1993 Subaru World Rally Team
1993 legacy rs in 555 livery
for 1993 world rally championship season, subaru team debuted distinctive blue , yellow color scheme, along new title sponsor, state express 555. ari vatanen , colin mcrae remained primary drivers, season being mcrae s first complete year of world rally championship competition. markku alén, returned part-time team after brief stint @ toyota in 1992, , took 4th subaru in portugal. mcrae took first win subaru, @ eighth event of season, rally new zealand, last outing group subaru legacy rally cars.
at next event, rally finland, subaru debuted new prodrive developed group impreza rally car, known impreza 555, driven vatanen , alén. alén crashed on first stage, , did not drive subaru again. vatanen, however, showed car quick, leading rally @ 1 point, , managing second-place finish. @ end of season, vatanen took seventh in drivers’ championship, , colin mcrae finished in fifth 50. subaru finished third in manufacturers’ championship. other drivers competed subaru team @ selected events. new zealand driver possum bourne, veteran of subaru s days, joined team rally new zealand , rally australia. piero liatti competed in rallye sanremo , rally great britain. drivers richard burns , alister mcrae had competed in british championship, burns won, , appeared again in legacies rally great britain, burns finished seventh , mcrae tenth. drivers per eklund , hannu mikkola drove team in rally sweden.
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