Spycam: 2009 Subaru WRX STI

By its fender blisters you know it as the 300-plus horsepower Subie STI, the hottest of hot hatches. And, the blandest, given that it's still saddled with Subaru's over-reaction to complaints about the old, and now-banished, three-part grilles of recent vintage models.

Speaking of grilles, the egg crate look on the new car that had the WRX faithful up in arms appears to have been swapped out for a mesh look on the STI. And while the rear wing looks to be functional, with the hatchback, it obviously limits the options.

Watching the STI handle the hard turns of the Nurburgring Nordschlieffe, though, you might excuse the car's styling. The new STI is expected to arrive by the middle of next year, following this fall's release of the new WRX hatchback and sedan. And yes, the STI will be available only as a five-door hatchback. Good news for Mitsubishi and its more handsome Evolution X.
Read Article

EL34 - 7/3/2007 2:37:46 PM

-4 Boost

doggone it, Subaru has got to stop copying Lexus.

Designer1 - 7/3/2007 3:45:56 PM

+3 Boost

What is being copied from Lexus?

goudok - 7/3/2007 2:59:08 PM

+1 Boost

toyota owns subaru...

Htay7500 - 7/3/2007 3:44:28 PM

+1 Boost

smart one... not

Htay7500 - 7/3/2007 3:48:36 PM

+1 Boost

@el34

MagnumOne - 7/4/2007 5:22:40 AM

+1 Boost

This car i soooo boring to look at!

A swedish designer made his own computer rendered version of how a new three door STi should look like.
Check the photos out here (site in swedish):
http://www.teknikensvarld.se/nyheter/070702-subaru-impreza-wrx/index.xml

TehShibbs - 7/5/2007 8:50:05 PM

+1 Boost

Now THAT is sexy. Mean. Just a little bit too compressed. If it were made a little longer, then it would look very feasible. Still, that is quite sexy.

alsarea3 - 7/4/2007 6:16:05 AM

+1 Boost

The new imperza is ugly ..

New EVO is exciting !

truckmen - 7/12/2007 3:42:17 PM

+1 Boost

I like it, it looks like a mazda 3.