was just trying to get the general shapes, and chose that one because the facelifted classic is nicer than the un-facelifted lol

DazW

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Blob & Hawkeye's are just facelifts tho'?

dunx

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Mazda should sue for copyright violation....

Agree Blob and Hawk are just uglier Bugs.

But I would say that wouldn't I !

DunxC

PantsUK

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not true fellas .... i'm sure there's many differences but one fairly major one is the 2.0ltr o 2.5ltr difference.. unless thats just an engine refresh

drtchock

yes much the changes to the styling are much more radical than the classic facelifts.

harry_p1

Big Difference from the classic as the years have gone.
The classic was the all time for me personally.

DazW

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But the 'shell' hasn't changed ...hence the term 'facelift'

iamstd2

What about the 2010 4-door? How could you forget?

wazzawrx

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Eeerm my guess would be because this was posted in 2008, bizarrely before the 2010 model was out

f1_fan

iTrader: (9)

Spot on

Well exceopt mine would look like this:

1. Late classic (MY99)
2. Early classic (MY95)
3. Blobeye
4. Hawkeye
5. Bugeye



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1006. Hatch

It is utterly bereft of any style whatsoever. The Impreza is and never has been a beautiful car, but they all looked purposeful until the hatch arrived which just looks like it was styled by a bunch of blind retarded baboons.