[Landshark]

Originally posted by Shadow248


As much as I hate to spend time on these debates...I couldn't resist shoving your own foot in your mouth...enjoy.

http://www.crashtest.com/subaru/ie.htm

According to that site, the only safe impreza is the 02 or newer models, and even those just got an OK rating. Obviously I won't harp on the DL/GL, being ancient cars.

That's just the first site I found...i'll move on.

http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/saf...e.html#Impreza

This site was quite nice to your beloved car maker...however it does show that the Impreza seems to have problems with the IIHS tests, which i'm sure is what keeps it's overall scores out of the green.

http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_rat...ead_subaru.htm

Here's a good one...shows how the new models really are...they fair acceptably up front, but need work in the rear. Plus, if you scroll down on that page, it shows that before 2002, just about everything Subaru was anything but safe. Geez there's only one "good" rating on that entire chart!

And honestly, I expected Subaru to do no worse than GM overall...however according to several sites, they did. Might I remind you that as of 2004, all new GM cars have earned at least 4 star overall ratings, most have 5. Considering how many vehicles GM has, thats one hell of an accomplishment.

i didn't actually want to see them, nor do i have time to look at them - i just wanted to give you something to do for a while.