Subaru Exiga spied
May 22, 2008 by George Skentzos
Has the boy-racer Impreza WRX we all know and love made its triumphant? Well, in a word – no.
This is actually the new seven-seat Subaru Exiga with the aero sports kit, according to NASIOC.
Subaru gave us a preview of its upcoming Exiga model just a few days ago with a darkened teaser image.
Judging by its looks – and the hood scoop – the Exiga has the Honda Odyssey and other “sporty” people movers squarely in its sights.
The production model isn’t expected to make its official debut until June, and its likely we will have to wait until then to see if it makes it to Australia.
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Oh Jeez, another smily faced shite heap! A new fat Impreza! Bugger off you brand destroying designers.
You are in fine form tonight mate. obviously you can name some Subarus that were good looking then Harry?
I think people need to let go. Subaru can’t live in 1995 forever
Doesnt look to bad to me, especially as far as people movers go. If they can update the impreza with some of these design hues instead of those awkward buldging curves i think itd be an improvement.
to me it looks like an all wheel drive version of a saab!?
could it be that GM is “badge engineering” again!??????
anti-spam word.. triumph… huh?
Yeah it looks fine to me…
everyone still in love with the MY95~MY99 WRX styling?
Are YOU KIDDING ME??
Hi Flying and Jez, To me all but the bug eye looked pretty good for the times, and all models had the feel of un-refined differentiation. Once the propellor nose came along, the plot was lost. So no, I don’t want to live in the past and it is a new era in styling, but if so, some styling would be good and not just a mash of everyone elses stuff. If we wabt styling for today then Subie has to get away from cheap plastics, soft seats and smiley faces and look towards German / European brands that generate a stylish, quality feel. EG: look at C30 Volvo.
Something odd looking about this, like the A pillars are too vertical for a modern car. If Subaru perceives that a significant market gap exists for something like this they have a pretty vivid imagination. Maybe it’s a reaction to the fact that they got it wrong with Tribeca.
Hope it does not come out with Forrester’s 4 speed auto as the only transmission option, but it probably will.
talking about style? check out the sale number of Subaru, it has increased as far as I know. So there are more people accepting it than rejecting it.
Captain Mainwaring – In europe smaller people movers like this are becoming more and more popular, the citroen picasso, renault scenic and honda oddessy are very popular cars. Ok there isn\’t much of a market for them here in Australia, but i think europe juuuuust might be a slightly more important market to subaru then australia!
Hang on there Richo. The Honda Odyssey has not been sold in Europe since the original 1996 model which was a failure there. They’ve since had the Stream, and that was replaced by some strange thing called FCX or something with two rows of three-abreast seats which was far from successful. Yes, the compact-sized Picasso/Scenic category does well in Europe but this long-bonneted Subaru looks nothing like that class of vehicle.
Go back to the drawing board.
Sporty people mover, now that is an oxymoron.
Anti-spam word Subaru lol
people movers = boring…
volvo c30 styled wrx? that could work