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Future Vehicles 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX
1480 messages, Last post on Jul 06, 2009 at 4:52 PM
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Replying to: merrycynic (Aug 01, 2008 1:16 pm) Eh, by the time our '05 Legacy wagon gets replaced we probably won't have gas anymore or cars will drive themselves or something. I just wish I had gotten a 2.5GT wagon like Mike's instead of the base base model, but that's what was in the piggy bank.
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Replying to: lilengineerboy (Aug 03, 2008 5:53 am)
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Replying to: sbcooke (Aug 03, 2008 5:36 am) I noticed the same thing after I put on the SPT Cat-back on my 05 wagon. It hits a little harder under non WOT operation. -mike
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Replying to: merrycynic (Aug 03, 2008 7:49 am)  -mike
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Replying to: paisan (Aug 03, 2008 8:26 am) Unfortunately, a niche vehicle manufacturer couldn't figure out how to make them economically enough to support the market that wanted them so they had to abandon that market.
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Replying to: lilengineerboy (Aug 03, 2008 10:12 am) -mike
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Replying to: paisan (Aug 03, 2008 8:25 am) When accelerating quickly the sport sharp feels fine, but slowly working through 2-3000 rpms it is a little quirky how it delivers power. Got my first ding today. I wasn't sure about taking it to the car wash with the low profile tires and rims. But figured I would at some point take it there, so I said, what the heck. Well...the left front rim got a 2 inch long scrape on the outside. Oh well...it couldn't be new forever. I talked to the guy there...not much he could do and I wasn't being jerk since I knew it was one of those things. I got myself a few free car washes though...for the MDX. |
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Replying to: paisan (Aug 03, 2008 11:32 am) They weren't priced higher, but they came with less. Specifically, the wagon went without VDC whereas the sedan got it plus a couple of other items (on the Canadian spec anyway). That never made any sense to me given that wagon buyers are more likely to be safety oriented in their purchase choices. In our case, it was to be the secondary family vehicle so stability control was a feature we wanted. Can't tell you if that shaped others' decisions. If equipped identically, Subie would have had one more sale. Maybe the lack of VDC was a plus to a track boy like yourself? It just wasn't a good thing to leave out given the sales demographic IMHO. |
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Replying to: paisan (Aug 03, 2008 11:32 am) I didn't say it was, its the cost of manufacturing and production, not the cost to the consumer. People just didn't want them, or they wouldn't have killed it. Apparently people did want it, or they wouldn't be here whining about it being gone. They killed it because they couldn't manufacture it economically enough at the volume the market wanted. If you need to sell 500,000 to break even, you are going to have a hard time, but if you need 50k or 100k to profit, especially since its basically a trim level change, then you should be able to move that many. I think Subaru used to be known for slightly quarky, durable fun cars that were affordable. The direction of bland styled, bandwagon offerings is kind of what Nissan went through in the mid to late 90s and it took them 10 years to recover. Now we will see what happens with Subaru.
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Replying to: volkov (Aug 03, 2008 3:17 pm) Let's get a few things straight. I take offense that you think all track folks don't want VDC. I'd kill for VDC on track. Anything for an advantage! Second here in the USDM market which is about 95%+ on this board, the Wagon was equipped exactly like the Sedan. -mike |
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