Subaru Impreza WRX Rear-Engined Three-Door Widebody - Artist Fun

 Subaru Impreza WRX Rear-Engined Three-Door Widebody - Artist Fun
Subaru Impreza WRX rear-engined three-door widebody artist rendering - 1500

When the first generation Impreza WRX hit the market it set the tuner/enthusiast scene on fire. Sixteen years later, Subaru decided to try something new by adding a 5-door variant for that hot-hatch appeal.  Despite being a good performer, its styling was met with little excitement.

As a result, laptop artists have taken it upon themselves to fill in the blanks and create their own versions of what the ideal WRX hatchback should look like. This particular rendering was created by Pete Smith of Digimods.co.uk who decided to pull no punches. 

With the slight silhouette of a massive engine stuffed in the rear, Smith outfitted the WRX with a 1980s Rieger-esque widebody kit with deep dish two-tone BBS type wheels and enough vents, louvres and scoops to make a wind tunnel blush.

Regardless of its over-the-top nature, we still love it.  Don't you?

Source: digimods.co.uk via carscoop.blogspot.com

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 jdmgtr jdmgtr
"We still love it, don't you?" No.
December 31, 2009 5:05 pm
 BrianWCF BrianWCF
lol, big surprise [sarcasm]
December 31, 2009 5:23 pm
 JorgeLovesAudiA3TDI JorgeLovesAudiA3TDI
I Agree! It's uglier than a Porsche 911!!!
January 2, 2010 10:27 pm
 N20_Purge N20_Purge
Wow that is fugly. Too bad since I like the Stock WRX STI alot more. One of the best high peformance hot hatches on sale. Maybe not as good as the Focus RS, but yeah, still better than the rest.
December 31, 2009 5:29 pm
 6spdaudi 6spdaudi
woof.
December 31, 2009 5:33 pm
 boxster127 boxster127
Bit of a rip-off of the GTI W12 650 don't you think?
December 31, 2009 5:50 pm
 GRAVE GRAVE
Is this a toy or a real car? Looks a remote control car more than a real one!
December 31, 2009 6:12 pm
 carcrazy1234 carcrazy1234
my god read the article. kids these days.
January 1, 2010 8:59 pm
 Muffler Muffler
Impreza dead after starting to produce the f**king Hatches...
December 31, 2009 8:36 pm
 N20_Purge N20_Purge
So what if it is a hatch? It is still a 300bhp rally-bred peformance car, and that is all that matters.
December 31, 2009 9:35 pm
 otakki otakki
Plus a hatch is more versatile and useful...that's why I'm choosing it over the previous one and Evo.
January 1, 2010 2:59 am
 Anthropos Anthropos
Very nice chop! excelent execution and tight stylin'
January 1, 2010 6:24 am
 Lennox.... Lennox....
its still a subaru with a lot detail and styling to it especial when u amo it up like this i like it! show us the front and the rest if the its body!!!
January 1, 2010 1:03 pm
 Piotre_k Piotre_k
If it's supposed to be mid-engined what are the vents on the bonnet for? For me it looks like a nightmare of Romanian tuner.
January 1, 2010 1:42 pm
 joenutter joenutter
Same reason a F50 has vents in the hood, to extract air from the front radiators.... think much?
January 1, 2010 5:00 pm
 ivanlai0225 ivanlai0225
the stock sti is ugly but this is really over the top. really ugly.
January 2, 2010 3:45 am
 douleny douleny
just a minute , let me get the bucket i don't want to throw up on the screen!!!!
January 2, 2010 9:25 am
 Arto-7 Arto-7
i think it looks nice. i don't like the fact that Subaru's flagship car is a four door, not to mention that it has a less sporty version of it. This is how it ought to be. maybe less flare, true, but being a 3 door hatch would've made a whole lot more sense.
January 3, 2010 5:29 pm
 ken897 ken897
hu te hell told tat te pic is awkward than te stock 1..............check his website n rethink once moor.......virtual tuning is not an easy job mann
January 4, 2010 11:59 am
 alessandro alessandro
"A laptop-artist"! Thats a good one! Oh' and its visible too.
January 4, 2010 3:28 pm
 rikard1 rikard1
the stock imprezza and especially the STI look crap, this one at least looks fast and purposeful ...just the fact that the taillights aren't clear makes it look better.
January 8, 2010 9:53 am