Rally
Subaru Rally History
Most really enthusiasts must have heard of the name Subaru when they glance through the history of car rallying. One will be amazed to note the name of the manufacturers of this car as Fuji Heavy Industries, Japan. The initial name 
given to this car was Mutsuraboshi which means six stars. All famous cars have their own rally history and the case is no different with that of the Subaru. If one checks the rally history of this car, they will find that the first entry was way back in 1982.
The second appearance for this car was in 1984 at the WRC and the team for this rally had their boss Noreyuki Koseki as the nucleus. For the uninitiated, Koseki was the boss of the STI department of Sabaru. STI means Subaru Technica International. In these two races, the car met with no successes because of their lack of both performance and reliability. Down the years Subaru had a number of famous stars in their lineup including Sekhar Mehta, Ari Vatanen, Mike Kirkland, Per Eklund, Harald Demuth and Possum Bourne.
Even the presence of these star drivers could not change the fortune of Subaru in the rallies. It was only in 1990 that the scenario changed over completely when the Legacy model was launched by Subaru and the company handed over their rally program to the UK based private team, Prodrive. Irrespective of all this, the Subaru had to wait till NZ 1993 to show off its true colors.
Subaru’s automatic Impreza WRX STI A-Line now available in Japan
From the producer of the world famous Subaru automobiles, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI) now unleashed the latest Subaru Impreza WRX STI A-Line, which is the addition in the current WRX STI family vehicles. This line is now on sale in Japan, nationwide.
The A-Line concept is based on the WRX STI Impreza. It was built to provide supreme performance to a wide scale of customers by incorporating the 2.5-liter turbocharged Boxer engine unit and SPORTSHIFT enhanced 5 Speed Automatic Transmission. Aside from that, the latest WRX STI was refined to provide a more comfortable and secured driving experience such as the power-adjusted front seats.
Petter Solberg Testing his ’06 Car
Look at that Subaru handle… Look at Petter Solberg’s cornering… What an excellent car…
