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People of Subaru
The engineers, designers, team bosses and drivers who made Subaru and the Impreza. Fifteen stories, from a naval aviator in 1911 to the last world title in 2003.
The founders and engineers
Chikuhei Nakajima
The naval aviator whose aircraft company became Subaru
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Kenji Kita
The first president of Fuji Heavy Industries, who gave the car its name
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Shinroku Momose
The aero-engine engineer who designed Subaru’s first cars
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Takeshi Ito
Called the father of the Impreza
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Hidefumi Kato
Designer of the first Impreza’s rounded shape
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Kuze and Koseki
The two men who founded STI and took Subaru rallying
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Prodrive
David Richards
World champion co-driver, founder of Prodrive and boss of the Subaru World Rally Team
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David Lapworth
Prodrive’s long-serving engineer behind Subaru’s world title cars
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Peter Stevens
The designer who styled the Impreza WRC97
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Christian Loriaux
The engineer who designed the 2000 Impreza WRC
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The drivers
Colin McRae
Subaru’s most successful driver and the 1995 world champion
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Carlos Sainz
The double world champion who gave the Impreza its first win
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Richard Burns
England’s first world rally champion, in a Subaru
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Petter Solberg
The 2003 world champion who stayed with Subaru to the very end
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Vatanen and Alén
The two Finnish greats who drove the Impreza on its debut
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The full story
The Subaru Impreza story
From Nakajima aircraft to three world titles in a row.
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