RE: PH Heroes: Subaru Impreza P1

[soad]

cerb4.5lee said:

Totally wonderful, its always been my favourite scooby with the 22b a close second.

Agreed.

[AWG]

Glad they have done this review of the P1, nice to see a scoob on the front page. Thank you Pistonheads

[anything fast]

The best scooby ever! BTW the top speed of 155 mph is respectable, what do you expect with an ironing board on the back and a cornflakes packet on the hood?
My point is it prob has high drag, but just look at the 0-60.. 4.7! That is still very fast.

[traffman]

Only driven a blob eye ppp version which was great , my all time fave scoob apart from the 22b is the P1 .

I have nothing but admiration for them and there owners / keepers.

[superman84]

Had one with stage one mods and AP racing brakes (the standard ones as the article points out were dreadful) and I absolutely loved it. The awesome colour, classic looks, the flat four burble, the b road ability and how rapid the acceleration to 100 felt...

Replaced with an Evo 9 FQ360 which is certainly a more capable car out of the box but has never felt quite as special

[Dr Imran T]

An absolutely brilliant car, I love the look, the sound and the performance of these.

Huge tuning potential and as mentioned in the article, light too. I have to say the P1 'generally' seems to have gone in the hands of enthusiasts. Unfortunately, a lot of the 4 door classic Subaru's have got in the hands of people that just manage to run them on a shoestring. See plenty of 'chavved' up 4 door ones - I hope the P1 doesn't end up like that!

Great article chaps!

[Mastodon2]

Great article PH, captures what the lure of these cars is today. While you might be able to buy a dull Golf with nearly as much power, few can hope to attack a road with even half of the deftness of a classic Impreza. I'd love a classic Impreza, preferably a Type R or RA for me.

[ninjacost]

best subaru i owned out of the 4 i had, a couple were quicker but not as good an all round package for our roads ,on a twisty road you need a very fast car to keep up with one

[Scooby P1]

Had it for almost 7 years - only the 2nd owner! love it.

[Ved]

Turbo Harry said:

One with a couple fewer driven wheels maybe?

Was hoping for the 2013 Impreza. Everyone already knows the BRZ will be a turning point for Subaru. Cannot wait

[Motorrad]

Would have rated it a 9 but took one off for fragility.

Really enjoyed driving the P1 but at the time couldn't help being convinced by the EVO 6 which was cheaper at the time.

[Zero7]

Alex said:

Well, I already have a P1 and a DC2!

I had a Type RA V-Ltd and a DC2, the later was far more fun though, not as quick but more fun.

[tomoleeds]

i have owned 4 wrx, 2002-2003 ,none of them sti,one had the pro drive kit and was far the best, the added bhp only 60,did make a difference as did the bigger brakes, the last one a 2003,genuine 73k never had paint,totally standard, i paid £3,300 last summer and sold it for £3,850 3 months later just putting fuel in. Bad points, sup fuel like a alhoholic with your foot down,poor brakes cheap interior, I would reccomend the lowest mileage example you can get,it does affect these cars .

[DannyB2007]

Loved my old one!

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[tomoleeds]

was wrong i had 5

[Jimmyarm]

I guess the question with these is, does the massive premium you pay over a fettled sti make them worth it ?

Having just aqqcuired an early wrx for £600 with t&t, gently tweak it and end up at around £1500 with similar power etc that £13k odd is a hell of a lot of v power

[Alex]

Zero7 said:

I had a Type RA V-Ltd and a DC2, the later was far more fun though, not as quick but more fun.

The DC2 is a much better track car. The front end bites more and the chassis is more balanced. The P1 is a better road car, has more feelsome steering and loads more grunt.

[GravelBen]

Dagnut said:

Never understood why they dropped the DCCD from the TypeR

Because they wanted ABS instead for the UK market I think - it wasn't until the blobeye that they got DCCD to work with ABS, before that you had one or the other.

[SteRB5138]

Great review, I always wanted one after seeing one for sale on a Nick Whale/Lotus forecourt back in 2006 for £13000. I settled for a RB5 in 2007.

I think these will start going up in value soon, future classic for sure as still look great 12 years on, especially with the 18" wheels.

[mig25_foxbat2003]

One of these came past me while I was out on the (push)bike yesterday. Managed to catch him up at the traffic lights and give a slightly puffed-out thumbs up to its grinning driver - he paid me back by giving it the full beans off the lights. Cracking noise!