Bob N Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 I'm not sure I like this front. http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-69859.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 So they took the current gen impreza and put an Alfa Romeo grill on it, Legacy head lights and Corolla tail lights on it. I think it looks ok, I hope it doesn't drive any Impreza enthusiasts away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omarco Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 The Tribeca-effect!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sduford Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Alpha-basterdization! Ouch, someone should photoshop that grill on an LGT just for laughs... Sylvain www.digitalfotographer.com - Audi Q5 Club - MB-GLK Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 That is a BS photochop. I doubt the new car will look like that......basically, somebody choped the B9 styling cues onto a stock 04/05 STi. Does anybody really think that is an accurate depiction of what will be coming down the pike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 tribeca/Legacy/STI all in one. The grey one in the second pic isnt that bad except for the grill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aczwild Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Yeah I really dont like that "new" grille, but supposedly by 2007 the Forester will also have that nasty Tribeca front, so I wouldn't be suprised if they change all of the fronts, even on the Legacy JDM'd All to hell Thanks Jimmy @ Hkc-Speed.com! RIP Coxx & Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest *Jedimaster* Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 It does look like a photoshop- look at the Legacy headlights, all out of proportion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 And the rest of the car is std. WRX. Why change the front and not the rest of the car. This is someone's concept of what it could look like.....not really base on any concrete info other thant the Tribeca is the new corporate look. People got all bent out of shpe when they heard the '05 STi would have fender detailing....when it came out nobody seemed to care much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Again, this is ALL speculation and Im sure that if Subaru reads forums like this, and IM SURE THEY DO, they will note that no one except their UNTALENTED designers like the design and if they go down this track they will have another BUG EYED DISASTER on their hands. If Subaru continue to do this, sales globally will crash and burn. SUBARU, stick to the beautiful lines of the EURO's and you will be fine. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 What was wrong with the bugeye? Some of us liked it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Yeah Yeah Yeah, then why was there a massive sales landslide AWAY from purchasing the bug to the point where they had to cut short production and redesign the front end to reboost sales and interest in the brand. Its called "DONT ROCK THE BOAT"........ Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Did Subaru steal the guy from BMW that made all the new BMW's look like crap (Chris Bangle) What the hell are these guys thinking. Maybe some one told them the latest design craze is reissuing the Edsel look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agctr Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Franklin good point but no, would you believe they gave Chris Bangle a promotion off the design team and gave him the Head Designer/Overseer Position @ BMW. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Maybe they think weird is hot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGT Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Yeah Yeah Yeah, then why was there a massive sales landslide AWAY from purchasing the bug to the point where they had to cut short production and redesign the front end to reboost sales and interest in the brand. Its called "DONT ROCK THE BOAT"........ Adam. Bugeye WRX was our first Subaru. LGT is now the second. They did something right - I was a lifelong Honda owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sduford Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Did Subaru steal the guy from BMW that made all the new BMW's look like crap (Chris Bangle) What the hell are these guys thinking. Maybe some one told them the latest design craze is reissuing the Edsel look. No but they did hire a designer who used to work at Alpha Romeo, just can't recall his name right now. Looks like he was a one theme designer, unable to detach himself from his past. Sylvain www.digitalfotographer.com - Audi Q5 Club - MB-GLK Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBY Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Yeah Yeah Yeah, then why was there a massive sales landslide AWAY from purchasing the bug to the point where they had to cut short production and redesign the front end to reboost sales and interest in the brand. Its called "DONT ROCK THE BOAT"........ Adam. Adam, Where are you getting you figues from? "Bugeye" Imprezza Sales 2003 here in the US were 36,525. "Blobeye" Imprezza 2004 sales 32,209. That's a 12% DROP in sales. http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=40151&stc=1 Which one is the Imprezza? Dave (bugeyemafia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunderkind Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I believe Adam is refering to RoW Impreza sales. When the bugeye came out I recalled the GC8 WRX prices actually went up! The bugeye did well in US/Canada because there was never a GC8 WRX to begin with. So any WRX even a fugly one was a welcome one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBY Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Okay, that makes sense and I guess their could be other reasons why the '04 didn't sell as well as the '03 (that was the main point I was trying to make). Also, It's interesting to me how dealers are able to sell used '03 WRX's with 30k on them for only ~$3k less than new ones. Suggests to me there is a demand out there for bugeye WRX's, in my part of the US anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firedawgs Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Me Likey. Updated my vBGarage: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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