Subaru has unveiled the model changes for the coming year and company managing director Neville Matthews announced that diesel power will be available in some models in the Subaru range for the first time in 2008.

The launch marks the beginning of one of the busiest programmes of new product roll-outs in the history of the marque.

The new Subaru "Boxer" 2.0 litre turbo-charged diesel engine, a world first, will be introduced in June next year, initially in the Legacy and Outback range. The new Forester diesel will follow in October 2008, before an Impreza diesel variant completes the line-up in 2009. The world's first horizontally-opposed turbo diesel engine is claimed to offer exceptional refinement and smoothness.

Subaru believes passionately in its 'boxer' engines which are more compact than in-line units and provide a much lower centre-of-gravity. This reduces body roll for safer cornering and also enhances handling precision such as during a sudden lane-change manoeuvre on a motorway.

The Subaru 'boxer' turbo diesel is a highly rigid unit with low levels of noise and vibration. Not only does this eliminate the need for a balancer shaft which counters uneven combustion pressures and general roughness, but Subaru's first diesel is as compact as its petrol sisters and combines unusually strong pulling power at low engine speeds with high-rev throttle-response.

The new five-door 1.0 litre Justy, and the elegant and long awaited all-new Impreza range are appearing in dealer showrooms now, whilst two new flagship models, the range-topping Impreza WRX STi and the new seven-seater Tribeca, are scheduled to arrive in January 2008.

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