VIDEO: Subaru Impreza and WRX strolling in the park
Hate it, or merely intensely dislike it, the new Subaru Impreza (and its WRX derivative) is here to stay. The specs show a car that should be fun and capable, but the photos are what have killed it in the sphere of public opinion. We've already shown you photos and video of the cars' unveiling in New York, but we have more to share. In what appears to be footage for an upcoming ad campaign, we see the two Scubies being piloted around Griffith Park, high above the Los Angeles basin.
The full YouTube clip is after the jump. Click it and you'll see some glamour shots of the duo, as well as a low-speed assault on the hill. No Pike's Peak action just yet.
[Source: YouTube]
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icetraxx 8:17PM (4/09/2007)
The video amazingly was even more boring than the car...
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K 8:19PM (4/09/2007)
Couldn't agree with you any more, icetraxx.
I HATE the car. It looks exactly like the squished down version of the Mitsubishi Outlander and does nothing for anyone.
Didn't they hire any designers for this one? Man they got real lazy, didn't they?
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Harrison 8:30PM (4/09/2007)
I wanna see a four-wheel drift. Then I can tell if it 's a sleeper and a true heir to the WRXs or if it just sucks.
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Peter 8:38PM (4/09/2007)
It looks like a Daewoo or hatchback kia. That would be bad enough but then you see the rear and the oh so shiny silver-white tail lights. It is so ghey.
The sedan may retain some hope and making it all the way up the scale to "not ugly". But the 5-door is the Pontiac Aztec of hatchbacks and there is no saving it. The lines are just all wrong. You can't slap an new grill on it an fix this turd. It will be mis-proportioned throughout out it's life.
The current Wagon looks like a Ferrari in comparison.
YUK!
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Cheezedog 8:41PM (4/09/2007)
That front end is starting to grow on me... It's distinctive... (and When I say grow on me...) I mean like tumor, (and when I say its distinctive,) I mean it's ugly...
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Rob 8:47PM (4/09/2007)
On the bright side we soon get the Astra VXR (Saturn derivative). Which is nearly as quick, cheaper and much better looking.
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hotcams 8:52PM (4/09/2007)
#3...Don't worry this year, 2007, the SUBARU WRX will redefine the word SLEEPER hit.
Wikipedia - 'Sleeper hit' as redefined in the 2007 redesign of the Subaru WRX means 'beyond boring', 'stoner', or general cause of sleap apnea and the like.
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Alexandros 9:15PM (4/09/2007)
I've wanted a Subaru WRX for years, and have an active savings account set simply for collecting money to pay for my future STi.
This new Subaru is not just an ugly car that offends with its looks, it has effectively shut down my dreams of owning a new Subaru. I will NOT spend $30 k on that Corolla-looking "WRX."
Subaru, you really let me down.. =(
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Ethan 9:13PM (4/09/2007)
The lines remind me of a Tribeca.
Why, of all things, did they use that for their inspiration?
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TyTy 9:25PM (4/09/2007)
I like this car, but it seems to me that Subaru are starting to make cars look more simple like a Ford or something. I don't think that is a good look.
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Dan 9:41PM (4/09/2007)
Hate it? No, I don't hate it. Not like the '06. It's just so... so... well it's not so anything, is it?
- '02 bugeye owner
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Alex Jamie 9:50PM (4/09/2007)
When the Astra comes out, it will surely blow this one out of the water
Alex Jamie
http://snipurl.com/CarBuyingSecrets
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Roberto Maldonado 10:11PM (4/09/2007)
Hey on the bright side the Mazdaspeed 3 should have another production year in 2008. And VW is releasing the new R32 soon. Not to mention the new Lancer Rallyart should be amazing. There is a number of cool looking hatches slowly growing.
I have no doubt this car will perform though.
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Matt 10:43PM (4/09/2007)
I liked the more american looks to the WRX's (not those bug eye headlights), but this new version is pretty ugly, IMO.
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leo 1:05PM (4/11/2007)
the UGLIEST car of the melnium, I guess we can lay off the Pontiac Aztec once and for all
we have a new standard of UGLY
what a piece of sh--t
now I have lost all respect for Subaru, they need to redesign this ASAP, or they will find tehmselves where Mitsubishi was just 6 months ago - the EVO will definitely win over all those Subaru lovers now.
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Sammy B 11:20PM (4/09/2007)
Who cares what it looks like, as long as it performs? I just want to hear that it is better than the outgoing car and you can turn off the stability control.
And the Sti is supposed to be a lot different than this car. They are obviously going to be differentiating it more from the regular WRX. I wouldn't cancel that savings fund any time soon.
As for the VXR. If you like some driving with your torque steer, be my guest. I'll stick with reportedly less power and AWD!
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Bob 11:15PM (4/09/2007)
Wow. The desire to hold onto my '02 WRX is getting stronger with each new press release.
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Deezee 11:22PM (4/09/2007)
Theres few cars that look outdated from every angle. This is one of them. It looks like a Pulsar hatch from the late 80's.
Honestly its disgustingly bland.
Why Subaru???? WHY????
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Don 11:39PM (4/09/2007)
Can these cars look any more blase?
And what's with those awful "white out" taillights.
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BVT 11:46PM (4/09/2007)
Crikey, that was so boring I wanted to take an icepick to my eyes just to make it end. The car was moving so slow it barely stired the leaves on the road. Slo-mo cars are ok when tires are smoking and full opposite lock is engaged. Otherwise, not so much. And what genius at Subaru ordered the clear "euro-style" Nissan tail lights? Effing lame. Did they turn over the design department to 16 year-old twits from L.A?
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