Very interesting official Subaru video from the 90s about the development of the BH5:

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOe8U320KYs...Tgw&index=3

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-TLTYvtmro...feature=related

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUOrM3-azn0...feature=related

They really had massive aspirations for the 3rd gen Legacy in Japan back in the 90s. I wonder why they never pushed it more outside of Japan to Westerners?