Subaru’s Striking S201 Broke Japan’s 276 Horsepower Agreement

For all the legendary cars Japanese manufacturers sold throughout the 1990s and into the ‘00s, all had one thing in common: They couldn’t exceed 276 horsepower, at least not officially. That was a result of the Japanese Gentleman’s Agreement introduced in 1989, designed with safety in mind as a horsepower race began to brew among domestic manufacturers. Yet, a very niche subset of exemptions exists, including this incredibly rare version of the first-generation Subaru Impreza WRX STI.