Shear English - Subaru has released the first official image of its new-look Impreza ahead of its full reveal at the New York motor show later this month. The new Impreza will be making its debut just four years after the launch of the third-generation model but is understood to have been fast-tracked to address its predecessor's polarising styling and much-criticised interior quality.
The single profile shot suggests the new Impreza is staying relatively faithful to the Impreza concept shown at last November's LA motor show, though the production model is inevitably more conservative. The proportions of the Japanese brand's small car are vastly improved, while the shape is clearly more curvaceous compared with the model it will replace. A more steeply raked windscreen rises into a swooping roofline, while the all-new sheetmetal brings a cleaner, crisper look to the body.
Flared wheelarches are also retained from last year's concept car and indicate even the regular models will carry muscular design cues usually reserved for the sportier Impreza variants - the WRX and STI. The new Impreza is expected to be slightly longer, wider and lower, and offer a more spacious cabin.
"Major gains in interior design and refinement" are promised by Subaru's related press release.
Subaru says a number of new advanced features will be included on the model, which should go on sale locally some time later this year. Optional features are likely to include the company's new EyeSight system that uses two cameras to alert the driver to a potential crash and even automatically stop the car to avoid an impact.
Engines will include a new version of the company's horizontally opposed 'boxer' four-cylinder, teamed for the first time in the Impreza with a continuously variable transmission. Subaru has seemingly adopted the New York motor show as its unofficial home for Impreza unveilings. It revealed the current model there in 2007 and an STI sedan last year.
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