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Perceived as a replacement for the long running Leone, the Impreza quickly gained a great reputation through Subaru's successful WRC program. This book covers the full story of the Impreza, from concept through to the current production car, looking at the rally machines along the way, and illustrated throughout with contemporary material. Now with over 400 mainly color pictures and significant additional text, this is a fantastic warts and all account of an amazing car.
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Brian Long now has almost 40 books to his credit. Coming from an engineering background, he has been an enthusiast for as long as anyone can remember. His passion for sports cars and vintage machinery remains as strong as ever. Born in Coventry, England, he now lives in Chiba City with his wife, Miho, and their two children, Louis and Sophie-Mercedes. He is a member of the RJC in Japan, the Guild of Motoring Writers, and the Society of Automotive Historians.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Let me start by making an admission: I am a car anorak. I can quite easily spend half an hour enjoying reading the car review pages in the back of Which Car magazine, so I expected to be in automotive heaven when I started reading this book, particularly since I bought a Scooby a couple of months ago.
The book is very highly researched and started with with an interesting history of the Subaru company. After that, the book describes in great detail the specification of every model and variant of Impreza down to the gearbox ratios, paint colours available, type of steering wheel, model of turbo fan blades and so on. This is done country by country, and in case you have not had enough, is repeated for every model year. Personally, this is more than I can bear, and made painting the spare bedroom seem exciting.
It also covered the rally programme on a year-by-year basis. However this was described in a perfunctory way with a very disjointed style of writing. For example, it made passing comments about Toyota's ban from world rallying in the 1990's, but failed to say why it was banned, missing an event of significant interest.
I was disapointed that the book contained little narrative. It could have told the story of the car's development so much better. The reason for the bug-eye facelift was passed over, when it could have formed the basis for a story of internal angst within the business, and referred to Peter Stevens' appointment to design the new face of the Impreza.
There were some good things, though. The pictures were good, although there was too much reliance on Japanese language brochures. The author's wife conducted two interviews which are transcribed in the book which give a personal insight into the design of the cars, and which were interesting.
If you are a really serious Impreza anorak and care which models use red stitching on the gear knob, this book is for you.
The book is very highly researched and started with with an interesting history of the Subaru company. After that, the book describes in great detail the specification of every model and variant of Impreza down to the gearbox ratios, paint colours available, type of steering wheel, model of turbo fan blades and so on. This is done country by country, and in case you have not had enough, is repeated for every model year. Personally, this is more than I can bear, and made painting the spare bedroom seem exciting.
It also covered the rally programme on a year-by-year basis. However this was described in a perfunctory way with a very disjointed style of writing. For example, it made passing comments about Toyota's ban from world rallying in the 1990's, but failed to say why it was banned, missing an event of significant interest.
I was disapointed that the book contained little narrative. It could have told the story of the car's development so much better. The reason for the bug-eye facelift was passed over, when it could have formed the basis for a story of internal angst within the business, and referred to Peter Stevens' appointment to design the new face of the Impreza.
There were some good things, though. The pictures were good, although there was too much reliance on Japanese language brochures. The author's wife conducted two interviews which are transcribed in the book which give a personal insight into the design of the cars, and which were interesting.
If you are a really serious Impreza anorak and care which models use red stitching on the gear knob, this book is for you.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
good book for UK and JDM model impreza fans
28 Jan 2007
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this is a good resource for impreza fans from the UK and of the JDM model there is somewhat sparse and at times inaccurate content on the USDM model especially regarding the release of the new STI. As with other long books its a historical book focused on the product development but its a bit poorer written than the EVO book by Him.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Great book for enthusiasts!
11 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
Definitely check this out if you are crazy about your Impreza. It is filled with the history of Subaru and leads you on the journey of the WRC where the STi finally took over. The book is also packed full of photos from early Subaru ads to gorgeous photos of the current models. I recommend highly!!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great Historical Info and Technical Info
11 Feb 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Subaru Impreza: The Road Car & WRC Story is a very detailed history of the Impreza. It also includes history on Fuji Heavy Industries and Subaru.
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