![]() This compact car had a DOHC turbocharger and an AWD taken from the LEGACY. However, to tell the truth, the real favorite machine was not the LEGACY, it was the IMPREZA WRX released in 1992. In 1993, they finally won the championship at last in the Rally New Zealand. They entered to the Safari Rally in 1990 as their first try with the LEGACY RS. STI was virtually SUBARU’s factory-backed racing team and cooperated with the English racing car constructor PRODRIVE. As a starter, the team STI accomplished to break the 100,000km (62,000 mile) FIA World Land Endurance Record by the LEGACY released in 1989, and they decided to participate in the WRC (World Rally Championship) with their all strength. When STI (Subaru Tecnica International Inc.,), the subsidiary company specializing in motor sports, was established in 1988, SUBARU’s motor sports activities got into full swing. In 1980, during the 2nd generation of LEONE, SUBARU won the class championship in the Safari Rally participated with the LEONE SWING BACK, the machine with a two-box hatchback body with a 4WD. SUBARU released the sports grade called the Coupe RX during the first generation of LEONE, which they installed Japanese first four-wheel disc braking system to the mass-production model. It is known for the stable driving due to the SUBARU features such as a boxer engine, lowering the center of gravity improves steadiness. Using LEGACY components, SUBARU made a middle-class car called IMPREZA.Īs for the racing history, SUBARU has been holding a higher position in Japanese rallies since the SUBARU100. ![]() The LEGACY, however, was released as a high-class model of the LEONE so SUBARU thought the successor to LEONE, with economical price, was needed. The LEGACY met the full recognition and accelerated SUBARU business into the world market. Along with developing a boxer engine with FF, the inherited mechanism since the SUBARU1000, the symmetrical AWD was applied, and the touring wagon was released all these developments were done in the first 3 generations of LEONE.Īs the culmination of LEONE, SUBARU released the LEGACY in 1989. The LEONE is the founding model of SUBARU characteristics. FHI released the upper-grade model, the LEONE in 1971. The model WRX was selling well with great public favor and it finally became an independent brand from the base car.įuji Heavy Industries Ltd., (former SUBARU) released a minicar, the SUBARU 360 and it got remarkable success in 1958, then gained entry into the market of small cars with SUBARU1000 in 1966. SUBARU can be the most exceptional and successful example of those.The standard grade of SUBARU IMPREZA is a fairly well-made car but it was upstaged by the high-performance sports grade called WRX. ![]() The most preferred situation is that the standard grade sale expands promoted by the sports grade popularity.įor all that, some car makers are selling more sports grades than normal grades. The reason is that applying more advanced mechanisms into sports grade bumps up the price, but they cannot put a price tag that is far from a standard grade. For most car makers, a high-performance sports grade is not the juicy part of the business although it attracts customers at first glance. ![]()
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