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Sadly, this is only a one-year joint promotion between Subaru and the Itasca, IL police department to promote safe driving.

[Jalopnik]

Subaru is celebrating 20 years of STI with an Impreza WRX STI 20th Anniversary edition. (more…)

It sounds like a disease, but Anesis now means “sedan” in Subaru-speak. When the third-generation Impreza debuted at the NY Auto Show in 2007, the sedan version was not meant for the JDM market. It’s available in North America, Singapore, Russia and Israel, but it hasn’t sold well in the US so maybe now Subaru is trying to recoup their losses in Japan. (more…)

Subaru will unveil diesel versions of its Forester and Impreza at the Paris Motor Show in October. The 2.0L diesel boxers will join the the Legacy and Outback diesels in Subaru’s lineup. (more…)

There’s a tidal wave of Subaru special edition cars coming out this month in celebration of the company’s 50th anniversary. This one’s the Impreza 15S Comfort Selection. (more…)

Tha Man at the Automatic Number Plate Recognition Team of the UK’s Essex Police department are getting a fleet of Prodrive-prepped Subaru Impreza GB270s. As you may have guessed, the “Interceptors” have 270hp and the fuzz’s fluorescent yellow checkered livery.

[Autoblog]

I had to take a break from blogging because it was taking too many minutos. In the time that I’ve been away, there’s been a roostertail dust cloud of news from Subaru. In no particular order, rumors of a 450hp were floated by AutoExpress. This picture isn’t really of the car, but the idea of a hopped up Subaru wagon gives me heart palpitations to the nth degree.
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Not content to let Toyota and Nissan have all the fun, Subaru has also announced plans to run an Impreza WRX STI at the upcoming 36th ADAC Zurich 24h Race 2008, or Nürburgring for short. Obviously, it’s going to run in a different class than the Lexus LF-A, but that doesn’t mean they’re not going for the Class A championship. Super GT series drivers Toshihiro Yoshida, Hideo Matsuda, Naotaka Hattori and Kouji Matsuda will pilot, and Subaru’s prepared a website devoted to the event coverage

[Source, Image: Subaru]

The Cold War-style competition to develop the most massive weapon of mass hoonage has reached another level. In one corner, you have the Mitsubishi Evo X MR, whose power has been pumped up to 305hp flowing through a paddle-shift SST transmission. In the other, the Subaru Impreza WRX STI Spec C, slimmed down via aluminum body panels, thinner glass and a smaller fuel tank. Power upgrades are unknown as of yet. The Auto Express article also mentions a hi-po version of the Legacy is in the works, code named S402.

[Source: Auto Express]

The Subaru Impreza has won the top award for passenger and pedestrian safety given by JNCAP, the Japan New Car Assessment Program, equivalent to the NHTSA in the US. One of the actual test cars was on display today at Otemachi Square, where the press conference took place.

[Source: Subaru]