I finally found out what happened to a car I used to see at work:
http://www.glmwpg.com/temp/Aug04_01.JPG
it's the red Impreza parked nose-to-nose with my car.
I finally found out:
http://www.glmwpg.com/subaru/smash/
Had I found out earlier I would have seriously looked into grabbing it for the 5spd tranny etc...