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It Is What It Says It Is

 While the imaginatively named Impreza Sedan Concept is little more than the hatchback redrawn with a trunk, there are some design details unique to this version that deserve shout-outs. The roofline peaks above the front seats before arcing in a clean sweep into the tall trunk, which is made to look even taller by a ducktail rear spoiler that appears to extend into the quarter-panels. That won’t be easy to stamp into sheetmetal, so it’ll be quite a feat if Subaru can carry it over to the production model. The sedan also gets a distinctive character line in the upper door that recalls the BRZ. As on the hatchback, the squinty, C-shaped front and rear lamps are quite attractive, and we’d love to see them make it to the production model, too. Something that is sure to change, however, is the rear door glass, which will need to be segmented so that the rear windows can actually open. Expect Subaru to tone down the front and rear graphics, too, only to tone them back up for the inevitable WRX and WRX STI models likely to once again share their basic underpinnings with the Impreza.