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Replying to: erics6 (Aug 30, 2007 12:18 pm) Gold one, with a sagging front end? Looks like a Forester with an Outback nose that melted slightly. I found it hideous and I'm praying it's not accurate.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 30, 2007 1:01 pm) |
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Replying to: erics6 (Aug 30, 2007 2:57 pm) 
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Replying to: xwesx (Aug 30, 2007 3:09 pm) http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=242881&postcount=206 http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=7829&d=11884- - 29087
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Replying to: brainlessbozo (Aug 29, 2007 1:27 pm) |
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Replying to: erics6 (Aug 30, 2007 2:57 pm) The smooth sides are OK, I suppose, but I'd be worried about door dings. Creases add strength. Where's the cladding? It's too slab-sided. It really does look like they took an old one, a 98-01 model at that, and grafted an Outback-like front end. The drop in the headlights look weird, though I like a similar design on the GMC Acadia, so if executed properly that could look good. In the same thread people discuss the Forester as a downsized Tribeca rather than an upsized Impreza. I have mixed feelings about that. The Forester might get too heavy and expensive. Plus it will cannibalize the Tribeca. They really have to make the Tribeca bigger for the next generation to differentiate it more. If the Forester grows much it'll basically be the same size (like the RAV4 and Highlander were for a while).
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 31, 2007 6:03 am) -mike |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 31, 2007 6:03 am) Sadly, there is little point of cladding any longer, since (I believe) they have done away with the unpainted cladding on the Forester. What is the point of painted cladding? There is some dent resistance, no doubt, but you will still get chips and more visible scratches than the unpainted cladding would suffer. I guess it's all part of the perpetual "upscale" mania that auto manufactures suffer. Dag-nabbit, give me "Inexpensive and built to stay that way" or in Honda-speak, "We make it simple"... or was that Burger King?  crotchety old-timer, james 
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Replying to: oregonboy (Aug 31, 2007 8:08 am)  -mike
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Replying to: paisan (Aug 31, 2007 8:18 am) Here's hoping they offer a diesel model with unpainted cladding and steel wheels for 09.
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