Forester gets a facelift

[Fuzzy Logic]

http://www.subdriven.com/news/publish/Subaru_News/article_330.shtml

 

[TG]

It's still one ugly vehicle, probably always will be. At least it's not the
ugliest auto made...that distinction goes to the Baja. TG

 

[SilverFXT (was BlueSTi)]

It's still one ugly vehicle, probably always will be. At least it's not the
ugliest auto made...that distinction goes to the Baja. TG

I am still amazed they even still make the Baja. Sales have been
horrible and they continue to decline. Even adding the turbo didn't
help things much. Sometimes you just have to admit you screwed up!

SilverFXT
"Hey you just got smoked by an SUV!"

 

[The Gadget Shop]

Will be interesting to see what scoop they throw on the GT... seems they get
bigger every year across the range!

Cheers, Jason
Folio: www.gadgetaus.com/photos

 

[Frank Logullo]

It's still one ugly vehicle, probably always will be. At least it's not the
ugliest auto made...that distinction goes to the Baja. TG

Pontiac Aztec gets my vote. Followed closely by Honda Element
Frank

 

[Frank Logullo]

http://www.subdriven.com/news/publish/Subaru_News/article_330.shtml

Years ago when doing automotive resins r&d, I was told that some of the most
expensive pieces of automotive manufacturing equipment were the metal
stamping dies. You might need as many as 3 dies to form one part and they
cost ~$8 million each, maybe double today. I'm glad there are not that many
changes in the Forester. Who wants to look like they are driving an old car
every model year?
Frank

 

[Jim Stewart]

Pontiac Aztec gets my vote. Followed closely by Honda Element
Frank

The Baja is ugly, but not even in the
same league as a Scion XB or a Mercedes
G-class.

 

[Jim Stewart]

Years ago when doing automotive resins r&d, I was told that some of the most
expensive pieces of automotive manufacturing equipment were the metal
stamping dies. You might need as many as 3 dies to form one part and they
cost ~$8 million each, maybe double today. I'm glad there are not that many
changes in the Forester. Who wants to look like they are driving an old car
every model year?

What with CAD and huge 5-axis CNC
mills they might actually be cheaper.
But I'll bet they're still not cheap.

 

[Edward Hayes]

Many years ago a stamping die for a fender was about $15,000,000

 

[Alan]

http://www.subdriven.com/news/publish/Subaru_News/article_330.shtml

You'd think that as long as they were going to bother to change the looks,
they'd make it look good... It's amazing how many variations on ugly they
come up with.