Highlights
- Imported from Japan in 2021 and kept in a heated garage
- Low displayed mileage of 68,525 miles
- MOT valid until November 2025 with no advisories
- New OEM suspension and fuel tank
- New Yokohama tyres with less than 300 miles of use
- Link G4 ECU fitted
- Very well-kept car maintained by Subaru specialist
The Appeal
The gravel stages have honed and inspired many road cars, but few as great as Subaru’s brilliant Impreza. The original rally car trammelled the opposition and gave road-going buyers one of the most viscerally exciting and capable saloons of modern times.
Later cars evolved the concept, but the original mid-90s cars offer the purest iteration of Subaru’s vision. Thanks to the car’s sheer drivability, good, low mileage examples like this one are getting in very short supply.
It has the added advantage of being the more powerful Japanese-market Version II STI that lived on the island country’s salt-free roads before arriving here in 2021. It has been in the hands of the same elderly owner ever since and treated to a dry, heated garage when not in use.
The very low mileage of 110,281 kms (68,525 mile) is a further draw. As is the remarkable condition, its white paintwork and two-tone grey fabric interior wearing their 30 years very lightly. The car is cosmetically standard and runs only light modifications such as a Link G4 ECU and stainless steel exhaust.
The car comes to market with recent maintenance by a Subaru specialist and a long, advisory-free MOT to November 2025. The suspension and fuel tank were updated with new OEM parts less than 300 miles ago.
The vendor writes:
“The car drives like new. It is very tight, with no play in the gear linkage. It pulls well and has benefitted from the Link G4 ECU, by being mapped to UK spec fuel.
“For it's age, the car is in remarkable condition. No rust on the body and mechanically sound. The throaty engine note, from the stainless exhaust sounds great. The car was purchased as I always wanted a classic / GC8 Subaru Impreza and wanted a "clean" one with no rust, which is why I chose to buy this import. Having now reached the age where I have to give up driving, I have reluctantly decided to sell the car.”
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 1995
- Japanese-market car that remained there until 2021
- Imported and UK registered in 2021
- One registered keeper in the UK
- Always kept in a heated garage since, with no wet weather use
- MOT valid until 6th November 2025, with no advisories
- Since import, the car has been serviced by a specialist garage in Ayrshire
- Elderly keeper who has only driven less than 1,000 miles in 4 years
- No previous history available with the car
- MOT'd each year since 2021 and passed each time
- Selling due to reaching an age where driving is no longer feasible
- and never driven in wet conditions
- All original parts available (exhaust, suspension, etc.) by separate negotiation
- Appropriate ‘555’ registration included which references State Express 55 rally team sponsorship
- Retains its kph speedo for originality
The Condition
- Very smart cosmetically factory standard car in rare white
- Paintwork presents well with few marks or signs of use
- A few small marks/scratches - each wing mirror has minor marks and there are some minor scratches on the driver's side, but surface level only
- Bodywork is straight, tidy and very well kept with no obvious deterioration
- Car sits on correct recently refurbished five spoke gold alloys which are barely marked
- Recently fitted with quality Yokohama tyres with 300 miles covered since fitment
- Underside condition looks in very good order with no structural advisories on MOT
- Vendor reports that the car has no rust, with body-coloured underseal
- Unmodified two-tone grey fabric interior in very good condition
- There are barely any indication of age inside including high traffic areas
- Vendor reports no interior smells and car hasn't been smoked in
- All interior electrics re;ported to be operational
- Small hole in carpet on driver's side, next to clutch rest
The Mechanics
- 1,994cc flat four ‘boxer’ turbocharged engine with Version II specification
- 275bhp factory specification
- 5spd manual gearbox
- Gear linkage is reported to be tight with no play/wear in the bushes
- New suspension using OEM parts all around with less than 300 miles use
- Link G4 ECU fitted to allow mapping to UK fuel specifications
- Stainless steel exhaust in the Group A style fitted
- Vendor reports that the car pulls well in every gear
- Full stainless steel exhaust system
- Converted to mph, but the clocks have not been amended - to show consistency
- New (OEM) petrol tank fitted
- No mechanical or running gear advisories on last MOT
- No reported running or driving issues
- Regularly maintained by Subaru specialist since arriving in the UK
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