02/07/2008 23:07. SUBARU became a prominent contender in motorsports in the 1990s shortly after the release of the Legacy.

Created by bringing together Subaru's core technologies, the Legacy first demonstrated its high level of performance by breaking the 100,000-kilometre world speed record in the year of its release.

Subaru decided to use the World Rally Championship to further demonstrate the Legacy's abilities to the world.

The WRC is a championship for rally vehicles created from production models, so it serves as a handy proving ground for winning models to demonstrate their superiority to a large worldwide audience.

While Subaru was confident that the Legacy would be the... // Gulf Weekly