2010 Subaru Impreza Pricing and Specs

It won’t fit without a lot of engineering. If you seriously want to do it you will need to talk to a qualified engineer recognised by Vicroads, and have a large amount of money at your disposal.

With your budget you would be looking at a 2010/2011 VW Beetle, which had a regular automatic transmission and not the troublesome DSG that was fitted in later models. That’s a big tick for the Beetle. The Citroen C3 is a decent car, but an orphan in the sense that there weren’t many sold and you won’t find a dealer on every corner. As for the BMW, they’re too expensive to service and repair if you use a dealer, and they have too many niggling issues that spoil the great driving experience. The Subaru Impreza is well worth looking at, but my pick of that bunch would be the Volvo C30.

If you’ve had paint protection applied your complaint is against the company that did that work, not Subaru. If it were done through the dealer, then you might also have a claim against the dealer. I would be very annoyed with paint protection company for not telling me they have problems with Subaru paint, if that is indeed the case, before they took my money and did the job.