The word Impreza was derived from a Latin word which means achievement. This medium-sized car was introduced as a replacement for the Subaru Lenon. This car is often referred to as the Subaru L-series. This car was introduced along with the EJ series, which is a series of engines that are the mainstay of the company’s engine line. This engine series has 16 valve flat four horizontal camshaft arrangements.
The primary engineering for these series was done by Fuji Heavy Industries. This engine has power ranging from 12 horse power to 320 horse power with turbocharged camshaft. Such engines are used in Kit cars and light aircrafts. This type of engine is also found in the Subaru Legacy. Impreza is sold more than Legacy in Japan because it suits the norms of the vehicle size legislation of the government. Moreover, this vehicle is liable for small tax because of its dimensions.
This vehicle offers all wheel drive or four wheel drive technology, which denotes that this vehicle permits all the wheels to obtain torque simultaneously from the engine. Powering all the wheels gives a tremendous control over the off-road vehicles. This feature is helpful in rallying. The 4X4 figure denotes the first 4 to number of wheels in the vehicle and the second 4 to the wheels to which the engine power is supplied.
This vehicle features high performance standard trims. Impreza models are slightly expensive but well-equipped. These models never offer economy cars. This company always goes for the venerable flat engine or boxer engine for their cars. According to the company, the transmission of the inline engine and the configuration minimizes the lower center of gravity of the body roll unlike the offset engines.
This feature provides light weight compact design for the cars. The engine gives good vibration mitigation due to tuning of the engine and balance. As a result, it reduces vibration and stress and improves the overall efficiency of the vehicle.
Subaru spent more than 40 years in developing the traction control that resulted in AWD. This unique design gave the owner a belief in their vehicle.