Subaru · Impreza WRX

Subaru Impreza WRX 3rd generation (GR/GV)

Years: 2007–2014
Chassis: GR/GV
Drivetrain: 4WD

Story

Given its own wide body, it was developed as a sports model on its own path. The body changed from a sedan to a 5-door hatchback, and it later became independent from the Impreza series as the "Subaru WRX STI".

Stories

No need for a trunk

The third-generation WRX STI surprised people by changing from a sedan to a five-door hatchback. From the early sketch stage, Mori had decided to go with five doors in order to win in the WRC. This was based on views such as those of works driver Petter Solberg, who said the sedan's trunk was unnecessary and the front and rear overhangs could be zero.

Hiroshi Mori

Chassis

Front

Strut

Rear

Double wishbone

Production plants

Gunma Plant Yajima Plant
Ota, Gunma

US import eligibility

Earliest cars: Eligible from October 203225 years after sales began in October 2007
Last cars: Eligible during 203925 years after sales ended in 2014 (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

Hiroshi Mori

PGM (project general manager, the development leader) of the second-generation Impreza. He then brought together the overall development of the third-generation Impreza WRX.