Awww come on you guys are overeacting itsw the current trend in all auto motive desings to err towards conservative designs better off being innofensive rather then agressive and off putting to the mainstream.
While not the best looking vehicle I was thinking of buying a new subaru and id defintly own one (especially if it mainatians its udner au 40k price tag). The car has gone bland to try and to appeal to more of the market but i do agree there is a large number of changes on the car i dont like eg wagon only (excluding american market who will get the sedan) and haveing an actoual frame around the window is werid for subaru its a feature i like on my liberty.
Also they are getting a new rear suspension a twin wish bone set up this time and apprently they have removed the front sub frame (apprently an improvment but i some how doubt it) and also according to the info i got the new wrx is getting the quicker stearing ratio of the current sti also its going to start of life with a 5 speed man or 4 speed auto (still)
And in other bad new its going to be some 23 kilos heavier then a current wagon wrx also all the engine are getting minor changes and most are seeing similar peak torque and hp figures at lower rpms.
Is the wrx a winner probably not is the base model a winner could be cheap conservative and copying alot of currently succsesfull cars well have to wait and see on this one.
Lifts heavy things and hits hard......also eats as much as 2/3 people and sleeps 10 hours a day!
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Originally Posted by Falcon500
its a shame to see it go but it reduces alot of wind noise that develops over the years (mines a 97 and traveling fast gets pretty noisy even with all the windows up) and its apprently more ridgid and safer. 
unless my infos wrong or they fudged their own weight figures its heavier.
