Subaru IMPREZA Rally Car

The Subaru Impreza Rally Car is a Rally car produced by Subaru. It appears in the original Gran Turismo, under the name Subaru Impreza Rally Edition, and in Gran Turismo 2. After Gran Turismo 2, this car was replaced with newer rally versions of the car.

GT1
With a very good acceleration and a superb grip, this car is a deadly weapon on slow and technical circuits. However, this car is not reccomended for high speeds circuits such as the Test Course, due to its low top speed compared to the other race cars available in the game.

GT2
Although the appearance of the car still remains practically equal to the car's first appearance, the performance are now drastically different. In GT2, this car now acts like an average rally car, and, like many rally cars available in the game, possess good acceleration and very good stability. However, this car can be easily beaten on high speeds circuits, due to its low top speed. Overall, although this car is now clearly inferior to its appearance in the original Gran Turismo, the player should keep in consideration the possibility to use this car on some races with BHP limit, such as the Super Touring Trophy.

GT1
This car can be purchased in the special section of Subaru dealerships for 500.000 Credits. It is available in two color schemes, blue, and black.

GT2
This car can be won by winning the Grand Valley 300Km Endurance. It had a chance of 1/2 (50% of probability) to come as a prize car. The two color schemes available in GT1 still are available in this game.

Trivia

 * This car is also the very first pure rally car appeared in the Gran Turismo series. The other rally cars appeared in the original Gran Turismo (namely, the Toyota CELICA GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) '95, and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV Rally Car '97, also becomes separate rally cars, but only in the later games of the series, starting from the Arcade Mode of Gran Turismo 2.