Announced in October 1992 on a shortened Legacy floorpan, the first Impreza was sold as a sedan and wagon from launch, with a coupe added in 1995.[1] Its lasting reputation, though, comes from the turbocharged WRX and its homologation-special STI derivatives, campaigned by Subaru’s World Rally Championship team through three consecutive manufacturers’ titles. Japanese-market STI output was nominally capped at 280 PS under an industry gentlemen’s agreement the article says most manufacturers quietly exceeded. The widebody 22B STI, built in just 400 units for Subaru’s 40th anniversary, is the version most collectors and enthusiasts point to first.
Three trims are recorded here: the original November 1992 WRX, the 22B STI, and the final Version VI STI. Every horsepower figure in the source’s WRX and STI sections is explicitly given in PS with its own kW conversion built in, so none of the conversions here carry reading ambiguity. The 22B’s torque is published only in kilogram-metres, an older unit this catalogue converts explicitly rather than silently.