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Tokyo Motor Show: Subaru EXIGA Concept best 7-seat Legacy ever
click above image to view more high-res pics of the Subaru EXIGA Concept
Subaru has been promising a seven seater for years, but have yet to deliver one to their own home market as the Tribeca isn't sold this side of Pacific. A couple of years ago it was leaning towards a minivan-style MPV, but for this year's show they have chosen to throw a couple of seats in the back of Japan's best selling station wagon, the Legacy, to make the EXIGA Concept.
The designers had a lot of fun inside and out. Enjoy the pics in the gallery below.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
AlexP 1:00PM (10/25/2007)
No normal front picture(s)?
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Mike 1:18PM (10/25/2007)
Yea I was dissapointed by that too, but I guess that the front of a subaru is never as pretty as the back is :P
I hope that they have a huge range of trim options, so this can actually COMPETE in the appropriate price ranges.
Zain 1:14PM (10/25/2007)
Wow, that certainly seems original. Let's see - take the wheels off a Gen 7 V6 Accord, the front fascia from the new Accord tourer concept, add some race-ready bits and pieces (exhausts etc.) and garnish with some bling. Voila!
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compy386 1:29PM (10/25/2007)
Big chrome grills ala Fusion are quite popular this year I see.
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Gregg 1:53PM (10/25/2007)
Though it may be based on Legacy architecture, it doesn't look like any Legacy I've ever seen (except for the wagon part). If this is the new Legacy, it is pretty cool, as Legacy styling has always been a bigger yawner than this is.
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Doug 2:41PM (10/25/2007)
Sure this isn't concept of the Forester? Looks awfully tall to be a sedan/wagon. This would be a nice middle ground to distinguish between the squat Legacy wagon and the oversized Tribeca.
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Eric Liberatore 3:16PM (10/25/2007)
I'm hoping more manufactuers start making sport-performing 7-passenger wagons. We are a family of 6 and drive an Armada. I would love to have something sporty to drive.
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Robert Aitchison 3:27PM (10/25/2007)
Unfortunately that's not likely anytime soon, the way the CAFE rules are written a 7 seat station wagon is subject to the same economy standards as a 2 door 4 passenger compact car.
Add a bunch of arbitrary weight and ride height and you get to call it a "Crossover SUV" and it gets a pass even though it's mileage is actually lower due to the weight and poor aerodynamics.
This is the entire reason SUVs became popular as passenger vehicles in the 1980s, automakers were unwilling and/or unable to make large cars that got sufficient mileage (profitably at least) so they marketed and sold us SUVs instead regardless of the fact that the SUVs were much less safe and WAY less fuel efficient than the large cars.
Guenther 4:47PM (10/25/2007)
Doesn't have to be tall- just have a flat load floor to be called a truck- minivans are trucks. The HHR and PTCruiser are trucks. The Magnum and Legacy wagon/outback are trucks.
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Kumar 4:54PM (10/25/2007)
and just when I was getting to like my frameless door windows...
but at least there's a chance the e-brake won't be jabbing me in the leg anymore!
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Sandeep 5:03PM (10/25/2007)
Funny how the same people who made this also designed the new Impreza.... why must only the concepts (and, admittedly, the current Legacy) be attractive?
Oh Subaru, why must you taunt us so?
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jg3 6:39PM (10/25/2007)
Isn't this identical to the wrapped up "Forester" that you guys posted about several weeks ago? certainly has the same dimension and shape.
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abrood 8:34PM (10/25/2007)
2 things:
1- CAFE regulations.... The information shared on this site a few weeks ago shared that this model had a diesel engine meaning it would most likely meet passenger car CAFE requirements.
2- The current Outback is considered an SUV. This was an interesting way of getting around CAFE mileage requirements 3 years ago when it debuted. I disagree about its SUV status, but somehow they were able to get it classified as such.
This car has my attention as our 98 Outback will be needing replaced in the next 2 to 3 years and my wife is interested in 6 to 7 seat seating. IF Subaru can keep the price competitive it will definitely be on my radar screen.
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Foris 8:48PM (10/25/2007)
Some of Subaru's old concepts were at least interesting, though they never made it through to production. This and the Impreza constitute grounds for sacking the design team and either starting again or, preferably outsourcing. Of course, it's also possible the design team gets massive interference from Subaru management. Whatever, the results speak for themselves.
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Philthy 9:05PM (10/25/2007)
Agreed. Even by Subaru's standards this concept is a yawner.
importjap 9:27PM (10/25/2007)
The amount of garish chrome on this is on the side of ridiculous.
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