Motor Image Pilipinas, the exclusive distributor of Subaru, will once again hold the Manila leg of its survivor competition the Subaru Impreza Challenge this September at the Eastwood City. Now on its third year, the survivor series will be looking for the top 10 participants that will represent the Philippines at the Subaru Impreza Challenge-Regional Finals in Singapore where they will get the chance to compete for a brand-new Subaru Impreza WRX worth P1.728 million.

Motor Image Pilipinas started the Manila Leg qualifier in 2008 and has been sending a 10-man Philippine contingent to the regional finals in Singapore for the last two years. Last year’s winner of the Manila Leg Apple Joy Balibado was also the last remaining Philippine challenger in the regional finals where she recorded a total time of 53 hours before giving in to exhaustion.

The Manila qualifier event will be will be held at the Eastwood City Central Plaza on Sept. 18 to 19 and more than a hundred challengers are expected to participate.

The top 10 qualifiers of the challenge will be flown to an all-expenses paid trip to Singapore where they will compete with the winners from other Asian countries and have the chance to win a brand-new Subaru Impreza WRX 2.5 Turbo.

The top three winners will also receive a cash prize of P10,000, P6,000 and P4,000 respectively.

The registration will run until Sept. 18 at the Subaru Greenhills Showroom in EDSA. Interested participants must be at least 21 years old as of Jan. 1, 2010, a Filipino passport holder and in good health condition.