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Old March 8th, 2005, 02:30 PM   #1
 
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hopefully this isn't a repost... this is the official confirmed design for another facelift of the subaru... the new headlights look very similiar to the leacy.

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The above pic looks worse than the bottom one...it's ugly!!
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they get uglier almost every generation... but I still love Subarus images/smilies/biggrin.gif
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Bottom one looks tolerable, but I like the current gen best.
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I like the first gen... it has the design that doesn't age at all... even today where the design in 12 years old... it still looks good
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Another facelift? I thought its time for an all new one...
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bottom line is, they are really really fast cars with awsome road-grip and handles like a dream. But I agree, they look worse and worse every gen. ...

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^True, but if they keep going won with these designs I won't be concidering a WRX at all when I would have the money, looks play a great role...
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Another facelift? I thought its time for an all new one...p.
I was just guessing.... the body lines look very similiar... btw don't expect an all new impreza soon... their GC8 model lasted 7 years images/smilies/wink.gif
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should remove the two thingys fins around the emblem
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Well, it is an impreza. Even getting the top of the range sti, it's not too hard to just go out and swap the front out for some aftermarket components.

That's what good about these cars I suppose. Cheap and really easy to personalised. Don't have to rice it up, just look for something better looking.

Unlike something like a badly designed super sport, where you won't buy it at all.
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well, I quite like the current generation, but this isn't a step in the right direction aesthetically imo.


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They botched it, big time. I liked the previous one.
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There is just too much going on, they should simplify the design a bit. It's restless.
I love that colour, such a nice blue and the rims are nice.
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Looks ok, i've seen uglier cars, but current version is definitely nicer!!! Let's wait till we see how it performs on the track, thats also quite important imo.
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looks like someone's been sitting on top of the front end of the car(lower nose, overall), while they rammed an alfa romeo in the front (just the split-triangle gril thing).
like most have mentioned, it looks awfully quirky at the front, and the previous gen looks much better. images/smilies/mellow.gif
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am i the only person on here that thinks it looks great... but i like it better then both the current gen and the evil bugeyed version

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images/smilies/shock.gif Oh my... That's so UGLY.
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return the old simple impreza face! please!!...
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