Subaru’s Group A rally vehicles of the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s are issues of legend. The likes of Colin McRae and Richard Burns used these vehicles to place Subaru on the map in Europe, cementing the model as a loose-surface icon within the course of. Solely a handful of those Prodrive-built Imprezas exist, and this one’s on the market.
In response to the automotive’s itemizing on RaceCarsDirect.com, this GC8-bodied Impreza was used as McRae’s take a look at automotive from 1993 to 1996. After its time within the highlight, it was offered to a non-public driver, earlier than being handled to a full restoration in 2020. The engine has been absolutely rebuilt by English agency Autosportif Engineering.
Since then, the automotive has competed in only one occasion: The 2022 RallyLegend weekend in San Marino. You’ll be able to see it competing in opposition to a number of different iconic Subaru rally vehicles within the video beneath.
The Impreza stays in race-ready situation, in keeping with the vendor. The seat belts, fireplace extinguishers, and gasoline tank are updated. The seats are new, however the unique Prodrive carbon buckets are included, for originality’s sake. It is at the moment set as much as compete in tarmac rallies however comes with all the unique Prodrive gear to transform the automotive to gravel spec.
As a result of these Imprezas are powerful to seek out in race-ready situation, they don’t seem to be low-cost. This one’s at the moment situated in Italy with an asking value of £390,000, or about $500,000 at present trade charges. Anybody courageous sufficient to go rallying in a automotive that worthwhile has our utmost respect.
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