Highlights
- Low mileage of under 69,000 miles
- Maintained and improved by GR Performance
- Full major service and other work recently completed
- White paintwork with carbon fibre bonnet
- New clutch fitted
- Mapped to 370bhp with a brand new HKS exhaust
The Appeal
Later Evos are faster, but enthusiasts know that, after the VI, they aren’t necessarily better. The sixth generation was the last based on the lighter, second generation bodyshell and the last pure homologation Evo. No surprise then that it is one of Evo magazine’s 25 favourite cars.
The key when buying one of these rally-to-road rockets is maintenance. This car spent its life on the salt-free roads of Japan before being imported here by the seller in 2021. It comes with a raft of history to support its low mileage in Japan. It was stored between 2021 and 2023, when the vendor gave it to GR Performance for a full service, check over and overhaul. It now runs 370bhp following a remap.
The very good condition inside and out supports the low mileage and enthusiast ownership. It is also supported by the advisory-free MOT to the end of September.
History and Paperwork
- First registered 11th March 1999 according to DVLA
- Spent its life in salt-free Japan to 2021
- Imported by the seller in 2021
- Kept in storage until registered in December 2023
- Seller s the car’s first UK registered keeper
- Maintained by GR Performance
- Next service is not due to February 2025
- Good service history with paperwork available for the work done
- Extensive paperwork available, though much of it is in Japanese
- MOT valid to 29th September 2024 with no advisories
- 108,554kms (67,452 miles) on MOT test and now on 110,550kms (68,691 miles)
- Full extensive major service and related work detailed below
- Vendor is only selling due to moving house and loss of storage
- New clutch is being fitted, receipts will be available on completion
Recent maintenance by GR Performance:
- New brake pads
- New brake discs
- Brand new HKS exhaust
- Remapped to 370bhp
- Clear wax underseal
- New rear wheel bearings
- Full major service
The Condition
- Tidy car with factory body kit finished in white with carbon fibre bonnet
- Wel kept paintwork with some minor marks to note in photographs
- Stone chips and scuffs to front spoiler have been treated and painted since photography
- Bodywork in very good order with tidy door bottoms, sills and arches
- Bonnet recently waxed and renovated to improve lacquer finish
- Bodywork is covered with a body kit
- Carbon bonnet has been lacquered
- Underside in good order with no structural advisories on last MOT
- Recently undersealed as detailed above
- Minor surface rust underneath the front has been treated and repainted so buyer can be at peace of mind
- Fitted with dark privacy glass to front and rear windows with wind deflectors
- OZ Racing alloy wheels in good order with light kerbing to edges
- Quality Pirelli tyres fitted all round
- Presentable and largely original interior with blue fabric seats
- Some light signs of wear inside to driver’s seat and front door cards as shown
- Fitted with a modern Pioneer Bluetooth stereo
The Mechanics
- 1,999cc 4cyl 16V engine
- Remapped to 370bhp recently
- 5spd manual gearbox
- Vendor tells us there are no mechanical issues
- Recent mechanical work
- This included service, brakes and wheel bearings
- Brand new HKS exhaust
The vendor tells us:
“The car is an absolute joy to drive, handles really well, stops really well with the new disks and pads, sounds amazing with the exhaust and pulls really well in every gear.
“The best thing about this car is the look of the vehicle and the way it drives. It has a carbon fibre bonnet which really makes it stand out from the all white ones and gives it a real aggressive look.”
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