Subaru has unveiled this Impreza Design Concept in LA, which previews the carmaker’s new “Confidence in Motion” design and brand strategy. The brand seems to change ideas with every generation of cars, so it’s anyone’s guess not just when this new look will debut, but how long it’ll last.
Said to include “possible future Subaru design elements” the Impreza Design Concept (IDC) is yet another “four-door coupe” style concept with room for four. The designers blended two ideas – “dynamic flow and confident stance” – to showcase Subaru’s engineering core values of dynamic performance, safety, driving enjoyment and quality.
From the front, IDC wears Subaru’s hexagonal grille with spread wings flanked by “hawk eye” headlights. Below them are fin-shaped fog lamps. Remember this look, as it previews the brand’s future look. At the rear, the hexagonal theme repeats with the number plate garnish, where all the lines flow out from. The rear lights, which have a unique layering effect for an impression of depth, are connected to the character line along the car’s flanks.
The IDC looks muscular, and a lot the credit goes to those prominent wheel arches (current Legacy also has them). It was Subaru’s intention to use simple and clean lines and surfaces rather than complicated forms. Other details include wedge-shaped side rear-view cameras and carbon fins on the wheel spokes that aid brake cooling.
Gallery after the jump.
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an improvement over existing design. but i think they can work on the rear a bit more. the rear looks too conservative – too “shy”.
droll… yup,i agree with u…
I can’t stop imagining the rear as some sort of dragon type pokemon staring down at me grinning ear to ear ready to attack….
Am I the only one seeing that?
front look like a mustang and back look like city to me
citry? no la… altis lor… LOL…
The front grill has some resemblance to that of the new Elantra Avante
the front has no resemblance to mustang at all.. i think it looks more like chevy’s Cruze… the back indeed like Altis
Looking forward for its new impreza WRX STi..
Look like it has a lot of infiniti/Nissan design cues actually. So the hatchback version got discarded then?
Hatchback is too good to discard, most other manufacturers have a 5 door model. I personally love my hatchback, lots of space, far easier time to load stuff, and looks well-planted and sporty.
looks menacing , aggressive and exclusive as well…
is it better to call it Legacy?
Visually this looks bigger than current Imprezas. Hopefully it’ll be smaller than what we see here coz by doing so, Subaru will have to make the Legacy bigger to challenge a class higher. Subsequenly this will also remove the Impreza from the list of Rally projectiles and Rice Rocket menus.
I must admit though, this looks very good, considering how controversial Imprezas have been since the GDs.
the front is volvo-ish
The interior,dashboard quality MUST be improved also.Very fragile i can say
i mean for previous and current impreza’s interior.And based on my 3 yrs experience of ver8.
finally they took a long hard look into the audi brochure
Trapeziodal grill……. looks familiar with recent cars coming from Korea…
Subaru Legacy!
ugly beast! ugly outside beast inside!!!!!!!!!
Finally , It looks like a car you want be seen in …
Rear reminds me of LF-A
great minds think the same.. lol.. yeah it reminds me of LF-A also..
kan bagus design proton slawa ni, kn?
if reli proton can do like tis, sure gt ppl bash oso, typical malaysian..
overall nice, except the front should be sharper instead of blunt tegak like that..
too many details….fugly =.=”
lose to evo and now butthurt already, wanna come out with more muscular and agreesive design, LMAO…
its too late to do so, evo already gone far far ahead……
Designs influence much by toyota I think where can see lots outer can’t call as IMPREZA. No rear spoiler, no mica blue with gold rims.More to urban saloon car. Version 8 is the best!!!
i think more look like a KIA
nice!!
waa..if they dont say its the impretza concept, i taught this is the next best competitor for hyundai sonata.hahaha..
A c-segment of combination.c-class,bmw 3 series,mazda 3,
it would feel awkward eh for not using side mirrors while driving.. haha.. i think they’ll omit it if it does come for mass production… i don’t think those sport car ponders would like it anyway because it’s like losing one of your senses… just my 2 cents
its no longer Subaru rally car … pls replace this with Volvo badge
side mirrors gone… is like losing ur ears…
the rear look a bit upgrade from the old skyline… overall design quite appealing though.. suit the Subaru image which is fast and furious.
it’s ugly , reminds me of toyota altis
yulk!
If u drive this car in Malaysia then the side rear-view cam will be stolen & fixed on Kancils……….
The rear looks similar to BMW and Honda City but the car looks great.
someone must have printed out the word “GANAS” in giant lettering and stuck it on the designer’s sketch pad. It looks like it eats little children for breakfast. But the back, I think it’s a little too conservative on the lights. The layering effect is nice, but they need to be a bit bolder in spreading the red area and playing with it. Otherwise hmm, looks basically like a modern-day urban car trying to look rally-ish?
Wow! Finally the Impreza done right :P
It invokes the same emotions when i first saw 1st gen mazda6.
Very similar to Mazda6 front….i like
I sense Ford Mondeo design………
Superb design!!! Hope they will bring this into Malaysia and price attractively…
it’s design is too boxy, want to see the production design though, maybe got changes here and there
The dashboard is staring at me. But I like the overall look very much, way better than the current MY.
This would be the facelifted or next-generation Impreza if going production.