Guest heightsgtltd Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 You are hopeless, check out the Hyundai SUVs. Inexpensive, with really nice interiors. Your logic fails you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 You are hopeless, check out the Hyundai SUVs. Inexpensive, with really nice interiors. Your logic fails you Hyundai is going after lexus these days... they should have nice interiors... however... this is the Tucson small suv. and guess what??? it's Cheap! http://www.motorpoint.com.au/images/hyundaitucson4.jpg [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest heightsgtltd Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 that looks nicer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 that looks nicer ughh... yeah sure... it looks nicer if it's opposite day... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest heightsgtltd Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 wayy nicer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 and that's a glamour shot under professional lighting... unlike the forester pictures that are under amateur flash photography. The dash and every door panel are all one color, cheap plastic. The steering wheel is an amorphous blob. The black console is surrounded by a silver bezel... that and the cut lines into the plastic on the doors to break up the fact it's all the same are the only styling points in the whole car. Here's a better angle http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//pictures/VEHICLE/2007/Hyundai/2007.hyundai.tucson.20099717-E.jpg [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest heightsgtltd Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I love how you are using their cheapest SUV as the comparison point. again, THIS ISNT ABOUT THE IMPREZA, ITS ABOUT THE FORESTER WHICH IS MORE UPMARKET AND NOT ENTRY LEVEL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I love how you are using their cheapest SUV as the comparison point. again, THIS ISNT ABOUT THE IMPREZA, ITS ABOUT THE FORESTER WHICH IS MORE UPMARKET AND NOT ENTRY LEVEL you're the one who brought up hyundai having a nicer interior... the hyundai in the same segment has a cheaper interior. The crv which is the segment leader has a cheaper interior. The forester is an entry level suv. suvs are more expensive than cars yes but it's still the minimum level to be paid to get into an suv. And as i've been trying to say... the Forester interior will be a step up in the segment... not supbar. Yes, but you see.. the Santa Fe with the nice interior actually has a base price that is LOWER than the Forester, at least in Canada... The santa fe has a cheaper base price in the US too... However that is without AWD and less standard equipment. The CRV and RAV4 w/ AWD are both more expensive than the current Forester and that's w/ less equipment as well. If Subaru does what they did on the Impreza... the base price of the Forester will go down anwyay [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 The door panels in the Impreza are tall chunks of boring beige plastic.. at least in the Legacy there is a vertical door handle helping to break it up... The black dash in the Forester/Impreza is accented by giant chunks of cheap silver plastic... The tribeca interior is the same way... However both pieces of trim extend into the doors and and their colors are very different from each other. The Forester one up's the tribeca in that it adds inserts into the doors. You can see in the picture it has cloth inserts. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whobaru Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Is it just me, or this a lame argument? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 As I consumer, I consider Subaru as a company that I would get more out of than a Hyundai or a Honda. Therefore, I agree here with heights in that a $25k car should not have the interior of a $17k car. And that $17k in particular car should have an interior that is nicer than a $15k car and it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 As I consumer, I consider Subaru as a company that I would get more out of than a Hyundai or a Honda. Therefore, I agree here with heights in that a $25k car should not have the interior of a $17k car. And that $17k in particular car should have an interior that is nicer than a $15k car and it doesn't. This is all semantics... the Impreza and Forester both have interiors that are on par are better than most of the competition in their fields. By actually touching and feeling the cars in the segment with your own senses... you might be better able to make assertions... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I dunno, looks about on par with this Yaris http://www.carpages.co.uk/toyota/toyota_images/toyota_yaris_interior_13_04_06.jpg for $11,300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 I dunno, looks about on par with this Yaris http://www.carpages.co.uk/toyota/toyota_images/toyota_yaris_interior_13_04_06.jpg for $11,300. yeah if you say so... quit looking at pics and go to a dealership or an autoshow. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Ive seen the Impreza interior in person and Im not impressed. I like the old one better. And the old exterior too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Ive seen the Impreza interior in person and Im not impressed. I like the old one better. And the old exterior too. Thanks for posting this... it makes everything you've said and will say null and void:lol: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I have been inside the new Impreza and I was not really impressed.. too many hard, cheap plastics. The thing that also needs to be remembered is that a fully loaded Forester XT will be close to the price of a Legacy GT, but will still have the cheap plastics throughout... And we are back to this point again... The plastics are not cheap... see your friendly sentra for cheap plastics... They are harder than legacy plastics... and less expensive... but they are not cheap plastics. Once again... you should take a look at the other cars in the segment before you pass judgement on the Impreza/Forester interior vs. the Legacy. They aren't competing with each other. Their competing with the same offerings from other brands. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whobaru Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Is it just me, or this a lame argument? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted December 17, 2007 Author Share Posted December 17, 2007 http://i18.tinypic.com/6wnz33d.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 They are competing with cheap brands who fill their cars with cheap plastics. come off it... you're out in left field... you whine way too much thanks for the pics Mike. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iyalla Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I think return buyers will absolutely love it. I don't know if they will attract any new buyers, or at least at the numbers they are hoping. The whole "others are offering more" argument is valid. The Forester was more wagon than small SUV and now its been tipped more towards the small SUV side (again just based on the pics!). I don't know if I would have done that, lots of people in that category now, but Subaru isn't paying me to do sh*t so... With this and the new Impreza its going to be a 2008 worth watching to see if people like me will eat our words. Truth be told i'm pulling for Subaru but I don't know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwannaSportSedan Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Other than a slightly higher roof, exactly how is this different or better than a 4-cylinder outback wagon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubieDriver Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 One word: Image. People like the idea of owning an SUV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Well one thing is for sure about the new Forester. Subaru didn't have to kill alot of trees, because there is about a twigs worth of wood trim in this car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacks GT Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 ill take the ob please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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