The pre-facelift Legacy GT is a gorgeous car. The pig-nose / hawkeye WRX/STi is a pretty car. The Blob eye, Bugeye, and 22B Imprezas are all distinctive, soulful, and aging well to be good looking cars. The old Forester had some really nice looking years. All had GREAT mechanicals! My second car was a Subaru because I was such a huge fan.
Now the Impreza is a bloated Camry with a downhill turn in performance, the Forester is too big and ungainly to be as useful as the old one, and the Legacy looks like a reject from even the industry-bottom Chrysler designers. What happened? Why did this company shift from successful, good looking products to total utter crap?
As for the other Japanese makers, Toyotas's last gasp was the MR-S and even that was a snoozer. The last Celica GTS was the last Yoduh to have any soul, style, or performance. Honda hasn't made a good looking car since the S2000 and the Civic gets more massive and less fun with every restyle. At least Mazda is still in the game, though the new 3 needs a kick in the teeth to wipe that stupid grin off it's face. At least an aftermarket bumper can cure that blight off of an otherwise very sharp car.
Oh and I wasn't a fan of the new 6 because I really, really like the old one. After seeing one in person I'm starting to come around. It's one of those cars that you have to look at in real life to appreciate the styling. Very sharp, especially in that dark purple.
