End of the Impreza and STI in the UK from 2013

J1nxy · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:43

Just saw this

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/subaru/impreza/61907/subaru-kills-wrx-sti-and-impreza-uk

Having had a look at one and the fact they sold 250ish last year, not overly surprised.

Firestar_3x · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:46

Hardly a shocker, the current model looks gash, seems like moving to a hatch was a bad idea, I wonder how Evo sales are doing?

J1nxy · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:47

The 4 door with the big spoiler looks pretty good, but at the price point its got some serious competition.

rodenal · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:13

Not surprised - the run of the mill models can't cut it with any of the competition and the turbo'd models have lost a bit of their cut price appeal.

Addicted · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:13

To be honest that 4-door looks real nice!

Vita · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:17

Gutted. :/

Zero Pope · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:17

Not at all surprised, the Hawkeye was the last good looking one. The move to a hatch was a huge mistake, one that they don't seem to have recovered from imo.

Aeleys · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:20

If they re-made the old ones they would get many more sales.

J1nxy · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:23

Aeleys said:
If they re-made the old ones they would get many more sales.

The 4 door STI is very simliar to the Classic and Blob that I had but at 30K+ its just not value for money anymore.

topshot · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:24

Firestar_3x said:
Hardly a shocker, the current model looks gash, seems like moving to a hatch was a bad idea, I wonder how Evo sales are doing?

The Evo was finished over a year ago?

Sad that the impreza has gone, they looked a lot better now they have gone back to a saloon. So its import only now

I guess their focus is the BRZ

dessimpson · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:26

Firestar_3x said:
Hardly a shocker, the current model looks gash, seems like moving to a hatch was a bad idea, I wonder how Evo sales are doing?

I don't think EVO sales will be too healthy either.
Pretty sure there's none left to sell

http://www.mitsubishi-cars.co.uk/evolution/test-drive.aspx

topshot · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:26

J1nxy said:
The 4 door STI is very simliar to the Classic and Blob that I had but at 30K+ its just not value for money anymore.

Why is it not? Only got to look at the prices of new golf etc

oHUTCHYo · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:26

End of an era, it's a sad thing. I'm just glad I've managed to buy one recently and experience ownership of a turbo 4WD monster before were all forced to drive electric Noddy cars...

J1nxy · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:29

The new JDM/US Impreza...maybe were lucky its been put out of its misery...

http://www.subaru.jp/impreza/g4/

oHUTCHYo · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:30

J1nxy said:
The new JDM/US Impreza...maybe were lucky its been put out of its misery...

http://www.subaru.jp/impreza/g4/

Hnnnnng! It may as well just be a KIA or some other budget Asian car now. God damn them.

How can they go from something so iconic to something so forgetful? I guess it's all to do with demand and targeting the greater audience.

topshot · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:31

J1nxy said:
The new JDM/US Impreza...maybe were lucky its been put out of its misery...

http://www.subaru.jp/impreza/g4/

Thats the impreza which is now a different car lineup to the WRX and WRX STI

rodenal · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:35

Would be good if an STI BRZ and or GT86 equivalent appear - even though it wouldn'tt be a turbocharged 4wd machine it would keep the brand going

topshot · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:37

rodenal said:
Would be good if an STI BRZ and or GT86 equivalent appear - even though it wouldn'tt be a turbocharged 4wd machine it would keep the brand going

Supercharged would be nice :cool:

J1nxy · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:47

topshot said:
Thats the impreza which is now a different car lineup to the WRX and WRX STI

Indeed but they are no longer going to be 4/5 door and likely to be a shorter wheelbase coupe thing. So about as far away from the original Impreza Turbo 2000 as you can get.

adam cool dude · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:30

It's a shame the way the automotive world is going but it seems affordable performance is a thing of the past. Cars are becoming too expensive to maintain and people haven't got the money for increased petrol costs, tax, tyres etc.

Go back to mid 90's early 00's and look at the big three Japanese automakers.

Toyota
Celica GT4
Supra
MR2 Turbo

Nissan
Skyline R33/R34 GTR
200SX
300ZX

Honda
NSX Type R
Accord Type R
Civic Type R
S2000

Fast forward to today and all you have on offer is either the 370Z or GT86 as affordable performance motoring. The GTR whilst still being great value for money is way out of reach compared to the previous models.

As for Subaru and Mitsubishi I think the demise of the WRC and them not competing in it has hurt their sales a lot. I haven't watched a WRC in nearly a decade but before that it was a different story.