Subaru ImprezaThis book describes the birth, development, and rallying career of the turbocharged, four-wheel-drive Subaru Impreza in the 1990s and early 2000s. Forged in the fierce heat of WRC (World Rally Championship) competition and honed by years of continuous development, the Subaru Impreza is not only one of the greatest rally cars of all time, but has also become one of the most desirable high-performance road cars, too. This book provides a compact and authoritative history of where, when, and how it became so important to the sport. |
Contents
1995 | |
Competition story | |
1997 | |
1998 | |
1999 | |
2000 | |
2002 | |
2003 | |
2004 | |
2005 | |
The Imprezas successor | |
Works rally cars World Championship rallies and when first used | |
Worldmajor European rally wins Further reading | |
2001 | |
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2-litre Acropolis aerodynamic Argentina Ari Vatanen Australia bodyshell bonnet brakes Britain British American Tobacco camshaft Carlos Sainz changes Citroën co-driver Colin McRae competitive Corsica Cosworth crashed David Lapworth David Richards engine bay Escort RS Cosworth fastest stage Finland flat-4 engine Focus WRC Ford Escort Ford’s four-wheel drive fourth front Group Impreza 555 Impreza Turbo Impreza World Rally Impreza WRC intercooler Japan Juha Kankkunen Kenneth Eriksson layout Legacy Mitsubishi models motorsport N1 WRC no-one numbers original Impreza outright victories Petter Solberg Peugeot Piero Liatti Pirelli tyres Prodrive Prodrive cars Prodrive’s produced RAC rally rally team rear restrictor Richard Burns rival road car Safari San Remo season second place Solberg/Mills Event SRT Drivers suspension Sweden tarmac third place Tommi Makinen took Tour de Corse Toyota Celica transmission turbocharged wheel winning World Champion World Championship World Drivers World events World Rally Car World Rally Champion WRC Drivers Zealand