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10/18/09
OOH, it looks nice, unique, new, and something a bit different.
OTOH, the rear end looks super simplistic and square as the old scirocco's, and the front is just... Ach!
Impreza FT86, purely on the looks! #subarucoupe
10/18/09
On the other hand, I like the idea, and hopefully with both Toyota and Subaru taking a crack at it, one of them will get it right. #subarucoupe
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10/19/09
NEWS FLASH: Toyota FT86 prototype spotted at local mall. Action shots of parking maneuvers at Costco captured. #subarucoupe
10/18/09
10/18/09
But I did notice a couple of squirelly moments. Without a pro driver, that could easily turn into a lurid spin or crash. Still a little work to do... #subarucoupe
10/18/09
10/18/09
Now, a Subaru Brat on the 'Ring... Now I'd wanna' see that. Actually, I'd wanna' ride in that. #subarucoupe
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07/24/09
I don't care if they get this fancy model I will take the base model and throw a better turbo on it and be done with it.
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07/24/09
Focus RS? No.
Fiat 500 Abarth? Maybe.
Fiesta ST? Don't hold your breath.
Astra VXR? No.
Renault Megane RS.R? Absolutely not.
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Were the old windows really weighing the car down?
07/24/09
I think it was the Toyota Supra, IIRC.
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STI Spec Cs do, because they're fast...
07/24/09
doesn't scare me as much as this beast.
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07/24/09
Good try, Subaru. You'll catch on to this whole "car making" thing eventually.
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/shoots self
07/24/09
Again, each to his own.
07/24/09
Maybe if they actually sold the RS they use in the rallys they'd compete with Subaru on the showroom floor. Instead they sell a watered down FWD pig that sacrifices, well, everything that makes driving fun.
A Focus sir, even for it's success at rally, is no Subaru, any of them, and is certainly a long ways off from what the Impreza represents not just as a single model year, or sheet metal change but et al. Those tasty spec C parts will eventually find their way here, and the tuners, they will tune.
Oh and I admit, this iteration of the Impreza looks wise isn't my favorite. Technically though, I admire it's return to some of the lines of the original and I do like the way it looks. But Bug Eyes and Pig Noses will forever be my favorites.
07/24/09
07/24/09
I came dangerously close to stuffing a WRX motor into an old 914, just so I could have the engineering brilliance without the styling abomination. The 914 wasn't a styling masterpiece but it wasn't a turd like the Impreza either.
07/24/09
Well, I guess since you love the Veyron and I hate it, and I love them Camaro that you hate, it's about time we found some kind of common ground.
I won't tell anyone if you don't.
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You're right, the Focus is no Subaru. It's so, so, SO much more.
07/24/09
Have you driven the new AWD cars? While I admit to not having driven the Focus RS, I've driven plenty of other FWDs both with diffs and without and they all have the same characteristics, just to different shades. Meanwhile, the AWD system on the new Evo is absolutely amazing.
And I like the new Impreza interior and don't care at all for the Focus interior...
07/24/09
Then I bought a Corrado, and realized it didn't have to be that way. And from the more reliable sources -- ie. someone other than Clarkson -- the RS has virtually no understeer. It's been praised as one of the most neutrally-balanced cars they've seen. (I think that was CAR magazine, but I'm too lazy to go hunting for the article.)
I have driven the new AWD cars. I've taken an S4 quattro out for a spin, and it was impressive, but I had to push the car HARD before I could find any way that it performed better than my FWD Volkswagen.
07/24/09
Thats the point though, the Ford, like it's Mazda 3 counterpart -limit- ability for below average daily drivers - because to give them any more means the cars decline in performance. That Subaru IS able to 'go to the bleeding edge' where Ford implies artificial limits because the platform can't handle life on the bleeding edge in it's production configuration.
Subaru's taken to that limit will outperform what a Focus RS is capable of if also taken to the same limits - Subaru's are a few mods from the race track and being viable there - what about your FWD Pig that is 'restricted' because most people can't 'use' that performance.. even if they were capable of it...?
Your gripes with looks are subjective at best.
As for your street racing experience, really dude... your experience is street pulls? Because all enthusiasts love street pulls.. grow up, and take it to a track - which BTW, you again only make a point for me - you can ONLY do that in a straight line with a FWD car.. add a turn or two, rain, dirt or snow, and you'll see what the difference is.
Enjoy your Focus and S3 where they dumb them down because people like YOU can't drive and think being an enthusiast means you win stop light street pulls.
As I said, 0/10
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07/25/09
Now, now, fellas...
07/24/09