This is the third consecutive year Subaru has received the honours, after the Impreza was awarded 'GRANDPRIX' for 2007, and the Forester and Exiga were awarded 'Excellent Car' for fiscal 2008.

The Legacy is the only vehicle to be awarded the GRANDPRIX 09/10 by JNCAP. It was rated as the safest passenger car in the collision safety performance tests for driver's and front passenger's seats as well as pedestrian head protection performance testing.

The Legacy reached level 4 in the rear seat passengers' protection performance evaluation during a frontal offset collision test, and level 4 in the whiplash injury protection performance evaluation test respectively. Both tests were newly-adopted evaluations this year.

The Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport and the National Agency for Automotive Safety conduct new car assessment every year aimed at encouraging the use of safe automobiles by increasing users' interests in automobile safety and by promoting the development of safer cars by manufacturers.

This award adds to a string of safety awards previously gained by the Subaru Legacy, and further establishes its global status as one of the safest passenger cars on the market. It was recently awarded 2010 'Top Safety Pick' by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) in the US, and gained 5-stars for occupant safety in the latest round of crashworthiness testing by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). It also received a 5-star rating in the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP).

For Subaru, it is essential to enhance not only 'Passive Safety' but also to pursue 'Active Safety'. Subaru is committed to offer confidence as well as driving excitement to its customers, with a combination of its original Symmetrical All-Wheel-Drive system and Boxer Engine.