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| 1988 | April 2: Founded as subsidiary Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd, current SUBARU CORPORATION. (capital 50 million yen) |
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| 1988 | Nov. 2: Capital increase: 150 million yen (200 million yen after increase) |
| 1989 | Jan. 12: Capital increase: 50 million yen (250 million yen after increase) |
| 1989 | Subaru Legacy set FIA sanctioned record of 100 thousand consecutive kilometers of driving and world record of 223.345km/h |
| 1990 | Started full-scale entry to World Rally Championship (WRC) from Safari Rally 1990 Best result of overall 4th place, first win in Gr. N class in Safari Rally |
| 1991 | WRC: Best result of overall TOP 3rd |
| 1992 | Legacy STI version built and sold to order WRC: Best result of overall TOP 2nd |
| 1993 | WRC: Legacy won first overall at Rally New Zealand Impreza debuted at WRC 1000 Lakes Rally Legacy won Manufacturer's and Driver's Champion in Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) |
| 1994 | Impreza STI version built and sold to order WRC: Impreza won Acropolis Rally, New Zealand Rally and British RAC Rally Impreza WRX-RA STI version built and sold to order APRC: Won Manufacturer's and Driver's Champion for second consecutive year |
| 1995 | Impreza WRX-RA STI version II built and sold to order WRC: Won Rally Monte Carlo, Portugal, New Zealand, Catalonia, British RAC Rally WRC: Won both Manufacturer's and Driver's World Champion |
| 1996 | Impreza WRX-RA STI version III built and sold to order WRC: Won Acropolis, Sanremo and Catalunia APRC: Won Driver's Champion WRC: Won Manufacturer's World Champion |
| 1997 | WRC: WR car introduced from first race WRC: Three consecutive won from Rally Monte Carlo to Safari Rally WRC: Three consecutive won in second half from Rally Sanremo and RAC Rally Impreza WRX-RA STI version IV built and sold to order WRC: Won Manufacturer's World Champion (First time a Japanese car wins three consecutive times) |
| 1998 | Impreza 555 Replica STI version built and sold to order Impreza 22B STI version ('97 WR car replica version and limited edition of 400 units) sold out immediately after announced WRC: Won Rally Portugal, Tour de Corse, and Acropolis |
| 1999 | WRC: Won Rally Argentina, Acropolis, Finland, Australia, and Great Britain |
| 2000 | Impreza S201 STI version built and sold to order WRC: Won Safari Rally, Portugal, Argentina, and Great Britain |
| 2001 | WRC: Won Rally New Zealand (New Age Impreza appeared from first race) WRC: Won Driver's title |
| 2002 | Impreza S202 STI version limited edition went on sale Legacy S401 STI version limited edition went on sale WRC: Won Rally Monte Carlo and Great Britain (35 total wins in WRC) |
| 2003 | WRC: Won Cyprus Rally WRC: Won Driver's title P-WRC: Impreza won Rally New Zealand, Argentina, Cyprus P-WRC: SUBARU driver Martin Rowe won Driver's title |
| 2004 | WRC: Won New Zealand, Acropolis, Japan, Great Britain and Italy P-WRC: Impreza won Rally Australia P-WRC: SUBARU driver Niall McShea won Driver's title Impreza S203 (limited to 555 units) built and sold to order |
| 2005 | WRC: Won Rally Sweden, Mexico and Great Britain P-WRC: Impreza won Rally Sweden, Cyprus, Turkey, Argentina, Great Britain, Japan and Australia P-WRC: SUBARU driver Toshihiro Arai won Driver's title S204 (limited to 600 units) built and sold to order |
| 2006 | P-WRC: Impreza won Rally Mexico, Argentina, Greece, Australia and New Zealand P-WRC: SUBARU driver Nasser Al-Attiyah won Driver's title |
| 2007 | Ichiro Kudo assumed the position of President P-WRC: Won Rally Acropolis and New Zealand P-WRC: SUBARU driver Toshihiro Arai won Driver's title Legacy tuned by STI (limited to 600 units) built and sold to order |
| 2008 | STI celebrates 20th anniversary of its foundation. P-WRC: Won Rally Great Britain STI S402 (limited to 402 units) built and sold to order Impreza WRX STI "STI 20th ANNIVERSARY" limited edition went on sale FHI, current SUBARU CORPORATION, withdrew from FIA WRC after 2008 season |
| 2009 | Takeshi Tachimori assumed the position of President "SWRT Memorial Collection" went on sale New office completed EXIGA 2.0GT tuned by STI (limited to 300 units) built and sold to order |
| 2010 | Hiroyuki Karamatsu assumed the position of President R205 (limited to 400 units) built and sold to order LEGACY tS (limited to 600 units) built and sold to order FORESTER tS (limited to 300 units) built and sold to order PWRC: Won Rally Sweden, Jordan and Japan SUPER GT300: Won Suzuka |
| 2011 | WRX STI tS (limited to 400 units) built and sold to order Germany Nürburgring 24-hour race: Won SP3T class SUPER GT300: Won Suzuka and Oita Autopolis S206 (limited to 300 units) built and sold to order PWRC: Won Rally Portugal, Argentina, Finland, Australia, Spain, and Great Britain PWRC: SUBARU driver Hayden Paddon won Driver's title IRC Production Cup: SUBARU driver Toshihiro Arai won Driver's title |
| 2012 | Germany Nürburgring 24-hour race: Won SP3T class for the second year in a row EXIGA tS (limited to 300 units) built and sold to order PWRC: Won Rally New Zealand and Italy LEGACY 2.5i EyeSight tS (limited to 300 units) built and sold to order |
| 2013 | STI celebrate 25th anniversary of its foundation Germany Nürburgring 24-hour race: Won 2nd place in SP3T class WRX STI tS TYPE RA(limited to 300 units) built and sold to order SUPER GT300: Won Suzuka SUBARU BRZ tS(limited to 500 units) built and sold to order |
| 2014 | Yoshio Hirakawa assumed the position of President Germany Nürburgring 24-hour race : Won 4th place in SP3T class Super GT300 : Won Fuji FORESTER tS (limited to 300 units) built and sold to order |
| 2015 | Germany Nürburgring 24-hour race : Won SP3T class Subaru BRZ tS (limited to 300 units) built and sold to order STI S207 (limited to 400 units) built and sold to order |
| 2016 | Germany Nürburgring 24-hour race : Won SP3T class for the second year in a row Super GT300: Won Suzuka |
| 2017 | S208 (limited to 450 units) built and sold to order |
| 2018 | STI celebrate 30th anniversary of its foundation Germany Nürburgring 24-hour race : Won SP3T class Super GT300: Won SUGO |
| 2019 | Official announcement of S209 launch in United States of America Yasuo Hiraoka assumed the position of President Germany Nürburgring 24-hour race : Won SP3T class for the second year in a row |
(As of September 2019)