http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=101493

 

You should put a warning on that. That looks like hell.

 

yea, i'd have to agree with you
looks like it's got a little bit of nissan murano in the rear-most pillar (C-pillar maybe? i'm not good with the naming of them)

 

The front of that car is bad. The rest looks ok though. hopfully the Saab will be a lot better

 

That thing looks like its Korean-made/designed.

 

too narrow in the back.

 

Overall it looks OK, but I think Subaru needs to rethink that new grill theme before they put it on anything else. It doesn't look that good IMO.

 

Jeebus. Saab should design the exterior and then Subaru should tweak and rebadge it.

Sales bomb, here we come! Viva la SVX money sink! Viva la Baja sales disappointment!

 

EEKK... I'm blind.. they ruined the WRX.. I thought the mild freshening of the front end made it look very handsome but they just beat it with a "fugly" stick and still haven't stopped.
I'm also guessing since there are some game pics that this design is sealed... YUCK... please Bob talk some sense into the Subaru bigwigs...

 

Barring the looks debate for a second...

Why the hell would somebody buy this over, say, an Acura MDX? One thing to sell in the niche the Legacy/Impreza realm and the Forester is just a rebodied Impreza that handles better than the competition, offers wagon body styles, high performance models and AWD.

Step up to the midsize crossover SUV class, and suddenly there is competition everywhere. Built on a modified chassis. Doesn't have enough power to compete on the performance side of things. Ugh. Silly Subaru. Should have gone the classy large Forester route taking cues from the 2005 Legacy.

-B

 

:blah:

 

I actualy liked the SVX!

Ugh...what is with the horrible grill!!! SAAB! MAKE IT BETTER!

 

Bingo! Daewoo used a similar grill just before they went bankrupt. Daewoo also produced a somewhat smaller crossover/van-type thing called the Tacuma (no, it's not a typo) that looked something like Subie's new blob.

 

The Nissan Murano is "wacky," but this Subaru is new kind of horrible. The big problem that nobody's mentioned yet is that the big, heavy Subie is going to get the weak, low-on-torque 3.0 liter H6. Unless a turbocharger is on the standard equipment list, this thing is going to be horribly slow. Nissan's Murano may look wierd, but at least it accelerates well enough.