Subaru yesterday launched the fourth generation Legacy, which has won the Car of the year Japan 2003-2004.

The first generation was introduced in 1989 and it has won the support of many customers for its comfortable ride, packaging, world class safety performance and functionality, all of which evolved significantly with each new generation.

The new Legacy's key technological feature is its weight reduction technology, which leads to greatly improved acceleration performance, fuel economy and reduced carbon dioxide emissions.

Passive safety is based on the new ring shaped reinforcement frames concept. The result is a high level of safety in collisions from any direction.

In the event of a front-end collision, collision energy is efficiently dispersed into three directions.

Moreover, dual stage inflators deploy the airbags in the most appropriate manner according to the severity of the collision.

Both the Legacy sedan and station wagon have a compact flowing shape from front to back, resulting in an aerodynamically superior aero form.