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This is the new Subaru Exiga people carrier, which uses Impreza underpinnings but gets a stretched wheelbase to accomodate seven seats.
The Exiga is Zafira-like contender for Japanese domestic sales, and is aimed at the country's booming minivan market.
Subaru sold a rebadged version of the first-generation Zafira in Japan when it was linked with GM but the exercise was not a commercial success. So now it's decided to do its own version and the Subaru Exiga is the result.
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Subaru is already a one-platform manufacturer. The current Impreza uses a shortened Legacy platform with Legacy rear suspension rather than the old Impreza platform.

This surely means that the Exiga is built on the Legacy platform - the pictures certainly look like just an updated version of the current Legacy estate / Outback.

It'll be a shame if they don't bring Exiga to Europe and UK - the Legacy and Outback are both cramped, by modern standards, and roomier versions would be most welcome.

I think the Exiga looks quite interesting.  It will sell I think but they need the interior to be up to the quality of the Legacy and not bargain basement like the Impreza.