What the hell did I just read? Why was this their strategy? Why

Subarus being a lesbian/liberal yuppie brand has been around a while.

>>17766643
Making me want to buy a bugeye and paint a confederate flag on it

>>17766624

It all comes down to business, you stupid confederate fuck - one dreamed up by enterprising white capitalists out of their love for MONEY above all else.

Subaru of America was tanking back then - they were even smaller than they are now and sold barely any cars.

Some dude had the brilliant idea of targeting a niche crowd instead of trying to build straight-laced econoboxes like all of the other Japanese manufacturers - that space was too competitive. They had a lot of coded messages in their adverts that only the lesbian/gay community understood and that community stayed loyal to Subaru because Subaru was paying attention to them during a time when everyone was still pretending they didn't exist.

Now people support Subaru because they target their advertising at outdoorsy white family-type people - kind of like a more down-to-earth Land Rover - while still maintaining the attention and loyalty of the JDM turbo AWD sports sedan crowd.

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It's actually an interesting history to read up on.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/how-subarus-came-to-be-seen-as-cars-for-lesbians/488042
>When one Subaru ad man … proposed the gay-targeting ads in talks with Japanese executives, the executives hurriedly looked up “gay” in their dictionaries. Upon reading the definition, they nodded at the idea enthusiastically. Who wouldn’t want happy or joyous advertising?

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>>17767070
and the ads they ran almost seem like parodies in retrospect

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pic related. Just a reminder that the the WRX STI is still the best sports car you can buy.

Ford shills pls go.

>>17767411
GAIBOI pls go

>>17767411
Just a reminder that the newest STI is the worst STI.

>>17767411
new focus rocks and i'm a subie fan

>>17767411
The new Focus is a better Subaru than the actual Subarus.

>>17767542
>new focus rocks

It's a FWD car grocery getter, even the RS isn't proper AWD just a haldex copy.

>>17767542
>>17767531
>>17767415

Just a quick reminder to the Ford shills above (do you see how they respond so quickly? It's because they get an alert every time the STI is mentioned).

According to Car and Driver (the first place I looked):

The STI is 1.3 seconds faster to 100mph
The STI is 2.6 seconds faster to 130mph
The STI is .1 second faster through the 1/4 mile with 3mph higher trap speed

These are HUGE acceleration differences. The only reason you don't know about this already is because paid Ford reviews and posts have proliferated the internet, and you haven't actually driven the cars.

The STI is the beloved 90's Japanese sports car, updated for modern times. If it was a Ford, everyone would be jerking themselves for it.

Below they will reply with "b-b-but the RS lapped a track .0000091 seconds faster and makes pops when you downshift!!"

>>17767564
FWD hatch slower than AWD car? Shocker.

>>17767566

The RS is AWD. At least until the diff overheats.

>>17767582
It's Less AWD than a Haldex Golf.

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>>17767564
I own a Bugeye STI, and if I was being forced to buy a new car, I would get the Focus RS over a new STI. It just seems like the more fun car. The STI has become watered down.

If you want a real STI buy a Hawkeye, Blobeye, or Bugeye. Remember that the Hawkeye STI is the fastest STI ever (not including special trims).

If I was given a Focus RS, I would sell it for a Prodrive Bugeye STI that I would then proceed to tune the fuck out. And it would crush the new STI, Focus RS, Golf R, and Civic Type-R for a fraction of the cost.

Pic fucking related. God that Prodrive WRC bumper is sex.

>>17767070
>>17767077
HAHAHAHAH holy shit what magazines were these ads published in? Been trying to convince my wife to drive a Forester as a commuter (and to learn stick). I'll have to be sure not to let her see these she hates the LGBTQRSTUV movement.

>>17767725
get a better wife

>>17767077
>Subaru: a one way trip down Gay Street
surely they had to know

>>17767706
You sound too reasonable

>>17767706
you can buy replica and real prodrive bits from subaruwrcspares.com

>>17767725
get her a forester XT

>>17767411
>gay brand
>calls car an STI

HEH

>>17767561
The only place power should be.

>>17767411
Don't you got some networks to debug or something?