After three years of development, the Subaru Impreza finally gets a Subaru diesel engine in Europe, two years after the new Subaru diesel boxer engine was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2007.

“The horizontally opposed common-rail engine has not featured in the Impreza range before due to the exchange rate between the pound and the Japanese yen.

The boxer diesel produces 148bhp and 258lb ft of torque. It helps power the Impreza from 0-62mph in 9.0secs and reach a top speed of 127mph. Combined fuel economy is 47.9mpg and it has a claimed range of 670 miles on a single tank of diesel. CO2 emissions are 155g/km.”

Source: Autocar.co.uk