RE: New Prodrive P25 reimagines Impreza 22B

RE: New Prodrive P25 reimagines Impreza 22B

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drakart

1,735 posts

209 months

Thursday 26th May 2022
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borat52 said:
drakart said:
I'm surprised at the response on here. A mega rare, carbon bodied, sequential boxed, lightweight, 400bhp 2 door updated Subaru? I don't see the downsides!
Let' s see what they come up with and a price and how that compares to a nice rebuilt 2 door 2l/2.1/2.2/2.35 with a manual box.
It's not comparable to a car for sale. It's pretty much a WRC car made from Carbon - ALS, Launch Control, Active diffs etc.

I know what it costs and it was pretty much what I thought it would be, although the high figure of the price bracket . Not sure I can divulge the number, but its clearly a big one but less than half a million.

Edited by drakart on Thursday 26th May 16:01

fido

16,752 posts

254 months

Thursday 26th May 2022
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mcpoot said:
originals said:
2.5 and paddle shift?

WHY???
Because it's 2022.
A shift lever would be easier for one-handed off-road antics.

GreatScott2016

1,128 posts

87 months

Thursday 26th May 2022
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CO2000 said:
GreatScott2016 said:
So looking forward to seeing this, have approached Prodrive but at 25 units eek , something tells me demand will exceed supply, irrespective of cost! That said, don’t ask, don’t get .. biggrin
1st batch maybe ie Clio Williams scratchchin
Indeed, nice thought clap

hairykrishna

13,159 posts

202 months

Thursday 26th May 2022
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Olivera said:
It's surely going to be in the hundreds of thousands - I'm guessing at least 200k.
I'd guess more like 400. With only 25 of them I bet they've sold most already.

Slippydiff

14,742 posts

222 months

Thursday 26th May 2022
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Slippydiff said:
This car was my second UK 22B, the first was stolen and never “officially” recovered. So safe to say 15 exist officially.










AlexRS2782

8,025 posts

212 months

Friday 27th May 2022
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hairykrishna said:
Olivera said:
It's surely going to be in the hundreds of thousands - I'm guessing at least 200k.
I'd guess more like 400. With only 25 of them I bet they've sold most already.
Yeah with such a limited build number, and as referenced by another poster earlier in the thread, it will probably be somewhere between £400k- 450k. Which probably isn't that bad in the grand scheme of things for what they're proposing as a custom built, very limited number build run, for a specific market.

Nice to see these sort of things still being built / created tbh - even though i know there's no chance of ever affording one hehe

jamiem555

750 posts

210 months

Friday 27th May 2022
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I see that Girardo and co are the selling agents. Also they’re saying it can be a 6 speed manual if requested. I’ll be honest, this excites me more than any super car. I loved my Impreza. Had it for 6 years and did mega miles in it.

Slippydiff

14,742 posts

222 months

Friday 27th May 2022
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jamiem555 said:
I see that Girardo and co are the selling agents. Also they’re saying it can be a 6 speed manual if requested. I’ll be honest, this excites me more than any super car. I loved my Impreza. Had it for 6 years and did mega miles in it.
That’ll have increased the price by at least 20% then rolleyes

jamiem555

750 posts

210 months

Friday 27th May 2022
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Slippydiff said:
That’ll have increased the price by at least 20% then rolleyes
Ha ha, irrelevant to me anyways unless a big lottery win comes my way.

aaron_2000

5,407 posts

82 months

Friday 27th May 2022
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Slippydiff said:




ST2's are to me by far the best wheel you can fit to an Impreza. That right there is just about perfect

FastEdd11e

194 posts

55 months

Friday 27th May 2022
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Makes me purr.
I'll be holding onto my Prodrive WRX for a while longer as I feel the love may filter down into the older cars with that 'Prodrive' badge on the back.

Love mine and what Prodrive did, sadly I won't be on this ride. Why not make more? These are just going into collections. Nobody will get near them.
Make 1000 of them.......

GreatScott2016

1,128 posts

87 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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I hear its £460k plus VAT .... £552k eek

epom

11,398 posts

160 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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GreatScott2016 said:
I hear its 460k plus VAT .... 552k eek
Not a massive surprise though is it ?? To those who these things are aimed at, it might as well be £46.00

Slippydiff

14,742 posts

222 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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GreatScott2016 said:
I hear its 460k plus VAT .... 552k eek
IF that is the price, it’ll need to be VERY special indeed. Carbon everything when it comes to body, an interior that bears little or no relation to the original, Ohlins, Exe-TC or similar suspension, Inconel/titanium exhaust, custom Alcon, AP or Brembo brakes with carbon/ceramic option, styling that more accurately apes that of the WRC cars, some trick Speedline or OZ magnesium wheels, a Mil spec wiring loom with PDM, an engine build worthy of a WRC car, and weighing no more than 1200kg.


Jon_S_Rally

3,385 posts

87 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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borat52 said:
Let' s see what they come up with and a price and how that compares to a nice rebuilt 2 door 2l/2.1/2.2/2.35 with a manual box.
Not a comparison though, is it? This isn't aimed at people that just want a modified Impreza, it's aimed at people that want the ultimate expression of an Impreza, built by the people that built the WRC cars.

paul555sti

219 posts

188 months

Saturday 28th May 2022
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I was once parked at a meet in Stirling next to a 22b that had the registration 22b. I'm sure I over heard the owner saying he had just purchased the car and the number plate was going back to the previous owner as he wanted the same amount for the plate as the car.

I think Andy Forrest still has his uk 22b tucked away.

KarlMac

4,457 posts

140 months

Monday 6th June 2022
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Spotted that one of the locals to me has just put pen to paper on chassis #9 and #17 & #18 for two clients so it looks like the original 25 are going to fly out.

originals

1,635 posts

26 months

Monday 20th June 2022
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originals said:
rossub said:
aaron_2000 said:
I wouldn't have thought so. 18's were really as big as you'd go, 17's were the sweet spot for me.
Very much so. 18s look very big on the old GC8 cars - anything bigger will look silly.
I don't disagree but they are making their own carbon body panels so can accommodate 19's (with bigge brakes) if they want to, and bowing to modern aesthetics, I have a feeling they might.
I guessed right.

aaron_2000

5,407 posts

82 months

Monday 20th June 2022
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Those 19's look way too big on it IMO

Slippydiff

14,742 posts

222 months

Monday 20th June 2022
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originals said:
I guessed right.
Me too ... wink
Slippydiff said:
IF that is the price, it’ll need to be VERY special indeed. Carbon everything when it comes to body, an interior that bears little or no relation to the original, Ohlins, Exe-TC or similar suspension, Inconel/titanium exhaust, custom Alcon, AP or Brembo brakes with carbon/ceramic option, styling that more accurately apes that of the WRC cars, some trick Speedline or OZ magnesium wheels, a Mil spec wiring loom with PDM, an engine build worthy of a WRC car, and weighing no more than 1200kg.
Bingo.