Sti V10

[Yawn]

What do you guys reckon?

The redesigned front end along with the wide guards are a major step in the right direction, but it still looks kinda quirky to me.

The taillights definitely need some work though

I can see the potential in the looks department now, lets just hope the Subaru designers do to this what they did to the v7 for the next model.

More info and pictures here:

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/hatchba...wrx-sti-part-1/

Edited October 26, 2007 by Yawn

[vinnie32GTS4]

yer it is a bit better...but still not a wrx i think

[Ronin 09]

hideous.

for a change.

[32vspecII]

[sav man]

It still looks like a Kia, but now it's a Kia with pumped guards. Realy Subaru just need to scrap the design and start again.

[sh@un]

looks exactly like a riced up Hyundai i30

...which you'll be seeing a lot of soon enough

[CONRAD]

P O S

[a20089]

Looks like is sucks, literally. That hole in the front....

Hatches don't do it for me.

[adam-__-]

It reminds me of a Peugeot.

[TKR]

well evo looks much better then new sti they shoudl of kept the sedan design looked much meaner.

[HotPlates]

It still doesn't look like a WRX that's for sure. As the saying goes, "you can't polish a turd", and this is exactly what Subaru have tried to achieve with the new Sti. But they are aiming for a very different market these days with the WRX. I just don't see this same new market being the type who would buy an Sti. Unless it has cup holders for their latte's. Maybe the suspension will be a little cushier too? But of all things they got rid of the iconic 'Rex' note! This new gen aint no WRX and this sure as hell is not what an Sti should look like. Infact, they would have been better to not call this the WRX at all. But looking back, Subaru has failed on the styling department ever since the introduction of the 'bug eye'. I hate to think of the loss of sales over the years purely because of poor aesthetic designing.

Having said all that, the WRX and Sti are the best they've ever been mechanically going by all reports.

But as far as king of hot hatches go, the Golf R32 is king. Subaru really should have done a complete new front and rear end for the Sti at least. Aswell as bring it out in sedan form. Makes for a good sleeper I guess?

[dangerous_daveo]

I still say they are going to sell like hotcakes. Also I think it looks good. Its just peoples perception of what a 'wrx' should look like.

Anyway it an impreza, not a wrx, the wrx is the 'trim level' for want of a better word. So go look at what your typical impreza driver is. I can tell you now its not your typical wrx driver, they will sell more base models than they will the top spec, as thats just the way it goes. This follows market trends and what people want, if you had board members breathing down your neck, what would you be doing? Go for something against market trends and hope it pulls off?

All that said I have heard they are looking at bringing out a sedan at some point, because remember the foresters have been based off the impreza so they need to do something there.

[menace]

looks exactly like a riced up Hyundai i30

...which you'll be seeing a lot of soon enough

spot on im afraid....

The EVO has made the suby look lame.

[kralster]

Hahaha so funny, beleive it or not subaru actually decide what a wrx or an STi is. Not some whino's on a internet forum.

[Yawn]

Yeah true, I agree with what dangerous daveo said about it being the perception of a WRX or STi, since it has always been a sedan.

I say if it starts demolishing everyone in the WRC then people might give it a chance, especially since certain reports have praised the mechanical side of things.

Whatever happens, to me it already looks much better than the base model which was

Just still having problems coming to grips with the STi being a 'hot hatch'

PS. I'd still own a v9 or v8 over this

[KISIN]

its actually ALMOST decent....

i'd take 1, but only as a daily

[Spunky Munky]

Looks like a Holden Barina with a bodykit... the WRX STI that was released in 2003 will always be best looking.

[R33GOD]

what a piece of crap hatchback.

boooooooooooooo!!!!!

[bigcarl]

i 2nd shaun on that. looks like a hundai i30, which looks great and good for the money as a hyundai but not as a wrx.

[mitchy_]

they did make a sedan version (not of the wrx/sti though, just the base model) and i'm pretty sure its USDM only... but it looks worse than the already ugly hatch..