jgsb1966 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 I like it!!!!! http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs347.ash1/29525_408956721688_101616856688_4709189_7296212_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs347.ash1/29525_408960526688_101616856688_4709365_4161153_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs347.ash1/29525_408960501688_101616856688_4709362_7811538_n.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldradio1 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 cool color indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIZARD Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 that's horrid. Is caramel bronze pearl a new name for Dogsh1t brown? eww. Stage2.5376, TDC ProTune,blah blah blahhhh and....Alky/H20 injection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwannaSportSedan Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 I have to agree with lizard. No matter what rich candy name they try to use to diffuse the impression of that color... it is still brown. I saw a 2009 Brown Legacy in a car lot over the weekend, and I had to say out loud when I saw it... "What were they thinking with that paint job?" I was glad that I was driving my Garnet RED Legacy... and I was wondering how Red was off the palette for several years, yet for 2008-2009, they decided somehow that brown was a good idea... It boggles the mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 It's replacing gold. Both are slow sellers. Big whoop. of bigger note... roof antenna? and why is it not body colored? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredBeans Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 It's no Harvest Gold Metallic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwannaSportSedan Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 It would "cost too much" for such a delicate and tiny company like Subaru to color match the shark fin antenna, doncha know! That is always the excuse I get when I ask why Subaru does this, or doesn't do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gire Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 ^^^^ See? After 5 years, you are starting to have some of the sound advice actually soak in! The bronze appeals to the Octogenarian market that Subaru is going after with the 2010 Legacy. It should be a good seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonwacker Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Subaru's experiments with various shades of Poop Brown™ are a perfect companion to my Bristol Stool Scale. I just dropped a Caramel Bronze Type 3! Seriously, I took a picture: http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/Spoonwacker/CaramelBronzecopy.jpg sorry...this forum practically blows goat nuts so im not always on here.Team Pony Express POSTED FROM MY COMPUTER USING A WEB BROWSER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBoy Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 ^^^ Spoonwacker : PERFECT ! Color : OMG !OMG !OMG ! Huuuurrrrrlllllll. That color REALLY points out all the negative aspects of the gen.5 "design"(I understand that Subaru is going after an entirely new customer type with these cars......but did they have to make them sooooo butt ugly ? LOOK At THOSE GI-NOR-MOUS FENDER BULGES ! Completely out of proportion ! The color makes 'em appear even bigger ! )Sorry I'm bashing the gen.5 design (to the people who love theirs) , it' just that as an Industrial Designer , I cannot believe they woud paint such a flawed design this particular color ! Do it right the first time.........or don't bother doing it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagcars26 Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 IMO,,,Fugly,,what the hell were they thinking(us usual) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTATV Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Subaru's experiments with various shades of Poop Brown™ are a perfect companion to my Bristol Stool Scale. I just dropped a Caramel Bronze Type 3! Seriously, I took a picture: http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/Spoonwacker/CaramelBronzecopy.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 What an ugly color. Although I can kind of see what they were going for with it. In the sun it almost has an orange tint to it. If the color was more orange than brown, it might work better, but not for their new target audience. It'd be better suited for a STI type trim level. If you don't vote Trump, out, you're a bigot who hates america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegGTLT Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I love GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD! Please PM joeleodee For All Site Questions. He is the acting Admin and can resolve anything related to LegacyGT.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydtron Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 It could use some more orange/red but I like it. It's not some played out grey color, like it or not you'll at least notice it amongst all the SUV metallic silver cars out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgsb1966 Posted May 28, 2010 Author Share Posted May 28, 2010 agreed! i get so tired of driving through dealership lots and seeing a sea of neutral colors. boring! sometimes you just have to take a chance and try something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwannaSportSedan Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Blues, Reds, or even some greens, maybe copper orange, or maybe even a very carefully chosen yellow. There is not much of a reason for brown, and certainly not 70's bass-boat diarrhea brown metal