Poll: Which WRX Is Least Offensive?

It's no secret: the new Subaru Impreza isn't much of a looker.

That's where the aftermarket tuners from the SEMA Show come in!

After all, despite its looks, the Subaru Impreza is an absolutely suberb vehicle with lots of performance potential. From the ~$18,000 base car all the way up through the WRX and the tuner WRX STi, you can't go wrong buying an Impreza.

Some of the best tuners in the business showed off their new WRXs. Which one do you like best?

Perrin Performance WRX:


SPT WRX (this car was in the Subaru display):


COBB WRX:


Our vote is with the COBB car. It looks the cleanest, we love the gold wheels and the pearlescent white paint. COBB is really on their game and has established a reputation as one of the premier Subaru tuning houses in the U.S. It shows!

Which one do you like best?

SEMA: Bigger is Better (Day 1)

When it comes to the American automotive ethos, it's pretty much like everything else out here in the Land of the Free: Bigger is Better!

Perhaps no other event exemplifies this mentality more than the annual SEMA orgy in Las Vegas....

From the bazooms on the models, to the dubs on the show cars, just about everything is large, chromed up, iced out, and in questionable taste.

The Halloween-themed WRX in the Subaru display was...ummm...whimsical:

But there are some diamonds in the rough. You just have to walk around all day to find them. This Lowrider-themed Camry, dubbed the "Camryder", was definitely one of the coolest concepts I saw yesterday...this thing was totally sweet. Check out the door detail!



And I even ran into X-Games superstar and Subaru factory rally driver Travis Pastrana, who was signing autographs alongside his brand new WRX rally car. Pity that I didn't have time to wait in line for the autographed poster! At least he was cool enough to pose for a photo.

And here's his new ride:


More to come...