Impreza (1993 to 2014)

Introduced for the 1993 model year as the successor to the Subaru Leone, the Subaru Impreza became the cornerstone of Subaru’s modern identity, combining compact packaging with a strong emphasis on symmetrical all-wheel drive and boxer-engine engineering. Offered primarily as a sedan and hatchback, the Impreza gained global recognition through Subaru’s factory World Rally Championship program, where it achieved multiple Constructors’ and Drivers’ titles, firmly embedding the model in motorsport history. This success directly led to the creation of some of the most iconic Japanese performance cars ever produced, including the WRX, WRX STi, 22B STi, and P1, elevating the Impreza from a practical AWD car to a performance legend. Across all five generations, global Impreza production exceeds approximately 3 million units, though high-performance and homologation variants account for only a small fraction of that total. In the Australian market, the Impreza has enjoyed long-standing popularity due to its AWD capability, rally heritage, and strong local motorsport presence, with values today driven by generation, variant, originality, mileage, and condition, particularly as clean early-generation WRX and STi examples become increasingly scarce.