flake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 It will probably sell better than the gold did. The bronze outback and legacy both sold better than gold. Bronze tribeca sold better than gold as well. That's all it is... an alternative to gold. The Legacy has 2 blues, and one red already. The bronze also outsold the green Legacy and Outback as well. There's nothing out of the ordinary with the Legacy versus the segment. Almost everyone has 8-9 colors. (every single one of the 9's had either 2 whites or a color found only on the hybrid model which really means the average is 8) http://i47.tinypic.com/650bkl.jpg At the end of the day this dictates what colors will be offered: http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2009/12/20/459399.2-lg.jpg It looks like Subaru has 95% of the market covered... and brown was a better choice than green, a copper orange, or a very carefully chosen yellow. It looks like Subaru is listening to the market and its customerS... Not IWSS's one track minded point of view of the way things should be in his perfect master plan of what's wrong with Subaru and the automotive industry. That being said... I personally would never in a million years purchase a brown car. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vr4Legacy Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 ^ GASP!!! Why should any company market to the mass of a market? I thought all productive and profitible companies got there by making specialized, niche products that met specific requirements.... The B4... I think you summed it up PERFECTLY. Yeah a few of us would like a yellow or bolder blue, but the facts and market studies show, they wouldn't sell enough to justify it, and for any company to be profitible, you have to go with the majority... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwannaSportSedan Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Just goes to show, you can't count on people to have taste. Brown is still brown. Gee, a bunch of people who like brown ugly appliances. Pardon me while I am thankful that I have actual standards. Haven't you gotten the point, yet? I know that selling to sheeple is still selling, but that doesn't make the product a superior one. Just one that sells to the lowest common denominator. Subaru used to be cars that had merit, not that catered to sheeple appliance buyers. Pardon me for wanting the MERIT back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B4 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Because someone likes brown, they don't have taste? People have different tastes... I'm sure someone driving a white or black car would like at an orange or yellow car and think the same thing. Subaru is a business that's in business to do do business... not make cars with colors that nobody wants so that they sit around on a dealer lot for a year before the dealer finally cuts their losses and cheap sells it. Wake up IWSS. The microcosm you in which you operate is not the real world. Your rationalizing of the irrational with ZERO research is not a substitute for the actual data/research/conjecture that goes into Subaru's decisions. Subaru has been on an extended upward trend when no one else is (appliance, exotic, and in between). Subaru SHOULD hire you. They should listen to you in their boardroom, thank you for your time, and then do the exact opposite of what you've proposed. It'd probably save them a lot of time and money on actually being able to back up their decisions as opposed to one man's faulty reasoning. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgsb1966 Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 Because someone likes brown, they don't have taste? People have different tastes... I'm sure someone driving a white or black car would like at an orange or yellow car and think the same thing. Subaru is a business that's in business to do do business... not make cars with colors that nobody wants so that they sit around on a dealer lot for a year before the dealer finally cuts their losses and cheap sells it. Wake up IWSS. The microcosm you in which you operate is not the real world. Your rationalizing of the irrational with ZERO research is not a substitute for the actual data/research/conjecture that goes into Subaru's decisions. Subaru has been on an extended upward trend when no one else is (appliance, exotic, and in between). Subaru SHOULD hire you. They should listen to you in their boardroom, thank you for your time, and then do the exact opposite of what you've proposed. It'd probably save them a lot of time and money on actually being able to back up their decisions as opposed to one man's faulty reasoning. My thoughts exactly, B4. I personally, have never been one to follow the herd, so something different can be refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBoy Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 ^^^uh-oh.........B4...........now ya done it ........get ready for another "War & Peace" response ! (for the record......I agree that Subaru has chosen wisely , with the exception of the color in debate ) Do it right the first time.........or don't bother doing it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonsix Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I'm more curious as to what is up with that shark fin antenna. Are they finally moving the satellite radio antenna out of the interior cabin stuck to the front windshield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeNH Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 That's what it is. Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them -Ronald Reagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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