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Subaru Leone 1.8 4WD Turbo from Bosnia!


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Hello to you all, newby on USMB, untill now I owned a car from almost every Japanese car make, mainly Honda (had 7) still have one. Recently I came across to save from a certain death one interesting Subaru and simply had to have it. Still looking for it's origin and vehicle specs because I think its very rare and since we don't have a Subaru dealership in Bosnia It is very dificult to find out anything about this car, so I was wondering if someone from USMB could help me if anyone from here works for subaru service shop or knows a lot about Subaru history which I'm in no doubt i'll find here to help me find out more of this car, I would be very grateful.

 

Vehicle is a Subaru Leone 1.8 4WD Turbo EA82 engine from 1988, runs great, transmission is fine, 4wd also good, need some job on paint and rust and brakes.

It has a unique sticker on the rear hood see picture below

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and a interesting plate below the VIN which says 701/1?

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Bellow is some more pictures of my new ride, it is in running condition, turbo is good, height control is operational, everything works and i mean every button on this car which is suprising since in hasn't been on road for 7 years (registration expired 04.02.2007)
 
Please, help me to find out more about this car, and excuse my english in advance if there is some mistakes in writing...
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it looks like the rx we got here, but i havent seen one with the height control suspension. the badges are interesting, but i couldnt tell you if they are original or added on by a previous owner.

 

those wheels also look different from any that i have seen on a subaru. i wonder if it might have been a demo car or a display/team car for subaru..... interesting.

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Welcome!

 

...those wheels also look different from any that i have seen on a subaru. i wonder if it might have been a demo car or a display/team car for subaru..... interesting.

 

 

The Wheels could be Peugeot or Renault, which also came 4X140.

 

Does they say anything on them?

 

could you post a Photo of any of them, without the Cover for the Lug Nuts?

 

Kind Regards.

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Yeah, being from NZ I've seen several JDM top-mounted sets of fogs in yellow, with the pop-up white covers. My friend's mum used to have a JDM silver on navy turbo fulltime 4WD D/R Touring Wagon with the fogs, white 8 spoke 14"s (in a style similar to Minilite), bashplate and height control suspension. Very cool wagon. Wish they hadn't sold it before I got my licence, I loved that car. Sadly, it's probably been wrecked, there's very few L series' in NZ anymore.

 

And the front lip on that red sedan is unique, never seen one like it before with the split look.

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That is a very cool car! But it isn't a full time tranny so idk if that would still be an RX I would think GL-10. The height control is nifty though.

Plenty of RX Turbos came with a part-time transmission.

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Very cool, good save, especially with working suspension and those sweet light sprayers... It is a nicely equipped GL-10. RX was both a trim and drivetrain package which this vehicle does not have.

 

Enjoy the car, great find.

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Thanks everyone for positive answers. I apologize i haven't been so much on this site my work duties had been killing me these days. 

Bumper holes for front Fog lights are certainly factory made, but i will have trouble finding the factory ones. Wheels for this Subaru is pretty hard to find, but I have seen on couple more Subaru's this exact same wheels so i figure they are also product of Subaru.

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