Well, I definitely know where you are coming from and I understand that you are unwilling to be lumped into that group of kids. I don't really think it is a stuck up point of view, hell I think there are a million WRX's out there with a bunch of kids who don't know how to drive and love to just be obscene and draw attention (I'm hopefully excluding myself from this group
), and I don't like being tossed into that group because I'm 21.
I don't know if that car will get the same notoriety as a Supra TT or a 240 thats all "drifted out". They said that the Genesis Coupe was going to be the new Corolla AE86 and the new hot tuner scene car. And I have seen one on the road. Luckily I think we are a little out of the loop for "trends". I thought with the new prototype that the Subaru version was going to be worldwide and the Toyota version was only going to be in Japan. Which should help, because I still think that the Subaru name is sort of downplayed because I think more "young" kids would rather brandish the Honda or Mitsubihi logo. That my take at least.
I think that every car group has the negative connotation so where ever you go you are going to get the labels and douchbags who tarnish the name. Tuners are wreckless kids who love blow off valves and loud exhasut. Porsches are always considered pricks, Ferrari's are the same way. Anybody driving a domestic has a mullet and hates every import, lifted trucks are tools, and so on. I think if you want a neutral car you are going to have to get a Mazda 3 sedan thats white and leave it stock. I guess it's just which derogatory group would you like to be placed in... The young punk kids, the old geysers, or the middle aged flamboyants? (I'm not saying that I relate the above groups as I stated, but they all seem to be the general views).