JAPAN: Latest Subaru Impreza wins Japan Car of the Year special award

Subaru's new Impreza - now in showrooms around the world -has won the 2000/2001 Car Of The Year Japan 'Special Award' for its widely acclaimed performance and handling. All passenger cars produced and launched in Japan between 1 November 1999 and 31 October 2000 were eligible. By coincidence, with the award in its 21st year, the 54-strong committee of automotive experts, critics and journalists had 21 new models to choose from.

bcusack November 24, 2000

Subaru’s
new Impreza – now in showrooms around the world -has won the 2000/2001 Car Of
The Year Japan ‘Special Award’ for its widely acclaimed performance and handling.

All passenger cars produced and launched in Japan between 1 November 1999 and
31 October 2000 were eligible. By coincidence, with the award in its 21st year,
the 54-strong committee of automotive experts, critics and journalists had 21
new models to choose from.

The Special Award recognises such attributes as outstanding product concepts
and mechanical features. The judges stated: "The Subaru Impreza is a sports
sedan with the greatest attention to driving pleasure we’ve seen in recent
years, and we were impressed by the safety offered by its highly rigid body."