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  1. Generation profile
    GC8 (1992–2000/01)

    The generation the US never got the turbo version of.

    1992–2000/01
  2. Buyer guide
    GC8/GF8 and early GD/GG-era non-turbo EJ25 models (including the 2.5RS), 1998–2004 — Ask for head-gasket service history on a 1998–2004 non-turbo Impreza (including the 2.5RS)

    Ask for head-gasket service history on a 1998–2004 non-turbo Impreza (including the 2.5RS)

    GC8/GF8 and early GD/GG-era non-turbo EJ25 models (including the 2.5RS), 1998–2004
  3. Buyer guide
    All generations — Know the decade-plus JDM-vs-US gap before shopping for a WRX or STI

    Know the decade-plus JDM-vs-US gap before shopping for a WRX or STI

    All generations
  4. Rare & notable vehicle
    Impreza 22B STI

    424 units built (400 Japan-market numbered cars + 24 export) — the most consistently cited "rarest Subaru"

    JDM homologation special · March 1998 (production); auction sales 2021 and 2023
  5. Vehicle family
    Impreza, WRX & STI

    Subaru's rally-homologated performance icon, built to satisfy World Rally Championship Group A/N rules, and the single family with the deepest JDM-vs-US divergence in the whole marque — from the WRX/STI US introduction gap to a long list of JDM-only limited editions like the 22B.

    1992–present · GC8 / GF8 · GD / GG · GE / GH / GR / GV · GJ / GP · VA / VB · GT / GK / GU
  6. Club / resource
    RS25.com

    A first-generation-specific community for the GC8-era Impreza and 2.5RS, including dedicated chassis-code-education threads. A longer-tenure niche site rather than a general Subaru forum — comparable in role to a single-generation specialist community.

    First-generation Impreza (GC8)