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ajprice · Apr 26, 2007, 09:12 AM

300bhp, 18" wheels, looks 99% like the concept (doesn't have the concept's fancy lights and usual concept bling). Nice!

Dakarʒ · Apr 26, 2007, 09:14 AM

It's a nice lookin' car.

Mastrap · Apr 26, 2007, 09:17 AM

I don't mean to sound like a hand knitted lentil muncher, but I don't get why in this day and age car companies don't concentrate on developing cars that are both fun to drive and environmentally sustainable. Give me the fastest, meanest bio diesel car on the planet and you'll make history. Develop a fuel cell that is actually working - although I believe that BMW is making huge strides in that field.

This is just another muscle car. Fun, I am sure, beautifully engineered too, but ground breaking? Not so much.

Dakarʒ · Apr 26, 2007, 09:18 AM

Its being claimed as groundbreaking?

Mastrap · Apr 26, 2007, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

Its being claimed as groundbreaking?

i don't know. Is it? You tell me.

Dakarʒ · Apr 26, 2007, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by Mastrap

I am sure, beautifully engineered too, but ground breaking? Not so much.

Originally Posted by Mastrap

i don't know. Is it? You tell me.

Well you just said it!

highstakes · Apr 26, 2007, 09:54 AM

Very nice...wonder how long till Subaru responses.

RAILhead · Apr 26, 2007, 10:01 AM

Cue Rob in 3...2...

ajprice · Apr 26, 2007, 10:13 AM

highstakes, this is the new WRX, its ugly and it's going to get ripped a new one by the Evo X on looks alone. Subaru have lost it recently. Link

Mastrap · Apr 26, 2007, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

Well you just said it!

I think you're confusing things. I never said that anybody claimed it to be ground breaking, I just said that as far as I was concerned it wasn't.

Dakarʒ · Apr 26, 2007, 10:32 AM

Ok, the way you worded it confused me. It sounds like you're refuting it being called groundbreaking, rather than pointing out that its not.

Were you expecting it to be groundbreaking?

IceEnclosure · Apr 26, 2007, 11:02 AM

the old versions of both the Subaru and the Evo are much better looking than their new versions. for shame.

Gossamer · Apr 26, 2007, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by RAILhead

Cue Rob in 3...2...

No sighting so far...should we contact the proper authorities and report a kidnapping?

IceEnclosure · Apr 26, 2007, 12:32 PM

nah he's at the dealership picketing.

centerchannel68 · Apr 26, 2007, 02:05 PM

The new STi will probably beat it. It's a bit smaller and lighter, with slightly more power.

What really bothers me about the new evo though is the back end. It's absolutely awful. It's like somebody played 'pin the taillights on the car', and wound up putting them on the back about 4-5" too high.

Here:

I understand they were trying to continue the line from the door panels, but I think it looks like TOTAL ass. Worse than the new WRX, for sure. What boggles me is hte front end looks pretty awesome.

Dakarʒ · Apr 26, 2007, 02:06 PM

Hmm... the tail lights only look good with the spoiler, and it seems only on certain colors.

smacintush · Apr 26, 2007, 02:08 PM

I like the front.

mitchell_pgh · Apr 26, 2007, 02:15 PM

I'm still waiting for a environmentally friendly, small, convertible that looks great. You can find them, but most cost 80K+

centerchannel68 · Apr 26, 2007, 02:38 PM

The tesla isn't environmentally friendly.

If you want a small environmentally friendly convertable, I suggest one of these:

Older cars kept on the road longer are a better solution for the environment than building more new cars. In multiple studies I've read, new cars put out more pollution in their production stage than they ever do over their expected life cycles of up to 300,000 miles. Hence, buying an older car, fixing what is wrong with it, and driving it as long as possible to keep it out of the junkyard and keep you away from buying a new car is actually the most environmentally friendly solution.

residentEvil · Apr 26, 2007, 03:14 PM

the front end of the Evo X is pretty similar to the new Charger/Magnum.

Gossamer · Apr 26, 2007, 03:16 PM

Quick PS for Rob.

RAILhead · Apr 26, 2007, 03:41 PM

Fixed™

Dakarʒ · Apr 26, 2007, 03:48 PM

Oh hell yeah

Mastrap · Apr 26, 2007, 04:06 PM

Good job

Or rather:

Dakarʒ · 04:26 PM

Needs a better backdrop.

