McRae helped make the Impreza famous
The Subaru Impreza is celebrating its fifteenth birthday this year and to celebrate six generations of this iconic car will be on display at the PistonHeads Show. You probably know your ‘Bugeye’ from your ‘Blobeye’ but if you don’t this might well help, as it shows the complete evolution of this rally legend.
Ever since Colin McRae drove a bright blue Subaru Impreza to the 1995 World Rally Championship title, the Japanese sporting saloon has held a place in performance motoring folklore.
It completely re-invented the Subaru brand in the UK and worldwide, from cars more normally associated with the farming community into desirable machinery revered by the Playstation generation. Each iconic Impreza shape will be at the show, from the original, pre-facelift GC8 WRX that started it all, to the current-shape hatchback introduced last year.
‘The Impreza is a modern classic; in thirty years it may well be revered in the same way that the Ford Escort RS1600 or MGB are now, as an affordable take on performance and style,’ said PistonHeads Show Manager David Ryan.
‘The latest hatchback shape has taken the Impreza in a new direction, more refined and family-friendly than before, whilst retaining its performance edge. It’s amazing to see how far they have come in fifteen years, whilst still retaining that essential driving fun-factor.’
The PistonHeads Show takes place between the 8th and 11th of January 2009 at the NEC, Birmingham. To buy tickets check out the show site: www.pistonheadsshow.com
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