How do you know about what model of car you have ?

I've managed to decipher part of the Subaru Impreza WRX Sports Parts Catalogue for the Japanese STi pages, and by using some other japanese web pages I'm slowly building this pages up.

Engine details from code
Transmission ratios, Diff types from code
Paint Colours from code

Based on the APPLIED MODEL number on you VIN plate you should be able to find out, your exact model type.

The 7 digit "applied model" code found on the vehicle identification plate inside the engine bay is decoded in the following way.
1.Series code G=Impreza S=Forester B=Legacy etc.
2.Body type F=Wagon C=Sedan
3.Engine type 8=2.0L Turbo
4.Year code A=MY93 B=MY94 C=MY95&96 D=MY97 (facelift) E=MY98 F=MY99 G=MY00
5.Number of doors 2=2 door coupe 4=4 door saloon 5=5 door wagon/hatch
6.Model type 8=WRX 7=RA type E=Sti D=Sti Type R & RA
7.Transmission D=5 Speed Manual AWD P=4 Speed Automatic AWD

All information comes from the Subaru Impreza WRX Sports Parts Catalogue


555 Limited Edition Vin Plate

Dates	Model of Impreza	Applied Model	Option Codes	Engine type	Power (PS)	Shift type	Transmission Type	Comment
11/92 - 09/93	WRX	GC8A48D	BX BJ EJ EF	EJ20G DW1HD EJ20G DW1HE EJ20G DW1HE EJ20G DW1HE	240	Manual	TY752VB3AA	First Impreza Turbo
11/92 - 09/93	WRX type RA	GC8A47D		EJ20G DW1HJ	240	Manual	TY752VB3BA
10/92 - 08/93	WRX	GC8B48D	BX BJ EJ EF	EJ20G DW1HD EJ20G DW1HE EJ20G DW1HE EJ20G DW1HE	240	Manual	TY752VB3AA
10/93 - 08/94	WRX	GC8B48P	BJ EJ EG EF	EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX1NE	240	Auto	TZ102YB3AA TZ102YB3AA TZ102YB3AA TZ102YB3AA
	WRX type RA	GC8B47D		EJ20G DW1HJ	240	Manual	TY752VB3DA
	WRX (STi Version)	GC8B48D	BX BJ EJ EF 61C	EJ20G DW2HD EJ20G DW2HE EJ20G DW2HE EJ20G DW2HE EJ20G DW2PE	250	Manual	TY752VB3CA TY752VB3CA TY752VB3CA TY752VB3CA TY752VB3CA	First appearance of STi, modified from production WRX
	WRX	GF8B58D	PJ MJ MF 62C	EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX2RE	220	Manual	TY752VB3CA TY752VB3CA TY752VB3CA TY752VB3CA	First appearance of 5 door
	WRX	GF8B58P	PJ MJ MF	EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX1NE	220	Auto	TZ102YB3AA TZ102YB3AA TZ102YB3AA
	WRX - SA	GF8B58P	PJ MJ MF MC	EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX1NE EJ20G DX1NE	220	Auto	TZ102YB3AA TZ102YB3AA TZ102YB3AA TZ102YB3AA	Auto transmission fitted after production
	WRX - SA (STI)	GF8B58D	BX BJ MJ MF	EJ20G DW1ND EJ20G DW1NE EJ20G DW1NE EJ20G DW1NE	250	Manual	TY752VB3CA TY752VB3CA TY752VB3CA TY752VB3CA	As per WRX STi 4 door, modified from production
09/94 - 08/95	WRX	GC8C48D	BX BJ EJ EF BG	EJ20G DW4HD EJ20G DW4HE EJ20G DW4HE EJ20G DW4HE EJ20G DW4HE	260	Manual	TY752VB3FA TY752VB3FA TY752VB3FA TY752VB3FA TY752VB4AA
	WRX V-LIMITED	GC8C48D	65	EJ20G DW5HE		Manual	TY752VB4AA
