Papercraft model of the Subaru Impreza WRC2005, with its unmistakable blue-and-gold Subaru World Rally Team livery.
| Manufacturer | Subaru |
|---|---|
| Season | 2005 |
| Category | Racing |
| Scale | 1:24 |
| Difficulty | High |
| Estimated time | 4-5 hours |
| Print format | 5 A4 sheets |
| Source | Unknown |
What you'll need: 200-250 gsm paper or cardstock, scissors or a craft knife, a ruler and glue stick.
The Impreza WRC is one of the most recognizable rally cars in history, with drivers like Petter Solberg and Colin McRae giving Subaru numerous wins and the 2003 drivers' title.
Subaru entered the World Rally Championship in the early 1990s with the Legacy, but it was with the Impreza, launched in 1992 and adapted to Group A and later WRC regulations, that the works Subaru World Rally Team found its greatest success. The car's blue livery with the yellow 555/Pleoples logo became one of the most recognizable images in world rallying through the 1990s and 2000s, with Colin McRae taking the 1995 drivers' title and helping establish Subaru as one of the sport's leading manufacturers, backed by permanent all-wheel drive and the distinctive sound of its boxer engine.
The mid-2000s Impreza WRC, with its distinctive "owl eyes" headlight grille shape adopted to meet the era's cooling regulations, carried Petter Solberg to the 2003 drivers' title, the last individual championship the brand would win before officially withdrawing from the WRC at the end of 2008 amid the global financial crisis. The unmistakable growl of the Impreza's turbocharged boxer engine, very different from the sound of inline-engined rivals, remains one of the traits rally fans remember most fondly.