carfreak85 Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 Not the STI, but... Thaaaats riiiight! Lets keep this thread on topic guys and gals! I've been watching and reading a lot of video reviews and comparisons of the 2008 STI lately that claim it is impossible to miss, and is visually very stunning with its fender flairs and "oversize roof spoiler". I'm sorry, but it just isn't. In fact is that I have nearly missed seeing a ton of them, just catching one out of the corner of my eye, and only becuase I already knew what they looked like. You can see an 04 or an 06 coming from a long ways off in the right colors. THAT is visually stunning. Having visual cache is something the GD series cars had in spades. Compaired to the standard car, yea, the new body does look pretty intimidating. Once you seperate it from its lesser stablemate, however, the new car blends in VERY quickly, and easily. This is not actually all that bad (One always likes to be able to slip into the crowd without too much effort) but at least the original STis (1993-4) at least had wings, vents and scoops. The first ones we legally got had big rump roast wings and "breaking wave" hood scoops. This thing looks like your average minivan or even a Jelly-Belly when compaired to it's older brother. Subaru, it seems, has had the unfortunate luck of bringing out-dated styles into production after they have reached their Zenith (Mazda 3, Carolla, etc. Didn't clear tail lamps fall out of trend almost as soon as it was hip? Toyota was the only one to really nail a "tuner fad" at it's peak with the Altezza). Don't get me wrong, it should have been this way from 2001 on. STi gets the rally jump suit while base models are dressed very plainly. Subaru did the right thing by visually driving a wedge between the top of the range and the rest can eat cake, as it were. I will say that the wing on the WRC test car is MUCH more like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Carfreak85, my thought is that Subaru heard alot of complaints about the standing out look of their STi's when it came to law enforcement officials is my idea for them bringing it back a few dozen notches. Give me an 05 GD STi in blue with gold and I will be set for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef_tim Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Sorry I'm so late to join this thread, I had to go to Toledo OH to see one . I went in with the hopes that I would just be blown away by it, but unfortunately I wasn't. I did really like the interior including the seats. Other then that I'd have to agree with galyn on most of the other stuff. :( Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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