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DantKR · 02-17-2011, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by linkwpc

Looking good! I want the subie one NOW!

Still looks like a mule to me. Unless you have better imagination than I do :P

linkwpc · 02-17-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DantKR

Still looks like a mule to me. Unless you have better imagination than I do :P

Let hope I do

Aki · 02-17-2011, 04:15 PM

This does NOT prove it's a hatch.

Plus, even the mule isn't a hatch. If you look closely, the mule is simply a shortened Subaru Impreza sedan. Same exact tail lights, same C-pillar, same rear windows.

People also aren't understanding the point of a mule. It's to test the chassis of the car while borrowing from the parts bin externally, in order to not reveal the design of the car. If you're going to go by the mule, then the Subaru version is going to be a shortened sedan... which it won't be.

My bet is still on it being a coupe.

DantKR · 02-17-2011, 04:19 PM

I still think it's funny that people think it looks like a hatch. I don't think it's possible w/ the angle of the truck and rear windshield that it would have any of opening like a hatch.

enc0re · 02-17-2011, 06:36 PM

That's no hatch. Look at the left hand corner of the trunk touching the rear window section. You can see the glass through the gap in the trunk lid and the rear quarter panel.

But if Subaru were to get a hatch, and Toyota a coupe, I'd be in a real dilemma.

NESW20 · 02-17-2011, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Aki

This does NOT prove it's a hatch.

Plus, even the mule isn't a hatch. If you look closely, the mule is simply a shortened Subaru Impreza sedan. Same exact tail lights, same C-pillar, same rear windows.

People also aren't understanding the point of a mule. It's to test the chassis of the car while borrowing from the parts bin externally, in order to not reveal the design of the car. If you're going to go by the mule, then the Subaru version is going to be a shortened sedan... which it won't be.

My bet is still on it being a coupe.

thank you.

Matador · 02-17-2011, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DantKR

Still looks like a mule to me. Unless you have better imagination than I do :P

Jordo! · 02-18-2011, 03:26 AM

Are these even new pictures...?

Mouse · 02-18-2011, 10:13 AM

To me the mule kinda looks like a Corrado.

DantKR · 02-18-2011, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Jordo!

Are these even new pictures...?

They're new as it's just showed up in the US for testing I think. But the mule itself looks exactly the same.

fernan2 · 02-18-2011, 02:29 PM

the thread it self is stupid, and thats NOT a hatch.

DantKR · 02-18-2011, 02:31 PM

Where in PR are you? I have family in guaynabo.

fernan2 · 02-18-2011, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DantKR

Where in PR are you? I have family in guaynabo.

im from Arecibo!

nate89 · 02-18-2011, 09:55 PM

Yeah,that is NOT A HATCH!!!! I really hope the put a trunk on this car. Hatches are to big and ugly. If it is a trunk though, the better put those small truck-deck mounted hinges instead of those huge swing down hinges with the torsion bars. Those things kill your trunk space.

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02-17-2011, 04:15 PM	#31
Aki Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Drives: '96 beater Corolla Location: Cali Posts: 409 Thanks: 7 Thanked 32 Times in 14 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This does NOT prove it's a hatch. Plus, even the mule isn't a hatch. If you look closely, the mule is simply a shortened Subaru Impreza sedan. Same exact tail lights, same C-pillar, same rear windows. People also aren't understanding the point of a mule. It's to test the chassis of the car while borrowing from the parts bin externally, in order to not reveal the design of the car. If you're going to go by the mule, then the Subaru version is going to be a shortened sedan... which it won't be. My bet is still on it being a coupe.

02-17-2011, 04:19 PM	#32
DantKR Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Drives: Subaru BRZ LT Location: NC Posts: 759 Thanks: 7 Thanked 124 Times in 71 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I still think it's funny that people think it looks like a hatch. I don't think it's possible w/ the angle of the truck and rear windshield that it would have any of opening like a hatch.

02-17-2011, 06:36 PM	#33
enc0re Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Drives: BMW 325i (E46) Location: Michigan Posts: 258 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	That's no hatch. Look at the left hand corner of the trunk touching the rear window section. You can see the glass through the gap in the trunk lid and the rear quarter panel. But if Subaru were to get a hatch, and Toyota a coupe, I'd be in a real dilemma.

02-18-2011, 03:26 AM	#36
Jordo! Enjoy it, destroy it. Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: Datsun Racing Hen Location: Blank Generation Posts: 820 Thanks: 6 Thanked 61 Times in 48 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Are these even new pictures...?

02-18-2011, 10:13 AM	#37
Mouse Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: Miata Location: Miami, Fl. Posts: 186 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	To me the mule kinda looks like a Corrado.

02-18-2011, 02:29 PM	#39
fernan2 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Drives: Wrx Location: puerto rico Posts: 374 Thanks: 49 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	the thread it self is stupid, and thats NOT a hatch.

02-18-2011, 02:31 PM	#40
DantKR Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Drives: Subaru BRZ LT Location: NC Posts: 759 Thanks: 7 Thanked 124 Times in 71 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Where in PR are you? I have family in guaynabo.

02-18-2011, 09:55 PM	#42
nate89 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Drives: MR2 Location: USA!!! Posts: 256 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yeah,that is NOT A HATCH!!!! I really hope the put a trunk on this car. Hatches are to big and ugly. If it is a trunk though, the better put those small truck-deck mounted hinges instead of those huge swing down hinges with the torsion bars. Those things kill your trunk space.

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