Subaru’s in-house tuning arm STI has produced the Legacy B4 2.5GT tS in both sedan and estate forms, especially for the Japanese market.

For the Japanese market, specially, the Legacy B4 2.5GT tS, which stand for ‘Tuned by STI’, are available in Limited edition numbers solely in both sedan and Touring Wagon versions. STI has given the car a few cosmetic and performance upgrades, but kept the 2.5-litre flat-four turbo engine untouched.

The Legacy B4 2.5GT tS includes the performance additions such as Bilstein suspension, strut tow bars, sport exhaust system, and 18-inch multi-spoke 18-inch alloy wheels shod in 225/45 R18 tyres. Cosmetic enhancements include a front lip spoiler on both models, along with a discreet boot lid spoiler for the B4 sedan and a roof spoiler for the Touring Wagon.

Interior, the Legacy 2.5GT tS models get a revised instrument panel, sport seats dressed in Alcantara and leather with contrasting red seams, decorative carbon trim in a titanium finish, STI leather steering wheel and gearbox lever with red seams and STI-branded floor mats.

With the reveal of the Nido EV prototype- an updated version of the 2004 Nido, Pininfarnia is celebrating their 80th anniversary. The Nido EV is an electric conceived, designed, and built entirely by the Pininfarina Style and Engineering Centre of Cambiano (Turin).

The 2010 Pininfarnia Nido EV is the first running prototype of the “Nido Development Programme” and reinforces their direction of providing a safer, more sustainable vehicle that will populate our city’s streets.

The Nido EV prototype uses a 30 kilowatt permanent magnet electric motor powered by a Zebra Z5 Ni-NaCl battery, which guarantees very high levels of safety and reliability. When fully charged, it has a range of 140 km and a top speed of 120 km/h (limited electronically), and accelerates 0-60 km/h in 6.7 seconds.

The Pininfarina Nido EV is a small urban 2-seater that supplies the framework for larger vehicles to be built on its platform.