DOTS: A Two Door Impreza With A Twist!

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 07/27/2020 at 22:27 • Filed to: Dots

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I saw a blue Scoob with a wang and gold wheels and though, “hey cool.” And then I saw that it was a coupe. A COUPE! A TWO DOOR BLUE ROCKETSHIP OF AN IMPREZA!

Sure, it’s no 22B, but it clearly wants to be one. I can’t remember the last time I saw a two door.

These just have the absolute best proportions. They really are smaller than you expect. And those wheels are just perfect.

Side note: why on earth are the leaves laying on the floor in all their fall splendor? **checks calendar** Yup, still July. Get out of here leaves, you’re drunk.

That is one wing that isn’t compensating for anything.

I have to imagine that the blue Veloster parked next to it belongs to the same person for reasons that will become apparent soon.

Yes, that is a gutted interior with a beach chair in place of a seat. It also seems to me this was originally painted a much brighter shade of blue. I didn’t know redneck and two door Impreza could go together but here we are.

Bonus color matched RS3!

Brian McKay > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/27/2020 at 22:33

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Audi hasn't made RS2 since 1995, correct?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/27/2020 at 22:34

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Other than the 22b sti, we never got the coupe here

PowderHound > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/27/2020 at 22:36

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Ugh. Those 2 doors go for insane money because everyone, including me wants to wrx/sti swap them. My buddy I bought my wrx from has one sitting around but it’s probably rusted to hell at this point. 

MM54 > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/27/2020 at 22:40

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I’ve not seen a 2-door in a long time either; around here they all rusted into oblivion by about 2006. I agree though, they’re probably the best looking subaru, period.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Brian McKay 07/27/2020 at 22:48

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*RS3 sorry

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > PowderHound 07/27/2020 at 22:50

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This could have had some rust but there wasn’t any bubbling that I saw. It does seem to have a respray so maybe. . . 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > MM54 07/27/2020 at 22:52

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This coupe was in remarkably good shape. You can see for yourself the immaculate floors in that photo.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/27/2020 at 22:52

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This is the first coupe I really remember seeing. They are very rare.

PowderHound > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/27/2020 at 22:59

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It looks super nice, I would pay decent money for it. Still not the asking prices I see that are around WRX money. But decent

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > PowderHound 07/27/2020 at 23:07

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I mean, so few were made and so much fewer are left that it would be hard to find a half decent once that isn’t either perfect or a total basket case for sale anywhere. This is the nice but not so nice it is attracting super wealthy buyers territory, a rare middle ground.

PowderHound > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/27/2020 at 23:12

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I definitely forget that they are fairly old now and most have rusted to the ground. I remember seeing them around fairly regularly. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > PowderHound 07/27/2020 at 23:18

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I don't remember the two doors ever being a presence on the streets. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/27/2020 at 23:20

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My mom had one and I was going to buy it when she was done with it. Even with the 2.5 NA it was peppy and very fun to drive. It felt much more rally car than my 2002 Impreza. Anyway she crashed it on icy roads and that was that. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/27/2020 at 23:24

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Well, that explains where they all went off to. They were all sold in snow y climates where rust are them whole. Subarus don’t make as much sense down south, at least they didn’t until their aesthetic became popular. Two doors are absurdly rare, even more so than the already scarce two doors. 

Nauraushaun > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/27/2020 at 23:31

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Which makes them incredibly rare, much rarer than the states. I do check every one I see to count the doors. I’ve seen a handful of 2 doors, I think there was 1 or 2 22Bs in there and a handful of 2 door grey market imports.

BeaterGT > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/28/2020 at 00:42

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Will never not like these. Friend had a roller at one point, but it never got past that stage.

gettingoldercarguy > PowderHound 07/28/2020 at 01:29

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Getting older is a mixed blessing.

Nick Has an Exocet > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/28/2020 at 02:26

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These OG 2 door impreza’s are one of the best looking 2 door economy cars ever made. Certainly the best looking Subaru’s ever made. The XT gets a special shout- out though as well as the GR STI (3rd gen hatchback STI) .

pip bip - choose Corrour > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/28/2020 at 09:12

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https://www.caradvice.com.au/868277/subaru-impreza-22b-sti-listed-for-more-than-500000/

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nick Has an Exocet 07/28/2020 at 09:41

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Yes, but they don't have the proportions to match this one. It was really to die for. 

