Introduced in Japan in mid-1998, began to enter the export market next year, and in the United States for the 2000 model year engine used is 2000 cc, 2000 cc turbo, 2500 cc, and a new engine with a capacity of 3000 cc EZ30.
For the Japanese market, called the Legacy B4 Legacy Sedan is from the French language meaning Berline and 4-door sedan. Legacy RS remains a 2000 cc DOHC engine but no turbo fitted, while the SSR using turbo.
Legacy is one of the cars are very popular in Japan to be modified. In addition to the production version there is also a large number of limited edition variants like Blitzen modified in collaboration with Porsche, STi S400 sports model with twin turbo and 6-speed manual transmission is only produced as many as 400 units, and the S401 is the successor of the S400.