Is the MSP a Subaru?

[destineal]

Someone asked if my car was a Subaru. It looks nothing like a Subaru to me and has a decent sized Mazda emblem on the front grill. Has your car been mistaken for another auto maker?

 

[SwirlFX]

Happens to me all the time.

 

[Spiced MSP]

YESSSS!!!YES!!YES...I always get people asking me if my car is a freaking WRX!! and I say "how can you mistake my car for a WRX with highly visible mazda emblems on front and back of the car". But the most noticeable things are, our cars don't have a hood scoop, tail lights and head lights are completely different and most importantly, YOU CAN'T MISTAKE THE SOUND OF A BOXER ENGINE COMPARED TO OUR ENGINES!! But at least that is better than some others that have mistaken my car for a Honda...at McDonald's drive thru: got VTEC? me: uuh no I GOT BOOST!! AND BY THE WAY, THIS ISN'T A HONDA, IT'S A MAZDA. I really hate that

 

[JCell]

happens to me as well

 

[msp03.5]

I got Evo a couple times and subaru a lot. I was even at an auto x event and they announced my car as an Evo lol!

 

[LUI.MSP]

One day i was at the mazda dealer looking for info on the flash and the guy almost laughing said but your car is a mitsu (hand)

 

[Spiced MSP]

I got Evo a couple times and subaru a lot. I was even at an auto x event and they announced my car as an Evo lol!

you don't have an evo spoiler do you? If not, that's funny. I could see if you had the spoiler and maybe an evo style CF hood

 

[Saskatchewan17]

I've heard this a lot. Confusing WRXs with MSPs...

Meh... I can see similarities (upper/lower grilles, body lines [belt line, side molding line, fender flares], foglights, they're both 4 door sport compacts). But they are easy to tell apart even debadged:

Now I've had my MS3 called a GTI and a WRX...

I see it a bit between the MS3 and WRX in the profile:

 

[ND4MSP]

the big three seems to be civic, wrx, and evo. And all of the noobs and ricers know what civics are from experience. So if its a nice looking compact and its not a civic it must be one of the other 2.

 

[Saskatchewan17]

I'm sure there are a bunch of accent drivers that get their cars confused with Proteges:

 

[msp03.5]

you don't have an evo spoiler do you? If not, that's funny. I could see if you had the spoiler and maybe an evo style CF hood

lol Nope just the 03.5 stocker lol!

 

[Wagonbacker9]

yeah, just wait for the laser blue guys to see this... they'll be all over it.

I've never personally had my car confused with anything, apparently all the people I know are smart enough to say "What is that" instead of pretending they know. being wingless probably helps with this issue too. lol

 

[littlemimus]

One day i was at the mazda dealer looking for info on the flash and the guy almost laughing said but your car is a mitsu (hand)

at least he acknoweledged your car existed.....i went there and the guy said theres no such thing as a msp....(bicker)

 

[Zack]

all the ******* time! my friends like to play on it too and call it a subie to razz me. Sadly, the plate "NOTAWRX" is already taken here in cali

 

[Wildfyre]

I haven't been mistaken for anything yet (that I know of), but I've had a few guys in civics and yell out something like "nice car!" at me in traffic. I can't imagine they know exactly what it is...but maybe.

Someone pointed out that the Accent and Protege look similar. I noticied that the rear/side profiles look very similar shortly after I bought my MSP. It's depressing looking this close to one of the cheapest (both in quality and price) models that Hyundai made

 

[justinlansdale]

i am CONSTANTLY getting called a subaru haha, my car is practically the same color and is completely debadged. i had my wheels gold as a joke a few years ago to confuse even more.

 

[ForceFed]

Damn Newbs....asking the same questions over and over.

 

[Outlawstar98]

I used to get it all the time! Mainly when I first got the car ~3 or so years ago. But not many people say it anymore, funnyest time was when I was going to Philly with my sister and her friends, my sisters ex boyfriends brother was like saying how I have a nice car, ect ect, then we got in my car and started driving to Philly, 1/2 way there he was like "wait this is a Mazda? I thought it was a subi" lol!!!

 

[SCMP3]

i had a guy think my car was an evo right after i bought it. sadly he was driving an evo.

 

[dodgetech81]

unfortunately its not a subie...........i wouldnt worry about people mistaking the msp for a subie.the subie is far supperior to the msp so take it as a compliment