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4...titled1jd0.jpg

Edit: IMGRED got owned...

Dakarʒ · Apr 26, 2007, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by Mastrap

Good job

Or rather:

You make that deformed jaundiced thumb almost tolerable.

Kevin · Apr 26, 2007, 04:24 PM

What is with the Sedan trend with sporty cards?

Coupes look better.

RAILhead · Apr 26, 2007, 04:25 PM

Couldn't resist:

Dakarʒ · Apr 26, 2007, 04:25 PM

Pimped®

Mastrap · Apr 26, 2007, 04:27 PM

That VW is a schweet car!

RAILhead · Apr 26, 2007, 04:29 PM

Gossamer · Apr 26, 2007, 04:36 PM

Where'd you find a picture of me??

imitchellg5 · Apr 26, 2007, 05:56 PM

The grill looks Audi-esque (of the Evo).

Gossamer · Apr 26, 2007, 06:03 PM

Audis have gold and silver diamond-encrusted grills?

centerchannel68 · Apr 26, 2007, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

Quick PS for Rob.

If the back looked like your 'mod', I'd call it a better looking car than the new WRX. The EVO's front end is definitely better looking, but that tailight location just ticks me off. I think your photoshop looks a LOT better than the production version. Am I alone here?

imitchellg5 · Apr 26, 2007, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

Audis have gold and silver diamond-encrusted grills?

Try reading in the parenthesis.

centerchannel68 · Apr 26, 2007, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

What is with the Sedan trend with sporty cards?

Coupes look better.

Parking sucks in coupes. "Hey please watch the do-" >THWACK< "door... .. "

Or when you park on the street, and somebody opens the door ALL THE WAY so it's barely above the ground/curb/ice/snow/gravel/rocks, THEN GETS INTO THE CAR, which lowers it.

Ugh. Having large long doors sucks ass most of the time.

Kevin · Apr 26, 2007, 09:39 PM

I just don't let dumbasses ride in my car.

That simple.

imitchellg5 · Apr 26, 2007, 10:08 PM

Kevin must have very elite friends.

Mastrap · Apr 26, 2007, 10:14 PM

Or a very lonely car.

centerchannel68 · Apr 27, 2007, 02:02 AM

I'm guessing he rides alone. There are car people, who care about such things on their own car, and thus look out for yours, and then there are non car people, who just don't think about things like that. Ever. You could show up in a veyron and they'd still do the same ****.

Kevin · Apr 27, 2007, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

Kevin must have very elite friends.

Not at all. Just not dumbasses.

Originally Posted by Mastrap

Or a very lonely car.

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

I'm guessing he rides alone.

WONDERTWINS ACTIVATE!

centerchannel68 · Apr 27, 2007, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Kevin

Not at all. Just not dumbasses.

WONDERTWINS ACTIVATE!

So everybody who ever rides in your car is a car enthusiast.... I'm guessing not.

Mastrap · Apr 27, 2007, 12:02 PM

I knew he wouldn't let it lie

Kevin · Apr 27, 2007, 01:49 PM

I don't believing in lying.

BTW, not that you or Rob would let it "lie" either.

residentEvil · Apr 27, 2007, 02:27 PM

i think it is the dumbass who parked next to a curb if i'm the on in the passenger seat and stuck in their little car*. sucks to be them when the door scrapes. buy an SUV/truck or park in a lot, not by the curb.

*if there is 3 or 4 people, i always sit behind the driver to avoid the problem. but if it is just two of us, well...then. can't help it. i'm fat.

Dakarʒ · Apr 27, 2007, 02:38 PM

Buy an SUV so your door doesn't get scraped! You people kill me

imitchellg5 · Apr 27, 2007, 03:00 PM

Is Rob okay? For some reason I think he just said "buy an SUV".

Dakarʒ · Apr 27, 2007, 03:01 PM

Uh, no...

centerchannel68 · Apr 27, 2007, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by residentEvil

i think it is the dumbass who parked next to a curb if i'm the on in the passenger seat and stuck in their little car*. sucks to be them when the door scrapes. buy an SUV/truck or park in a lot, not by the curb.

*if there is 3 or 4 people, i always sit behind the driver to avoid the problem. but if it is just two of us, well...then. can't help it. i'm fat.

Apparently you have just never been in a city, or in an environment that has lots of snowfall. MOst cities do not have parking lots on every block, and most cities also get lots of snow right next to the curb, both of which are unavoidable.