Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
Viewing: Tues 28th July from 1pm
Auction 29th July, 2026 12:00
Location: Pavilion Gardens St John's Rd, Buxton SK17 6BE
Registration No: N489 SOC Chassis No: JF1GC8KD3SG011698 MOT: T. B. A
Supplied new as an official Subaru UK press vehicle
Owned by the McRae family between 1996 and 1999, and understood to have been driven by Colin, Jimmy and Alister McRae
Sun visors respectively signed by Jimmy, Alister, and Max McRae
Modest mileage of c. 92, 000 miles from new
Entered from the Fox Collection
Introduced on the 1st March 1993, the Impreza was offered in either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive versions and as a four-door saloon or five-door hatchback/ station wagon. Subaru chose to continue their longstanding use of the boxer engine in the Impreza. According to Subaru, their configuration of the engine in line with the transmission minimises body roll due to the lower centre of gravity compared with offset engines in most other cars. The boxer design provides good vibration mitigation due to the principles of a very well-balanced engine, the movement of each piston is largely countered by a piston in the opposing cylinder bank, eliminating the need for a counter-weighted rotating crankshaft (harmonic balancer). Torque steer is also minimised with this type of powertrain layout since the front driveshafts are of equal length and weight.
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