Subaru Impreza

With an incredible hat-trick of World Rally Championship (WRC) wins in 1995, 1996 and 1997 the Subaru Impreza established its position as one of the world's all-time great rally cars. The Impreza's subsequent fast-paced evolution has kept it at the leading edge of the world rallying scene and has ensured that it has become one of the world's most capable and desirable high-performance road cars. Researched and written in Japan, here is the definitive history of the Impreza including Japanese home-market models and all those sold in major export markets like the USA and UK. Pictures have been sourced almost exclusively from Subaru and its concessionaires around the world. Other illustrations are from contemporary catalogues or advertising, or are of cars photographed in 100 per cent standard trim at the time of launch. An invaluable guide to originality or checking out a grey import, the research material for this book included every Japanese brochure and press release, be it issued by FHI or STi. Any gaps in the information were filled with the full co-operation of Subaru. Round-by-round coverage of the WRC challenge is included. Book jacket.