	WRX type RA	GC8C47D		EJ20G DW4HJ	260	Manual	TY752VB3EA
	WRX type RA STi Version	GC8C47D	61C	EJ20G DW4PJ	275	Manual	TY752VB3EA	Modified from production WRX
	WRX	GF8C58D	PJ MJ MF PG	EJ20G DW4NE EJ20G DW4NE EJ20G DW4NE EJ20G DW5NE		Manual	TY752VB3FA TY752VB3FA TY752VB3FA TY752VB4AA
	WRX	GF8C58P	PJ MJ MF MC PG	EJ20G DX4NE EJ20G DX4NE EJ20G DX4NE EJ20G DX4NE EJ20G DX5NE	220	Auto	TZ102YB3BA TZ102YB3BA TZ102YB3BA TZ102YB3BA TZ102YB3BA
09/95 - 08/96	WRX	GC8C48D			260	Manual
	WRX type RA	GC8C47D			260	Manual
	WRX STi Version 2	GC8C4ED	BJC	EJ20G DW5HE	275	Manual	TY752VB4AA	First full production STi
	WRX STi Version 2 555	GC8C4ED	BKC	EJ20G DW5PE	275	Manual	TY752VB4AA	Special edition Our Car
	WRX type RA STi Version 2	GC8C4DD	C XNC	EJ20G DW5HJ EJ20G DW5HJ	275	Manual	TY752VB4CA TY752VB4CA	First full production STi RA
	WRX type RA STi Version 2 V-Limited	GC8C4DD	66C	EJ20G DW5PR	275	Manual	TY752VB4CA	Special edition
	WRX STi Version 2	GF8C58D	61C	EJ20G DW4NE	260	Manual	TY752VB3FA
	WRX STi Version 2 555	GF8C58D	62C	EJ20G DW4NE	260	Manual	TY752VB3FA	Special edition
	WRX EX	GF8C5CD	PJC MJC QJC LJC	EJ20G DW5NE EJ20G DW5NE EJ20G DW5NE EJ20G DW5NE		Manual	TY752VB4AA TY752VB4AA TY752VB4AA TY752VB4AA
	WRX EX	GF8C58P	PJC MJC QJC LJC	EJ20G DX5NE EJ20G DX5NE EJ20G DX5NE EJ20G DX5NE	220	Auto	TZ102TB3BA TZ102TB3BA TZ102TB3BA TZ102TB3BA	First production automatic transmission
09/96 - 08/97	WRX type R STi Version	GC8D2DD	81 83 91 93	EJ20K DW6PR	280	Manual	TY752VB5CA TY752VB5CA TY752VB5CA TY752VB5CA	First 2 door coupe
	WRX	GC8D48D	EJ EG EC	EJ20K DW6HE EJ20K DW6HE EJ20K DW6HE	280	Manual	TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA
	WRX type RA	GC8D47D	WX --- WE	EJ20K DW6HD EJ20K DW6HD EJ20K DW6HD	280	Manual	TY752VB5BA TY752VB5BA TY752VB5BA
	WRX STi Version 3	GC8D4ED	EJ EG	EJ20K DW6PR EJ20K DW6PR	280	Manual	TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA
	WRX STi Version 3 V-Limited	GC8D4ED	61 62	EJ20K DW6PR EJ20K DW6PR	280	Manual	TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA	Special edition
	WRX type RA STi Version 3	GC8D4DD	--- XE WN XN	EJ20K DW6PJ EJ20K DW6PJ EJ20K DW6PJ EJ20K DW6PJ	280	Manual	TY752VB5CA TY752VB5CA TY752VB5CA TY752VB5CA
	WRX	GF8D58D	MJ MF MG MC	EJ20G DW6NE EJ20G DW6NE EJ20G DW6NE EJ20G DW6NE	240	Manual	TY752VBCBA TY752VBCBA TY752VBCBA TY752VBCBA
	WRX	GF8D58P	MJ MF MG MC	EJ20G DX6NE EJ20G DX6NE EJ20G DX6NE EJ20G DX6NE	240	Auto	TZ102YB5BA TZ102YB5BA TZ102YB5BA TZ102YB5BA
	WRX STi Version 3	GF8D5ED	MJ MG	EJ20K DW6PR EJ20K DW6PR	280	Manual	TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA
	WRX STi Version 3 V-Limited	GF8D5ED	71 72	EJ20K DW6PR EJ20K DW6PR	280	Manual	TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA	Special edition
09/97	WRX type R V-Limited	GC8E27D			280	Manual		Special edition 2 door RA
