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that it is set to launch a high-end restomod version of the first-gen Impreza, created plenty of drooling in the comments at the car’s mouth-watering spec. But also a high degree of consternation at the P25’s £552,000 pricetag, before options. As PHer Speedbadger put it “you could buy a 991 911 GT3, Caterham 620, Nissan GT-R Nismo, Impreza P1, Impreza 22B and still have £50k odd left over.
But even then, realisation had dawned that the Imprezas coming to Europe were leaving a fair amount on the table. Japan already had a hotter WRX with a more powerful 240hp flat-four – the EJ20F4, fact fans – plus the all-important option of gold alloy wheels. It didn’t take long for ‘grey’ importers to spot a gap in the market, much to the consternation of official distributor IM Group, with lightly-used WRXs being sold for significant discounts over the ‘official’ car.
An arms race soon developed. Prodrive, which was running Subaru’s increasingly successful World Rally Championship programme getting in on the act in Britain. First came the Impreza Turbo ‘Series McRae’ a run of 200 launched in 1996 to celebrate Colin’s win in the previous year’s WRC, this featuring Mica Blue paintwork, gold wheels and – somewhat strangely – spackle pattern ‘fishnet’ Recaro seats.
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