romcat Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Hey Soobers: Does anyone remember what year Subaru went to I think Talladega and ran a couple of Legacy's for 24 hours at 132mph. can't seem to find it on the web. Anyone remember this? Do you have a link? Cheers, Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgar mike Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 might be wrong.. but I believe it was a lowly FORESTER..won some kind of trophy or "cup"...saw it on another SOOB website...MIKE now I member.. it was called the HULLMAN (sp) CUP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Forester and Legacy did it. FHI's webpage has info about it. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romcat Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 Nope this took place long before the Forrester came along, Saab had done it the year before, and Soob wanted t make a point. -Gareth might be wrong.. but I believe it was a lowly FORESTER..won some kind of trophy or "cup"...saw it on another SOOB website...MIKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 go to wikipedia.com and search "subaru legacy" there is an article about a speed endurance record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperRallyRoo Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I actually have a video of it i got when I bought the 1990 legacy rally car. Its a promosional vid has some cool stuff on it. Shows the cars racing on a big circle track and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setright Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 1989/1990 Three Legacy 2.0 Turbos shattered a bunch of previous records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subie94 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 wasn't there a time awhile back when the impreza held the world record for the fastest production automobile.i think it was back in the early 90's. i may be wrong but i could of sworn,cause i remember rubbing it in to some of the subie haters i used to work with. i think it was at the salt flats? (or i could be completely wrong,who knows.gonna have to do a search now) edited to add link http://www.subaru-global.com/about/history/1998-001.html#subhead-001 (270.532 km/h,what ever that means in mph) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svxpert Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 http://www.subaru-global.com/about/history/1989-001.html#subhead-001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamal Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 The 1st gen Legacy set the first speed endurance record for Subaru and then there were a couple more. A turbo diesel Mercedes E-class recently set a new one. Legacy speed records: One Two Three Forester record The Subaru global site is awesome. I actually have a video of it i got when I bought the 1990 legacy rally car. Its a promosional vid has some cool stuff on it. Shows the cars racing on a big circle track and stuff. wait, you bought what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Hey Soobers: Does anyone remember what year Subaru went to I think Talladega and ran a couple of Legacy's for 24 hours at 132mph. can't seem to find it on the web. Anyone remember this? Do you have a link? Cheers, Gareth I believe this is hat you are looking for. http://www.subaru-global.com/about/history/1996-001.html Look at the bottom of the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 That is just awesome! The world's fastest station wagon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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