Subaru dealers are the ones who are most upset.

Yeah, that makes perfect sense.

I didn't know there was such thing as a Subaru purist. Are there still people driving around in a B.R.A.T.?

I have to say, I really had no standing love for Subarus until I got this one. I never liked the sound of the older flat fours and the older models were pretty tinny (many friends back east had Subarus). There do seem to be some younger, more recent purist/enthusiasts revolving around the Imprezas -- they probably just can't get their head around the notion of Colin McRae driving a Saab.

But they are poseur purists, I think. How can weird, old, Subarus ever hope to compare with the cachet of weird, old Saabs like this beauty? I will say, though, that I sometimes find the purists high degree of affection for their vehicles to be a little spooky.