THE Subaru impreza RS four-door sedan bodystyle is new for 2000. This sporty
compact sedan offers standard all-wheel-drive, a 165-horsepower 2.5-litre “boxer”
four-cylinder engine, four disc brakes with ABS, 16-inch radials and alloy wheels,
sport seats, and air conditioning. Asking price is $26,995. Test drive the Impreza

at Specialty Motor Cars Ltd., 1235 Marine, N.V.

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WANT all-wheel-drive,
but don’t have a lot of
money? Think Subaru.

In Canada, there's only one
all-wheel-drive small car
priced under $30,000 — the
Subaru Impreza. It ranges
in price between $17,795
and $26,995.

NEWS

NEWS phote Julie erson

At one time, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Honda,
Volkswagen, and Mitsubishi all offered four-wheel-drive ver-
sions of their small cars, but there wasn'ta great demand for
them, and with the advent of small four-wheel-drive SUV's,
all-wheel-drive cars almost became extinet.

Subaru however, took advantage of this market niche,
and continued to provide all-wheel-drive on all its models:
the Impreza, Legacy, Outback, and Forester. [In fact, Subaru
dropped its front-wheel-drive models in the mid-90's to
concentrate on all-wheel-drive.

AUTOMOTIVE

ence. WMorh Snore News - 34

GUIDE

| “If you want four-wheel-drive, but you don’t want one of
| those hulking, heavy, hard-to-handle sport-utes, the nimble,

lightweight Impreza is a good choice.”

To be fair, Audi, Volkswagen, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz
models also offer models with all-wheel-drive, but all of
these cars are over $40,000.

Impreza introduced in 1993

Subara’s small car, the Impreza, was first introduced in
1993.

At the time, | remember being impressed with its nimble

See Performance page 36

Gpportunity is knocking at all four doors

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