Mitsubishi Evo and Subaru Impreza

[Ding-Dong]

Yes they are quick but by god they are both as ugly as a bag of old spanners.

Anybody agree?

[mfewell]

Yes, get a Lotus Elise.

[Ward-Minter]

I think Clarkson once quoted (re EVO V11) "It looks like it has been lined with velcro and ram-raided Halfords"

 

Get an S2000 anyday.

[Mrs_Pegasus]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  Personally I love the ugliness of the Evo - why should cars be smooth, sleek and frankly easy on the eye!  I quite like seeing an evo in my rear view mirror -admittedly they dont hang around there for long.

As far as the other gorgeous machines that I have been mentioned - I think its horses for courses and each to their own.  Whatever we have on our drives, its our choice and they are ours and we probably think they are best thing since slice bread!

[KIDDY]

yes they are ugly that is why

I would have a nissan skyline any day

http://t-style.japancar.ru/i/wallpapers/r34-1280.jpg

http://hem.passagen.se/kristoffer90/bilder/2fast2furious.jpg

[Impret-Sir]

Those of us who actually own these cars know they are not very pretty, in the same way that an apache helicopter is not pretty, its not meant to be because looking good was not part of the design brief. What they are designed to do, they do very well. Their looks are simply a function of their purpose, which is to go round bends very quickly, in the wet or dry, whilst carrying up to four people, plus their luggage, and putting a huge grin on their drivers face in the process. At this, they have veery little competition.

[tali122]

the sub and evo will murder any poncey shandy drinking 2 seater posing hairdresser sports car (elise/s2oo)
ugly is a fiat multipla or ford scorpio

[Ding-Dong]

Yes, but if you want something stylish which can carry four people and their luggage, these are the last cars you would go for - personally, I'd go for an Alfa 156 and the soon to be coming out 159 - both are achingly beautiful.

Yes they will break down on the way home from the dealers, but at least you'll be sitting by the side of the road in a stylish machine as opposed to whizzing by making a stupid amount of noise in something that looks like a cat choking up a hair ball.

But then speed and cornering ability in a car aren't particularly important to me - which is why I prefer motorbikes.

My bikes will leave both the Mitsubishi and Subaru at the lights standing - and in our traffic hewn roads, they will never catch up!

Also, as Clarkson said in his Sunday Times piece on the Evo, they are brilliant to drive, but whenever you park and get out, you just know people are looking at you and thinking what a prat. 

[Impret-Sir]

But, Ding-dong, I want something that can go fast and carry four plus luggage, and will do so with monotonous reliability, and can go round bends without falling off the road in a scrabble of understeer, and that wont fall apart in six months or suffer continual electrical or build problems, so sadly that counts out any Alfa. Would you really rather sit beside the road in a broken down, but stylish car? I doubt it.

I ride a bike too, and sure, it will loose my Impreza for dead on the right road, in the right conditions, but in the rain? or when Im late for my flight and I have a suitcase? or Im on my way to dinner with the wife? or I am going to the garden centre? Or its been snowing or frosty?, please, your bike, (and mine) will look pretty silly then.

As for Clarkson, I think that when he gets out of any car, people look at him and think, "what a prat."

[Jay70]

I personaly like the look of all the Scoobies but I dont like the look of the EVO. 

[PurpleLinzi]

yaaawwwn, god this is really boring

[tali122]

of course there are people who find the sub and evo loud uncouth and ugly they are called OAPS- here have a worthers original and move your zimmer frame out the way grandpa

[Impret-Sir]

What happened to my last post??!

[Mrs_Pegasus]

LOL @ tali22 I quite like that description!  I think many evo and scubie drivers will love it too.

Like I said before, each to their own, there are those of us who want something to look pretty and there are those of us who want something that looks like nothing else on the road.  I am the latter and an Evo is welcome on my drive every day of the week!

[Ward-Minter]

If Subers and Evo's are so great why do they bring out a new model of each almost every year???? Progress maybe, but then again more like the riders are chavs and want a better steal.

[Ding-Dong]

Tali - I wouildn't need to move my zimmer frame out of the way because I'd've already left any Evo driver for dead on one of my bikes!

[Impret-Sir]

Ding-dong, unless its raining, or icy, or you have a passenger, or a few bags of shopping, or a suitcase or you want to go somewhere where leathers are not the appropriate dress code, etc etc. I have a bike too, and agree there are lots of times that it would leave my Impreza for dead, but I could only have one or the other, im afraid that the car is more fun, more of the time.

[Impret-Sir]

And Ward-Minter, are you really saying that Subaru and Mitsubishi bring out an up-dated model every year because the people who "ride" (?!) them have all stolen them and want to steal a new one annually?

Yeah.........OK.............right. 

[Ding-Dong]

Imprest-Sir - plus, I have to hold my hands up, I only ever go out on the bikes when there is not a hint of rain, which, obvoiusly, is not a problem in a car.