2000 Subaru IMPREZA P1

Estimated Price: £30,000 - £35,000

Launched in 2000 as a UK-only collaboration between Subaru and Prodrive, the Impreza P1, or Prodrive One, was limited to just 1,000 cars and is widely regarded as the definitive two-door GC8 Impreza having more in common with the legendary 22B than its lesser four-door Subaru Impreza WRX siblings

Powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged flat-four, producing 276bhp, driving all four wheels via a five-speed manual transmission with short-throw gear lever

All official 1,000 units produced were painted in a single colour, Sonic Blue, and featured originally Anthracite coloured (subsequently Gold) custom 17-inch OZ Racing wheels with distinctive aerodynamics by McLaren F1 designer, Peter Stevens

This example was first registered on 23/10/2000 and had covered an indicated mileage of 65,478 at the time of cataloguing

It was uprated by respected specialists, Scooby Clinic, in 2007 with a sports catalytic converter exhaust, K&N induction kit, lightened flywheel and heavy duty clutch. There is a Dyno printout within the car's history file dated 14/08/2009 and indicating an output of 296.1bhp

The P1 was acquired by our vendor from Subaru dealer, Cheam Motors Ltd, of Surrey, on 30/09/2003 and is supplied with its original handbooks and accompanying service book with supporting invoices showing 18 services on file

The most recent main dealer service was in July last year and, whilst the invoice has been misplaced, we are reliably informed the P1 received a cambelt circa July 2024 with less than 1,600 miles thought to have been covered since

These desirable cars tend to change hands quite frequently and this is a rare opportunity to acquire a cherished P1 offered from 23 years of diligent ownership with an enviable history file