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/28/2020 at 11:35

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Impreza coupe, and the 2.5RS up-spec version were sold in the US... just not the WRX and the highly optimized 22B.

I quite like them... but the roofline being higher at the back than the front, rather than just flat, always seemed slightly odd... but even moreso on the sedan... probably a factor of being compatible with the 5-door unibody variant.

Speaking of... my favorite was always the custom fab project that combined coupe doors and quarter windows, with the back of a hatchback 5-door, and a 22B replica bodykit, and a turbocharged drivetrain.

Subaru would actually get my business back after more than a decade of disappointment, if they built anything even remotely this interesting.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 07/28/2020 at 11:50

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This one was the 2.5RS.

I never noticed the roofline thing, but the coupes have to be the best proportioned Subaru ever made. Possibly the best looking too. They are just fantastic.

That 5 door shooting brake is just mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

There is all this talk about crossover coupes that have a non usab le second row with doors. I think making a true shooting   brake out of an outback could work.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 07/29/2020 at 01:22

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The roof line was to fit “normal” people in the back, when I had my coupe I could fit comfortable in the back, I am 6'4 with my favorite heels. And did you know, the Impreza coupe/ sedan/wagon have the same wheel base? they are almost the exact same size, coupe just has longer doors and appears smaller, but side by side, the bumper overhangs where the only real difference. I got rid of it from the unwan ted attention. I liked the gas mileage and comfort . The “ boys” liked a 6' blonde in a GC coupe with a stick and some of the jokes and comments where quite rude and off putting .

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/29/2020 at 09:53

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I’ve kind of been partial to the BL/BP generation (‘05-09 US market) Legacy and Outback.

(and one of the only times you could get a lifted Outback Sedan with a flat-6... but nobody seemed interested, and they cancelled it after ‘06. )

And SVX has to be the best looking, best proportioned Subaru coupe.

Then again, I owned both, so I could be showing my bias. (I had a red Legacy 2.5GT sedan, not an Outback 3.0R, but I had the outback picture handy...)

BTW... in 2013, Subaru showed the Cross Sport concept. Although it was not AWD, since it was based on BRZ, rather than Impreza, it looked promising, and I’m pretty sure they could have put that bodywork on Crosstrek underpinnings with WRX or STI drivetrain if they wanted to.

But that was just one of many in a series of Subaru concept cars, including the WRX and STI concepts, and various VIZIV generations  that bait-and-switched the enthusiast base... and I began to resent them for it...

‘ Oh, look what we could do... but we won’t. Ever.’

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > GoodIdeaAtTheTime 07/29/2020 at 10:06

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I’ll bet that was impressive, and that last bit is truly unfortunate.

Unimpressive people of every kind do stupid, mindless, or even specifically hurtful things when intimidated by anyone who does make more of a positive impression . Usually false bravado from of a place of their inherent insecurity.

Actually, they seem to do that to nearly everyone, rather than seeing people for who they are. Seems to be a lot of that going around... more virulent than an epidemic, and masks can’t help stupidity.

The nice thing about Subarus, that I wish they would take more advantage of, is that they are built kind of like Legos... Wheelbase, track width, and drivetrain layout is quite modular... and lends itself to parts sharing and swappability.

For a while, I really wanted a WRX STI-swapped SH-generation Forester... because the Impreza/WRX/STI drivetrain fits directly into the Forester unibody with the right combination of parts. An WRX Crosstrek would be similarly do-able I think.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > GoodIdeaAtTheTime 07/29/2020 at 11:30

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You would think that would be the ultimate sign you weren't to be trifled but no. People can be awful sometimes. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 07/29/2020 at 11:33

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I get you, but daaaaaang that is one good looking shooting brake. I think Subaru could really pill off something unique with that, though these aren’t the times to introduce a less practical version of a status symbol car.

And the SVX might just barely edge out the Impreza coupe, but both are drop dead gorgeous. Weird thing a out the wheelbase.