Jacks GT Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Does anyone know if subaru ever intend on bringing back the baja? Wasn't too keen on the standard model but the turbo in silver or black was pretty kool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianspi Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Won't happen; they sold like seven of them in the past five years. enough zip ties and duct tape will fix anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getsome Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 in addition to selling poorly... they were apparently too expensive to make. a Subaru sales guy told me a couple days ago that they had to hand-weld lots of parts together at the factory, and that 1 welder could only turn out 2 bajas per day. you can be the judge on whether or not that sounds like crap. but for what it's worth, the source of this info is a pretty stand-up guy... y'know... for a salesman! ~B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller5 Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I hate to say it but I like the baja.. STi swap = win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew.anderson Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Baja was ugly. The SXT concept that spawned it looked good. Baja is uuuuugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwannaSportSedan Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 just as ugly as that generation Outback and Legacy. I'll admit it doesn't look nearly as good as the 05+ legacy. But it is a light truck-ish thing... yellow looked bad. Silver, and other monochrome paintjobs actually looked decent. A Turbo with an STI conversion, and 5-114.3 bolt pattern would have been cool, so that some real wheels could be fitted. I have thought about getting one for the wife, if it were to ever get cheap enough, and I had the means for a third vehicle. Something for the winter snow, (better than Miata on snows...) to haul gardening supplies, the christmas tree, trash/yard waste to the dump, etc... stuff that I don't/can't put in the trunk of my legacy. As a primary car... not so much. As a secondary or third auxiliary vehicle, it kind of makes a bit of sense. unfortunately, that role doesn't sell new vehicles for Subaru dealers. They have to be new sometime for them to be used cars later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I had heard chatter of Subaru bringing this car back. However, that was probably six months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoopMan Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Baja = HAHA!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagcars26 Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Baja was ugly. The SXT concept that spawned it looked good. Baja is uuuuugly. Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimy101 Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Crap. I thought this thread was for a Subie expedition to Cabo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paycer Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 ^ Vimy, you're funny man. Someone on this board's dad (Discowagon?) has a Baja with mods on it. There's a pic floating around and it has an STi badge on it's rump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoWagon Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Here ya go: (Its for sale if anyone is interested) http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/geeboyjibber/DSC00104.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianspi Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 I think the big problem is that it was rated to tow <2000lbs. If you could tow another car with it, I think it would of done better. enough zip ties and duct tape will fix anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanjk3 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 The Baja needed the 6 cylinder from the get go. Who buys a truck with a 4-cylinder? It's OK for the base model I guess, but they should have had a 6-cyl available instead of turbo. IIRC there was a rumor a few months ago that the Baja would be brought back as a re-badged Tacoma. Friends don't let friends drink cheap beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 The Baja needed the 6 cylinder from the get go. Who buys a truck with a 4-cylinder? It's OK for the base model I guess, but they should have had a 6-cyl available instead of turbo. IIRC there was a rumor a few months ago that the Baja would be brought back as a re-badged Tacoma. And the turbo Baja only put out 210 hp, 235 ft lbs. of torque and somehow managed to get far worse gas mileage than a LGT. Eeek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillboy Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Won't happen; they sold like seven of them in the past five years. It was five of them in the past seven years. The Baja was the answer to a question no one asked. It is still ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTATV Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 hah, my neighbor's daughter who goes to college in upstate NY has a silver baja. Havent really looked closely at it seemed like a cool idea, not for me I like to have a car, and a real pickup truck with a V8 or diesel (cumins diesels are 6 cyl not 8s like the powerstrokes) Anyhow, Yeah They were going for that el-camino thing which never was big back then and they managed to do a worse job of making a pickup-car that was also underpowered and not very versitile. Oh well everybody gets diarrhea sometimes, why should we hold subaru to a higher standard then our lower intestine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I always thought the yellow two tuned Baja's looked nice, but then I partial to yellow cars because of my Prelude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paycer Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 As a kid I thought the original Subaru BRAT (Bi-Drive Recreational All-Terrain) vehicle was cool looking. Kinda like a lunar surface attack craft might look like. It had two hard plastic seats in the bed of the thing with pistol grips to hold onto on either side of the seat. Obviously the Baja was the spiritual successor to the BRAT. The BRAT didn't win over the public back then and it failed to win enough fans 30 years later in the guise of the Baja. Oh well, at least that had the balls to try it. http://webmaster.beverleypaine.com/images/video_makingamesssubaru_brumby_brat.jpghttp://homepage2.nifty.com/nhi/SVC/BRAT-3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Oh well, at least that had the balls to try it. Yeah, if only they had tried the B11. http://www.cars101.com/subaru/B11Saconcept.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimy101 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 When are we going to Cabo? Maybe we can get factory support. Do they have premium fuel in Mexico or should we plan on bringing "octane" enhancer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paycer Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 When are we going to Cabo? Maybe we can get factory support. Do they have premium fuel in Mexico or should we plan on bringing "octane" enhancer? Vimy101, were going next weekend but due to space restrictions you have to ride in the back of the BRAT! You can have either the left seat or the right one! The cars and us will be running on Patron tequilla which is plentiful down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimy101 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Vimy101, were going next weekend but due to space restrictions you have to ride in the back of the BRAT! You can have either the left seat or the right one! The cars and us will be running on Patron tequilla which is plentiful down there. Ah, the Brat. Just keep the 100% agave coming and I'm good to go. Speaking of blasts from the past, I saw a SVX a couple of days ago. I looked it up and seems it was a formidable car in the early 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elec Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 a SVX a couple of days ago. I looked it up and seems it was a formidable car in the early 90s. One of my neighbors has a white one with some pink STI badges and decals. It's kind of a funky looking car, but it's interesting, which is more than you can say for a lot of what's on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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