Heritage

In a world where the reality of fake news and the illusion of truth intertwine, where inauthenticity is celebrated, the sleeper car is becoming an increasingly rare specimen.

Thirty-five years before the iconic Impreza WRX first appeared in the World Rally Championship stage in 1993, Subaru was a manufacturer little known outside of Japan. Founded in 1953, Subaru was the brainchild of Kenji Kita,

The Subaru 360 was the company’s first mass-production car and was quite advanced for its time – 1958, especially as it was a small budget car for the masses. In the second instalment of our two-part 360 story, MIKE MONK describes the car’s later development and its impact in America.

If in 2006 you were looking for a premium all wheel-drive sports sedan, without a German badge on it, the Subaru legacy 2.5 GT was just the ticket. In fact, Car magazine compared it to a revered Bavarian, considered by many to be the benchmark at the time.

Around the late nineties, the phrases ‘WRX’ and ‘WRC’ were practically interchangeable. The burbling, blatting Subaru WRX STI clinched the manufacturer’s crown in the World Rally Championship (WRC) for three straight years between 1995 and 1998.