"Subaru's sales pitch has been so closely tied to rallying for so many years that it's hard to see the factory Imprezas staying away from the WRC for too long,” the highly respected rally annual, Rallycourse, said at the time.
Here we are though, it’s 2022 and nothing has changed.
Subaru's decision shocked the rallying world like few of that nature had ever done, and came just 24 hours after Suzuki had announced a similar departure from the WRC.
It left only Citroen and Ford as the manufacturer-supported teams in the series, and it took many years for it to recover. Some might say it still hasn't.
How did that decision from Subaru come about though? What led to it, and how could such a successful team disappear from the WRC overnight, seemingly never to return?
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