Subaru Viziv Future Concept and Subaru Impreza 5-Door Concept

9 years ago - 30 October 2015, IndianAutosBlog
Subaru Viziv Future Concept
Subaru Viziv Future Concept
At the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, Fuji Heavy Industries, manufacturer of Subaru, has unveiled the Subaru Viziv Future Concept as a demonstrator of future technologies.

Subaru Viziv Future Concept

What is likely to be a precursor of a future Subaru Forester, the Subaru Viziv Future Concept previews safety tech like intelligent traffic telecommunications systems to communicate with other vehicles, automated parking, EyeSight pre-crash automatic braking system, improved stereo camera with ultra-detailed mapping, vehicle-to-infrastructure connectivity and surround-view radar sensors.

Powering the Subaru Viziv Future Concept is a hybrid drivetrain that comprises of a downsized turbocharged engine on the front axle and an electric motor at the rear, which offers a symmetrical all-wheel-drive system without the need of a propeller shaft.

Also in the car is a an ultra-efficient direct-injection turbodiesel engine, although Subaru haven’t provided finer details.

Subaru Impreza 5-Door Concept

The Subaru Impreza 5-Door Concept has been officially unveiled in Japan. Premiering at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, the brand’s latest concept model is a styling exercise previewing the fifth generation Subaru Impreza. The current, fourth generation model arrived in 2011 and is due for a complete redesign later this decade.

The 5-seat concept hatchback is 4,400 mm long, 1,880 mm wide and 1,440 mm tall, and has a wheelbase of 2,670 mm. Up front, character is given by a new hexagonal upper grille that is flanked by dramatic hawk-eye headlights, a simplistic lower grille and a sporty bumper. The side profile looks sleek and sculpted, thanks to the coupe-styled window profile and bulges on door panels. The sleek mirrors wouldn’t make it too production of course, nor would the blue-accented 19-inch wheels probably either.

The rear-end features C-shaped tail lamps that extend to the quarter panels on the outside and to the V-shaped tailgate on the inside and a roof spoiler.

The next-gen Subaru Impreza evolving from this concept will be the first of the brand’s next-gen strategic vehicles that are part of the “Prominence 2020” plan which was announced in May 2014. The launch timeline for the Opel Astra-rivaling compact hatchback hasn’t been announced just yet.