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Subaru · Impreza

Subaru Impreza 1st generation (GC)

Years
1992–2000
Chassis
GC
Drivetrain
FF / 4WD
Subaru Impreza 1st generation (GC)

Image: OSX / Public domain

Story

With the development keyword "new upper-class popular car", it built in driving performance and quality a step above its class. The sports wagon won support from new groups such as young women, and the WRX was active in the WRC.

Chassis

Front

Strut

Rear

Strut

Length 4,340 mmWB 2,520 mm1,405 mmHeightWidth 1,690 mm
Curb weight
1,220kg

Production plants

  2. Ta Ching Motor Co. Pingtung plant

    Pingtung City, Pingtung

    Left-hand-drive models

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible since November 201725 years after sales began in November 1992
Last cars
Eligible since 202525 years after sales ended in 2000 (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

Akira Teshima

Akira Teshima

A designer on the exterior design team of the Subaru Design Department at Fuji Heavy Industries who was responsible for the design (styling) of the first-generation Impreza series. He worked on the exterior and the exterior parts of the series, including the WRX.