SPD Tuning Service was founded in 1997 because there simply was no information or tuning parts for Subaru in the United States. Convincingly winning the world rally championship for the first time in 1995 after only two years development of the Impreza WRX model was a testament to how well the basic car was engineered. Rally cars of the late 1980's and 1990's were permitted very few actual modifications to the chassis and it had to be right to win. With the cooperation of Subaru we were able to import and sell many WRX parts to Impreza RS owners. This program was so successful that after nearly a decade of reluctance to market their world famous performance cars in North America, Subaru Japan was finally convinced to import the WRX.