1999 Subaru Impreza Reviews, Pricing & Specs
What owners say
"The 1999 Subaru Impreza has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from owners, who admire its performance, handling, and reliability. Many drivers highlight its fun-to-drive nature and impressive all-wheel-drive capabilities, especially in various weather conditions. However, some express frustration with the interior noise levels and mention that the car can be quite loud on highways. Overall, the Impreza is loved for its sporty feel and practicality, making it a great choice for enthusiasts."
Best looking car of the 90's. Good performance for the money, AWD and swapability with any subaru ever made. It will take anything you throw at it, and the engine is super easy to work on. What more to ask for?
May 31, 2009Like: the boxer engine, 4-wheel-drive, simple design, incredible variety of tuning possibilities Dislike: rear spoiler could be bigger (hinting at Mitsu Evo), the doors are crappy
June 19, 2008I love this car. Only one rattle in the interior I'm too lazy to get to. Healthy as an ox even with 171,XXX miles. Goes like stink even without a turbo, corners like its on rails.
June 3, 2008What owners say
Best looking car of the 90's. Good performance for the money, AWD and swapability with any subaru ever made. It will take anything you throw at it, and the engine is super easy to work on. What more to ask for?
May 31, 2009Like: the boxer engine, 4-wheel-drive, simple design, incredible variety of tuning possibilities Dislike: rear spoiler could be bigger (hinting at Mitsu Evo), the doors are crappy
June 19, 2008I love this car. Only one rattle in the interior I'm too lazy to get to. Healthy as an ox even with 171,XXX miles. Goes like stink even without a turbo, corners like its on rails.
June 3, 2008most reliable car I have ever had
March 16, 2008Owned this one for 2 years. 1999 WRX STi RA. Built by Prodrive for Barrets rally team. Ex David Higgins car.
February 26, 2008The number of different variants of Subaru Impreza is mind numbing, and everyone will tell you their version is better than all the others, and depending on what you want then they're all right. The Impreza is a legend, desired by many, despised by the rest. To see it is to mock its plastic stick on bits, to hear it is to complain about the noise.....to drive it is to realise what you've been missing out on. The true Impreza fan has, like me, watched it from the side of the forest tracks as McRae, Sainz, Burns, Kankunen and Solberg sprayed them with mud and as such the "classic" shape is where we look when we want to buy one. It's getting on a bit now, and as such finding a good one is getting increasingly difficult. Because of this it suddenly becomes very easy to refine which model to look for. The 22B still commands mega-bucks, but was never designed for British roads. Rarity gives it desirability but it's not the sensible choice. The P1, the most extreme of the genuine British cars is the object of desire for many...until you look a little closer. Tuned to within an inch of it's life, at nearly 9 years old there are very few now that haven't had an engine rebuild. And that's the thing with Scoobies...they're bullet proof reliable, right up until you start playing with the power output. Why? Even a standard Turbo 2000 will leave a Porsche 911 on your average Welsh B-road. The model that demands the smart money is the RB5. Obscenely quick, but still relatively standard so if treated with respect should still be going very strong. All finished in grey they are also the most understated. So what's the big deal about them? The performance everyone knows about. Off the line in any conditions, sun, rain or thick snow, the permanant 4WD will launch you towards the horizon. Modern hot hatches such as the Focus ST and the Astra VXR pack more power....but all through the front wheels. They simply can't use their power as effectively as the Impreza, and we've not even touched on the cornering ability. You have to have overdosed on stupid pills to mess up a sweeping bend in a Scooby. They inspire confidence, reward enthusiasm. And yet, it does all of this while carrying four passengers and a huge boot full of luggage. It'll burble along at 30mph without straining at the leash, a model of practicality. And then the road opens up before you and the turbo girds it's loins and suddenly you're elsewhere. I've driven and owned some truly godawful cars in my life, had the priviledge of racing many wonderful cars, yet there is no car that I am ever realistically likely to own that gives such an experience. Owning one is a great responsibilty as every Saxo, Corsa or even rep-mobile will ride your backside wanting you to race. You never ever have to though, as you know you're driving the car that gave both Colin McRae and Richard Burns the world rally championship.....and no amount of money spent at Halfords will change that.
August 6, 2008This is truely one of the greatest small cars ever made. In 1999, no car in its class could compete with the Impreza'a 165hp. It's short wheelbase and light weight makes for go-kart like handling that is fun to drive in any weather condition. Some may consider the exterior a bit gaudy or overdone but its aggressive rally fog-lights and large rear wing make it look like the rally car it is bred from. Not only that, the 2.5L 4-cylinder engine means great gas mileage which in this age of $4 a gallon gas is very important. The Subaru Impreza is an amazing car!
August 1, 2008A car that you can race in, blast around the streets in, modify to the hilt, yet still get your family and the week's shopping in. Blistering performance, amazing handling, great engine sound, etc, makes the Impreza one of THE greatest cars ever built.
March 24, 2008Its slow, maybe 150hp at the wheels, but it brings a smile to my face every time i get in it. Handles like a dream, lots of fun to drive whether its to school, work or taking to the track on the weekend.
September 11, 2009I built this car with various Subaru Parts from the Catalog..It drives awesome...handles with the best of them..Very nimble.. Very Unique and this is one of a kind since I built it..:). I built this to be an enthusiast car..which it is..:)
January 11, 2009
