Subaru Impreza

This 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.

Graham Robson possesses a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian and has been close to the sport of rallying for many years. Not only as a competitor, team manager, organizer, reporter, commentator, and observer, but above all as an enthusiastic historian--in more than forty years he has never lost touch with the sport. His experience of rallying is worldwide. Not only has he competed in many British and European events, but reported on marathons in South America and acted as a traveling controller in the legendary London-Mexico World Cup rally. As a recognized authority on many aspects of classic cars and motoring of that period, he is the most prolific of all authors, with more than 120 published books to his credit. Over the years he has owned, driven, described, and competed in many of the cars featured in this Rally Giants series, and his insight into their merits is unmatched.