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Subaru Impreza 5th generation (GK)

Years
2016–2023
Chassis
GK
Drivetrain
FF / 4WD
Subaru Impreza 5th generation (GK)

Image: Ethan Llamas / CC BY-SA 4.0

Story

It was the first to use the next-generation SUBARU GLOBAL PLATFORM. It made the first pedestrian protection airbag in a Japanese car standard on every model, and won the Japan Car of the Year.

Stories

01

Like the move from the Leone to the Legacy

The new platform was adopted not for efficiency or cost, but to make the Subaru character stand out. Which model would get it first had not been decided, but Abe thought it was the right choice to refine it in the entry-level Impreza, since the know-how could then be used for the Levorg, the Legacy and the Forester. Driving the finished car, people were surprised by how much it had evolved, and inside the company it was said to be "like the move from the Leone to the Legacy."
Kazuhiro Abe

Chassis

Front

Strut

Rear

Double wishbone

Length 4,460-4,625 mmWB 2,670 mm1,455-1,515 mmHeightWidth 1,775 mm
Curb weight
1,300-1,530kg

Production plants

  3. Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc.

    Lafayette, Indiana

    Nov. 2016–2023 · North American market

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible from October 204125 years after sales began in October 2016
Last cars
Eligible during 204825 years after sales ended in 2023 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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Engineers

Kazuhiro Abe

Kazuhiro Abe

PGM (project general manager) who brought together the development of the new (fifth-generation) Impreza. He was in charge of the first model to adopt the Subaru Global Platform.