	WRX type R STi Version 4	GC8E2DD	BG BL	EJ20K DW7PR EJ20K DW7PR	280	Manual	TY752VB5CA TY752VB5CA
	WRX type R STi Version 4 V-Limited	GC8E2DD			280	Manual		Special edition
	WRX	GC8E48D	EG EC EL ED	EJ20K DW6HE EJ20K DW6HE EJ20K DW6HE EJ20K DW6HE	280	Manual	TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA
	WRX type RA	GC8E47D	XE DL	EJ20K DW6HD EJ20K DW6HD	280	Manual	TY752VB5BA TY752VB5BA
	WRX STi Version 4	GC8E4ED	EG EL	EJ20K DW7PR EJ20K DW7PR	280	Manual	TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA
	WRX type RA STi Version 4	GC8E4DD	XE XM XN WN	EJ20K DW7PJ EJ20K DW7PJ EJ20K DW7PJ EJ20K DW7PJ	280	Manual	TY752VB5CA TY752VB5CA TY752VB5CA TY752VB5CA
	WRX type RA STi Version 4 V-Limited	GC8E4DD			280	Manual		Special edition
	WRX	GF8E58D	MG MC ML MD	EJ20G DW6NE EJ20G DW6NE EJ20G DW6NE EJ20G DW6NE	250	Manual	TY752VBCBA TY752VBCBA TY752VBCBA TY752VBCBA
	WRX	GF8E58P	MG MC ML MD	EJ20K DX6NE EJ20K DX6NE EJ20K DX6NE EJ20K DX6NE		Auto	TV1A2YB6AA TV1A2YB6AA TV1A2YB6AA TV1A2YB6AA
	WRX STi Version 4	GF8E5ED	MG ML	EJ20K DW7PR EJ20K DW7PR	280	Manual	TY752VBCAA TY752VBCAA
03/98 - 08/98	22B STi Version	GC8E2SD			280	Manual		Wide bodied 2.2 litre special edition
09/98-08/99	WRX type R STi Version 5	GC8F2DD	BG BL	EJ207 DW1PR EJ207 DW1PR	280	Manual	TY754VB1CA TY754VB1CA
	WRX type R STi Version 5 Limited	GC8F2DD			280	Manual		Special edition
	WRX type R Limited	GC8F27D			280	Manual		Special edition
	WRX	GC8F48D	EG EC EL ED	EJ207 DW1KE EJ207 DW1KE EJ207 DW1KE EJ207 DW1KE	280	Manual	TY754VBAA TY754VBAA TY754VBAA TY754VBAA
	WRX type RA	GC8F47D	XE DL	EJ207 DW1KE EJ207 DW1KE	280	Manual	TY754VB1BA TY754VB1BA
	WRX STi Version 5	GC8F4ED	EG EL	EJ207 DW1PR EJ207 DW1PR	280	Manual	TY754VBAAA TY754VBAAA
	WRX type RA STi Version 5	GC8F4DD	XN WN	EJ207 DW1PJ EJ207 DW1PJ	280	Manual	TY754VB1CA TY754VB1CA
	WRX type RA STi Version 5 Limited	GC8F4DD			280	Manual		Special edition
	WRX	GC8F58D	MG MC ML MD	EJ205 DW1KE EJ205 DW1KE EJ205 DW1KE EJ205 DW1KE	250	Manual	TY754VB1AA TY754VB1AA TY754VB1AA TY754VB1AA
	WRX	GF8F58P	MG MC ML MD	EJ205 DX1KE EJ205 DX1KE EJ205 DX1KE EJ205 DX1KE		Auto	TV1A2YB7AA TV1A2YB7AA TV1A2YB7AA TV1A2YB7AA
	WRX STi Version 5	GC8F5ED	MG ML	EJ207 DW1PR EJ207 DW1PR	280	Manual	TY754VBAAA TY754VBAAA
09/99-08/00	WRX R STi Version 6	GC8G2DD			300	Manual
	WRX R STi Version 6 Limited	GC8G2DD			300	Manual		Special edition
	WRX RA V-Limited	GC8G27D			300	Manual		Special edition
	WRX	GC8G48D			280	Manual
	WRX RA	GC8G47D			280	Manual
	WRX STi Version 6	GC8G4ED			300	Manual
	WRX RA STi Version 6	GC8G4DD			300	Manual
	WRX RA STi Version 6 Limited	GC8G4DD			300	Manual		Special edition
	WRX	GF8G58D			240	Manual
	WRX STi Version 6	GF8G5ED			300	Manual
	WRX AT	GF8G58P			240	Auto

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