New Subaru Impreza STI (Official pics)

[gangajas]

We'll have to wait to the Tokyo Auto Salon to know its power and torque figures (it's been rumored that it will have 304 hp and 421 Nm) but here are the first officipictures:

http://img144.imagevenue.com/loc772/th_30756_imp2_122_772lo.jpg (http://img144.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=30756_imp2_122_772lo.jpg)http://img193.imagevenue.com/loc422/th_30761_imp3_122_422lo.jpg (http://img193.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=30761_imp3_122_422lo.jpg)http://img125.imagevenue.com/loc928/th_30766_imp4_122_928lo.jpg (http://img125.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=30766_imp4_122_928lo.jpg)http://img148.imagevenue.com/loc682/th_30771_imp5_122_682lo.jpg (http://img148.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=30771_imp5_122_682lo.jpg)
http://img151.imagevenue.com/loc781/th_30775_imp6_122_781lo.jpg (http://img151.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=30775_imp6_122_781lo.jpg)http://img182.imagevenue.com/loc388/th_30780_imp1_122_388lo.jpg (http://img182.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=30780_imp1_122_388lo.jpg)


It will surely go better than the standard version :lol:

http://img22.imagevenue.com/loc939/th_31014_Impreza_122_939lo.JPG (http://img22.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=31014_Impreza_122_939lo.JPG)

[redbaron]

It looks much better than the standard version, but that is easy. I really like the fat wheel arches, but I am not sure about the chrome accents at the front. The grey colour suits the car much better than the black.

I maybe get used to the looks when I see the car driving by, just like all the Impreza models of the last years.

[redbaron]

I just keep wondering why Subaru did not release this car in their classic trim with the blue paint and the golden wheels. The car surely needs that extra touch.

[ae86_16v]

Agreed. Those wheel arches helped a lot. Doesn't look as bad as I would've feared.

[sentra_dude]

Agreed. Those wheel arches helped a lot. Doesn't look as bad as I would've feared.

I'm thinking the same thing...it could be worse. I still like the look of the last STi more, but in person maybe this one looks better.

[ae86_16v]

The wheels on the black one is pretty sweet. I like em.

[rusrocket]

thats the ugliest piece of shit i have ever seen in my life

[5vz-fe]

thats the ugliest piece of shit i have ever seen in my life

Wow, that is a bold statement. Just admit you secretly like it :D

I think the wheel arches is nicely done. Miles better than the wrx.
If someone would kindly photoshop logo out of the front grill, it will be perfect.

[Pokiou]

see what they need to do is design their car and hand it over to a few tuning companies that make kits for them to make the car look ALOT more agressive.. i love the shape of my wrx, the new ones all look to ... soft.

[5vz-fe]

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4882/sti02rdmiq2.jpg

Looks like someone from Nasioc done the ps already

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2426/realsti2us0.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/1525107466_065a3974f0_o.jpg

[ae86_16v]

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4882/sti02rdmiq2.jpg

Looks like someone from Nasioc done the ps already

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2426/realsti2us0.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/1525107466_065a3974f0_o.jpg

Wow, the All red taillights looks pretty damn cool. 8)

[dali]

Those white taillights look so cheap to me. I definitely could get used to the rest...
And 420 nm (or even more) sounds very promising :D

[5vz-fe]

After looking at the black Sti more, the rear 3/4 view, it looks like a Lexus RX350

[oscargarza88]

i actualy like it!
i think i woudl trade mine for that... it cant be slower than the older models.. so there is a faster, better car with a different look.... i'll take it, thats what subaru has been doing, people didnt like the buegey... then the 06... everyone hated it..., i think the same thing is gonna happen with this one... as soon as best motoring drives it against the other cars people are gonna change their mind...

[chest3r]

Those photoshops are pretty cool!! That will be a good base for tuning companies!

But... the original car looks ugly!! It sure does look aggressive with those wheel arches but when the original car is ugly it's not easy to make it look really good! And I really don't like these kind of 5 doors car that almost look like a little wagon, just like the 5 door Mazda 3.

4 exhausts :shock: Are they trying to compete with the M3 ?? :D

[racer_f50]

They certainly salvaged the model's looks with the new STi. Like most of you I wanted to puke when I saw the new Impreza line, but this STi has a pretty nice look to it. The fenders are really what makes it for me, they beefed up the car quite well.

I still prefer the '06-07 model of course 8)

[gucom]

rear looks like a lexus, rear half as seen from front 3/4 reminds me of a ford focus rally car, but overall i think it looks reasonably well :)

[silentm]

the rear lights look like after amrket ricer 'mods'. it looks really cheap... but i have to admit, like the others said, the wheel arches help a lot overall

[redbaron]

The wheels on the black one is pretty sweet. I like em.

Which rims? I just noticed that they have swapped rims in the third pic. The black one in the third pic has the rims of the grey one in the first pic and the grey one has the rims of the black one of the second pic.


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/1525107466_065a3974f0_o.jpg

The red tail lights look much better. I also found a pic of an Impreza with a different grill which looks I.M.O. much better than the stock one.

http://img45.imagevenue.com/loc1088/th_85047_p1_122_1088lo.jpg (http://img45.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=85047_p1_122_1088lo.jpg)

[79TA]

When you start with ugly, you often end up with ugly. I'm afraid this is no exception.

[-Akshay-]

did subaru hired american designers or something? design completely looks bland. :(

[5vz-fe]

STi at the Subaru lot.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1363595&page=10

[5vz-fe]

I guess I am getting abit old, but I kinda start to like the car. It's like a ford focus RS, but......there's nothing wrong with the focus rs.

[Mattk]

I prefer the sedan versions of the Impreza. Not being a fan of 5-door hot hatches, this one doesn't do it for me.