david_taylor Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Just heightened my hatred! U would have thought the style change would have at least meant amazing handling! Stick to a classic for the best handeling!!!! Rubbish car!
scouk Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 that's poor!! Anyone wanna play spot the difference! Apart from the slalom the WRX is outclassed easily! But that's probably more because other manufacturers are catchign and passing the WRX as opposed the the My08 WRX being relativly pish. Still if they want ot compete with the super hot-hatches they need to perform and price like them! The WRX as a family saloon was the benchmark! Not next year..... P.s. Can we PLEASE have some good news next weekend!! I'm getting sick of all the bad news recently...
cullenmin Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 I'm not surprised, the WRX is not top of the range, whereas the mazdasport is!
thewelsho Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Cullenmin said: I'm not surprised, the WRX is not top of the range, whereas the mazdasport is! Going by that, it seems that Subaru got absolutely nothing right with their latest car. It's a shambles from start to finish. How can designers etc. get so much worng in the one car? Remarkable!
st3ph3n Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Laugh now - but the Mazda beats the previous WRX in the same tests!
thewelsho Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 st3ph3n said: Laugh now - but the Mazda beats the previous WRX in the same tests! Perhaps, but at least it looked half-way decent.
scouk Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 (edited) st3ph3n said: Laugh now - but the Mazda beats the previous WRX in the same tests! Maybe Subaru were right not to bother taking the WRX to the UK just leaving it to the STi! Would have proven the Impreza was still a force to be reckoned with. But a limited number of WRX's will enter the country and they will get eaten alive by the competition these days. As long as it's dry I think Subaru need to start evolving (Whoops wrong company) if they still want to have a car that others look up to for performance! About time they forced Prorive to put that P2 into production! .. hey! wait a sec.. instead of "P2" why not call it the "McRae"! Edited September 23, 2007 by ScoUK
sti pretender Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 You do realise that in the future when people say what do you drive "An Impreza", instead of saying "Wow, is it fast?" they will just laugh.
david_taylor Posted September 23, 2007 Author Posted September 23, 2007 STI Pretender said: You do realise that in the future when people say what do you drive "An Impreza", instead of saying "Wow, is it fast?" they will just laugh. Thats what really annoys me. The impreza has ben struggling to stay away from the "ned" car recently due to some silly boy racers with a bit of cash. This will just make the car a laughing stock! Did you notice that both the subaru and mazda are nearly identical from the front, bar the scoop? At least the evo 10 has character!
frank c Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 What one was the subaru, the grey or the blue one ?
scouk Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 dtabbit77 said: Did you notice that both the subaru and mazda are nearly identical from the front, bar the scoop? Sure did notice that!!! Same side profile, same front end (apart from grill badge and scoop) same headlights it's the same damn body! The Japanese seem to do that. THe Classic Impreza was a copy of a toyota.. The bugeye looked again a bit like a corrola at the front with the headlights. But then they started to steer away from the copycat looks. The blobeye was almost the first origonal styling, bugeye without the bugeye! THe Hawkeye is the model that does it for me though.. Absolutely love it! even from the moment I first saw it.. Ok from a distance it can look liek a BMW at the front and yeah the SEAT style grill is a bit eugh.. but it wasn't stricly a copy from another manufacturers mould! I'd have a hawkeye based on looks easily! Mitsibishi got it right here by usign a relatively unique design for the EvoX.. Hopefuly thinking.... the bugeye only lasted two years before it was replaced mostly due to consumer feedback on the looks. Hopefully the same will happen again.. Actaully that mazda is probably a pretty good car TBH.. Based on a Focus I believe, which IMHO isn't necessarily a bad car these days, but they slapped the same off the shelf body onto it! But it skinda suits teh maza it DOESN'T suit an Impreza! Subaru should NOT be cutting costs on styling!! Any buddind car designers on here willing to design a new impreza for them as a volunteer?? (Heh! that a good idea for a SIDC competition, design a scooby, blue peter style) Cant be bothered playing back the video again., but did they mention the prices of the two cars? Mazda vs WRX I've waffled enough.. away to do something useful...
colzo Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 I wouldn`t care if it handled the best, stopped the quickest or went the fastest, it still looks $h!t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
steven_williams Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Looks like I will be keeping my Bugeye somewhat longer, roll on engine rebuild.
thewelsho Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Frank C said: What one was the subaru, the grey or the blue one ? Haha! Took the words right out of my mouth!
thewelsho Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 (edited) COLZO said: I wouldn`t care if it handled the best, stopped the quickest or went the fastest, it still looks $h!t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No need for messing around, jsut say what you think! Couldn't be any more to the point if you tried, love it! Ha! Edited September 23, 2007 by TheWelsho
4Hero Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 ****in ******* piece of ****. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. I think I've told you all that before though
imprezapete Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 (edited) They both look the same, the wrx handles like a bag of you know what and Subaru are going down faster than the titanic. Not even the STI or the WRC car looks reasonable. Say hello to Toyota folks because Japans changing its rules on companies buying each other shortly and Totyota is highly tipped to buy them. Sorry state of affairs I'm a bugeye owner and I dont feel like the odd one of the family anymore, welcome to the 2008 Impreza the worse looking one of the lot. Edited September 23, 2007 by ImprezaPete
st3ph3n Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 Toyota already own a fair chunk of FHI. It's been on the books for a while now that they're prime for gobbling up the rest of Subaru.
thewelsho Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 st3ph3n said: Toyota already own a fair chunk of FHI. It's been on the books for a while now that they're prime for gobbling up the rest of Subaru. Maybe that is why their latest offerings are so pig-ugly... Have you seen the Prius????
G.T. Posted September 23, 2007 Posted September 23, 2007 my neighbours father has just got one of those mazda 3 mps. same engine as an evo apparently 260bhp front wheel drive. Was looking at it for a while today trying to figure out what it looked like.
st3ph3n Posted September 24, 2007 Posted September 24, 2007 It's a 2.3 4 banger, but it's not a 4G or 4B mitsubishi engine.
jamesm Posted September 24, 2007 Posted September 24, 2007 G.T. said: my neighbours father has just got one of those mazda 3 mps. same engine as an evo apparently 260bhp front wheel drive. Was looking at it for a while today trying to figure out what it looked like. Still don't like the WRX but the STI still looks ok. There was a Mazda 6 MPS along the road from me last week. I think unlike the 3 it is 4 wheel drive. I actually thought it was a really nice looking motor.
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