No more scoobys

[DarrenSV650S]

Now the prices will go up :(

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=26839

[L3nny]

Always fancied a scooby as part of "the fleet" a P1 would probably be top of the list.

[Sir Trev]

Always liked look of the Legacy sport tourer for a practical family car but the accounting training kicked in when I looked further down the spec sheet at the CO2 and MPG numbers. Roomy estate, 2.5l auto box, all wheel drive... Shame. When I got the Focus earlier in the year I did look up the Impreza to see what the "cooking" version was like - slow, expensive and even worse on the stats. Oh well.

[Fallout]

They literally stabbed themselves in the face by turning an iconic sports coupe/saloon into an ugly hatchback. I hope the genius behind that was kneed in the groin 8 or even 9 times.

[Lozzo]

In the late 90s I had three Impreza Sports as company cars (my boss had a Turbo, so I wasn't allowed one). They were ok cars I suppose, but the interiors weren't as nice as an Evo's. Since then I've owned or had long term use of Evos and think they're a far better car.

[NTECUK]

The local chavs will be bashing there heads in with there blackberries when it gets round bb messaging . ;)

[andrewsmith]

Sadly WRC going to Supermini size cars a couple of years ago put the two production replicas onto the phasing list.

Shame to see them go, but no point producing a rally car that can't be rallied. It also won't have help that Peugeot and Citroen (with the not for sale prototypes) wiped the floor with the Japanese factories for the final 8 years in the 2.0 Turbo era

[Wideboy]

They literally stabbed themselves in the face by turning an iconic sports coupe/saloon into an ugly hatchback. I hope the genius behind that was kneed in the groin 8 or even 9 times.
thats what i was going to say

[Ceri JC]

They literally stabbed themselves in the face by turning an iconic sports coupe/saloon into an ugly hatchback. I hope the genius behind that was kneed in the groin 8 or even 9 times.

It's bizarre that they made that horrific cheap looking Focus clone out of a great car. Bizarrely, there is a saloon version of the new shape, which whilst not a patch on the old ones, looks a lot better than the hatchback abomination. It's just that it's relatively rare and I've never seen one outside of a dealership.

I've got a 2003 Impreza. Good balance between practicality and sportiness for what I want out of a car. It's a killer vehicle for the winter months with a spare set of wheels and winter tyres too. I was planning on keeping it another 4 years or so and then buying a 2-3 year old new shape one. Looks like I'll now need to look elsewhere.

Lozzo: How do you find the Evos in terms of parts costs/service intervals? I had always discounted them as anything other than a second car for weekend use only as the running costs were so high.

[_Stretchie_]

If you want a cheap one I would guess that the 2001 -2002 ones are about £50 by now because those two years are where they made it look like a 1998 - 1999 1.3l Toyota Corolla with a bonnet scoop

[Ceri JC]

If you want a cheap one I would guess that the 2001 -2002 ones are about £50 by now because those two years are where they made it look like a 1998 - 1999 1.3l Toyota Corolla with a bonnet scoop

LOL, a '98 1.3L corolla was my previous car. Not going back to that!

[Lozzo]

Lozzo: How do you find the Evos in terms of parts costs/service intervals? I had always discounted them as anything other than a second car for weekend use only as the running costs were so high.

I never had to spend a penny maintaining any of them. I bought them to sell for profit and managed to get a couple of months use out of each one without needing to do any work on them. They all ended up being driven by me and friends to Austria and sold there to a business contact for conversion to full blown rally cars. I can tell you they only do a maximum of 20mpg on the autobahn at a steady 80ish, regardless of the state of tune.

[Fallout]

Don't discount the Skyline as a quality alternative. Mine had 60k on the clock and was 12 years old (Jap import). I never had any mechanical issues with it and it was a monster.

[leebex]

Skylines are very nice,Im not a big fan of jap cars, but would make an exception for one of those, the straight 6 sounds fantastic.

[Ceri JC]

I never had to spend a penny maintaining any of them. I bought them to sell for profit and managed to get a couple of months use out of each one without needing to do any work on them. They all ended up being driven by me and friends to Austria and sold there to a business contact for conversion to full blown rally cars. I can tell you they only do a maximum of 20mpg on the autobahn at a steady 80ish, regardless of the state of tune.

Ah, 20mpg is a bit salty for my taste; most of my car miles are for work and I get a flat rate irrespective of whether I go in a 106 or a Veyron. Might work as a second car if I got something souless and diesel for the motorway hacking.

What sort of age are the ones you've been buying? Any particularly good/bad model years?

[mufman]

Sad moment, I´ve always liked STi´s and their rival EVO´s. But it simply looks like every year there is less and less space for an interesting car models/car manufacturers....anything that can´t be sold in huge numbers is going away and the greyness is becoming bigger and bigger.