New Subaru Concept Car B9

paddlesnz · #1 10-16-2003, 06:33 AM

This is the new B9 Scrambler concept car that Subaru will show at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/?news/a...y.php?id=40820

http://www.fhi.co.jp/news/03_10_12/03_10_14.htm

Landshark · #2 10-16-2003, 06:43 AM

holy sh*t, they were serious about that B11S styling!!!!

i'd better go buy an STi right now before they beat it with the ugly stick!!!!

#3 10-16-2003, 07:39 AM

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Originally posted by Landshark
holy sh*t, they were serious about that B11S styling!!!!

i'd better go buy an STi right now before they beat it with the ugly stick!!!!

uhhh too late...

Landshark · #4 10-16-2003, 07:45 AM

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Originally posted by Green1995SVX

uhhh too late...

compared to the B11S, it looks like a classic Ferrari.

#5 10-16-2003, 07:47 AM

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Originally posted by Landshark

compared to the B11S, it looks like a classic Ferrari.

I personally love the B11S. I emailed the SOA rep that I usually deal with and told them that I'll buy one as soon as they become available.

Mike

NikFu S. · #6 10-16-2003, 11:03 AM

me too! im saving up for a couple years.

Landshark · #7 10-16-2003, 11:40 AM

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Originally posted by Green1995SVX

I personally love the B11S. I emailed the SOA rep that I usually deal with and told them that I'll buy one as soon as they become available.

Mike

BLEEECH!!! don't ruin it for the rest of us! what is that SOA rep's e-mail. i need to let them know if they put that upside-down Alfa nose on all their cars, they can consider me a lost customer......unless some nice aftermarket front end kits become available for them. yes, its THAT ugly!

#8 10-16-2003, 12:25 PM

well it took about 20 minutes for the page to load on my slow-ass-copper-phone-lines-at-the-end-of-a-dirt-road internet connection, but i have to say, i'm impressed.

not necessarily with the overall design of the car, but with the fact that FHI is finally funding a roadster. my mother has ALWAYS wanted a droptop car, but her need for AWD has always stopped her from dropping the cash.. she looked at the TT quattro but it was a little too Bauhaus for her

anyway, it seems to me that people are caring less and less about what a car actually LOOKS like (see 01-04 WRX, Z4, any Chrysler product) and some of them care even LESS about how well it PERFORMS (see non-evo Lancer, Celica, Civic Si) so i imagine this new roadster will actually do okay. In fact, I think that the hybrid/AWD/droptop combo will satisfy an ever-widening niche for economy, safety, and image.

now let's see if they have the balls to build it.

-adam

Andy · #9 10-16-2003, 02:44 PM

I love the R1e (at least for the wife)

Ideal little shopping car and would free up the SVX for me

SHISVX · #10 10-16-2003, 03:07 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by alacrity024
[B]well it took about 20 minutes for the page to load on my slow-ass-copper-phone-lines-at-the-end-of-a-dirt-road

sorry adam....but in words of Jeff Foxworthy....

"if directions to your house require you to turn off the dirt road, you might be a redneck"

Kelli

Darksied-X · #11 10-16-2003, 05:09 PM

I liked everything about the B11S except the nose, it was just way too extreme. This one is just not quite as over the top, I like it.

LarryIII · #12 10-16-2003, 05:57 PM

The Air Force is up to B-2 from B-1 in bombers.

Subaru started with B-11S and went down to B-9S

This car reminds me of a Miata with an Alfa grill.

T.McCaw · #13 10-18-2003, 10:41 AM

one of you guts with paint shop, stretch the nose on the B9 then maybe it would look like something.

Tom

Aredubjay · #14 10-18-2003, 03:57 PM

I like it. And, I might be able to afford one in four years.

I also like the B11S. But the roadster, in comparison, is somewhat "benign."

#15 10-18-2003, 10:24 PM

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Originally posted by paddlesnz
This is the new B9 Scrambler concept car that Subaru will show at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/?news/a...y.php?id=40820

http://www.fhi.co.jp/news/03_10_12/03_10_14.htm

I hope Subaru will do better this time with this attempt than their SVX. SVX, WRX made a road for Subaru in the past ten years, and they are perceived better than 10 years ago. It is a great looking car but I probably won't buy it. If it attracts me, I would have bought a Miata long time ago. I bought my SVX because I can squeeze four people in it and it looks very different, and it has a great engine.