Functional or not, Subaru's top-mounts are usually pretty ugly though I'm sure it helps with packaging and whatnot. It is also interesting that a good number of the latter-day ('80s) Eastern-Bloc cars seemed to have hood scoops. One would assume that all these vehicles are woefully-underpowered and would not see many gains from a cold-air intake, much less an intercooler. Perhaps it was for crossing shallow streams or large puddles? Does anyone have any insight into that?
"Kimi, can you improve on your [race] finish?"
"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"