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.

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.

The Boxer engine is featured with a single scroll turbocharger and can produce a varied amount of torque, from a low, to middle, to high revved range. The Subaru also provided WRX STI A-Line with Dual Active Valve System (AVCS) which is to aid the valve timing on both the intake and exhaustion of the valves, thus improving the torque range and its emissions. Also found in the engine is the Tumble Generation Valve (TGV) which facilitates air stream to produce a high level of combustion.

Subaru Impreza WRX STI A-Line is also available in a new color, “Satin White Pearl”. The car manufacturer stated that there are no plans yet of bringing the model in the US automotive market. At present, the 2.5 GT Impreza is the fastest automatic Subaru in US that produces 224 horsepower.

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