Impreza STi Type R Goes for a Drive
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- čas přidán 3. 02. 2022
- Of all the rare 3 door high performance Subaru Impreza's, the Impreza STi Type R is the rarest of all, built for rally homologation in tiny numbers and only sold in Japan
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I've never clicked on anything so fast. I'm 24 and my earliest memories of cars was my uncles Impreza, Want one now but prices are going mad!
I miss cars like this, modern cars are so refined but so dull...alas I don't think we will see anything like these again. Sad times.
What about the honda s660
I never drove this series but my 79yr old mom in the UK still drives a 100% original 2001 WRX with approx 70,000 miles on it, FSH etc. She's 80 this year and we're flying over from Aus in July to give it a decent run again, (and of course to celebrate her Birthday too I suppose). Last time was a road trip through Scotland in 2019 with a very memorable run across Skye for a ferry.... Sadly she only drives about 500/1000 miles per year now but then again we're considering moving back to the UK in a couple of years so you never know where it might end up?
A first generation Impreza that hasn't rotten away, that's a rarity. That exhaust note is glorious!
JDMs are typically cleaner, though a few winters in the UK can soon change that!
Keeping them well undersealed is a must. I don't use my car when there's salt on the road.
They also depending on the car usually are in as new condition, my 21 Crown is an example, you can eat your dinner off the underside. Their Shakken test means their vehicles are held to a higher standard than ours
@@chappy2121 I try not to but I cant help myself, its too much fun 😂
Longs you check and redo underseal yearly and treat anything before it can start to rust it should be fine, mine still looking ace underneath after 5 winters in the UK
Some cars grow old gracefully and actually look better....this is one of them special cars that has never in my opinion grown old 👌
There is no 'triangle of doom' with the single rear wiper - Ian's 'TOD' is the bit that's left unswept when two front wipers don't overlap properly.
Never confuse the Triangle of Doom with the Corners of Disappointment.
My 218 HP X reg 4 door actually understeered,well compared to the Opel Manta anyway, I was told the backseat very comfy and there was no need to slow down for roundabouts. The built-in understeer was a terrific safety feature.What a car!!
Incredible car's to drive they turn every drive into an event.
Those Subarus do feel special to drive. The Legacy is a great drivers car well.
I'll never forget when I took my eldest a driving experience soon after he passed his test. It included a 'hot lap' which was in an Impreza driven by a professional. I was offered a seat in the back along with my younger boy, which we gladly took. Hammering round the course and into the bends I thought we were going to crash! The seat belt was the only thing keeping me from being thrown abound, how that car stayed on the track I'll never know! Afterwards my legs felt like rubber....
Boy, what a car! Performance handling and noise, great stuff thanks Matt!
Now that's a furious driving mate, what a vehicle!
Another fantastic and detailed videos as always Matt.
I actually had the pleasure of filming a few weeks ago at a Subaru themed cars and coffee event at The Motorist. Sadly no two door versions though there were a few MK1 cars including a JDM STI.
The wide bodied 22b are said to change hands fir serious money these days.
The Impreza and Lancer Evolution were the road going rally cars that every bit racer aspired to after their Citroen Saxo back in the day.
Lovely car love the looks and sound 4 door version looks good but the 2 door looks georgious made my weekend now watching this cheers matt
This is the generation of Subaru that made me fall in love with them. I remember a yellow estate I heard the rumble at idle sounded soo beautiful. I was only a kid too young to know anything about cars
Makes me miss my Subaru. There was just something special about late '90s/ early '00s Subaru designs and engineering that are just missing in their new cars.
What a terrific beast of a car that model was! Outstanding! A great review of a classic.
What an amazing car. Love these drove a rally impreza on a driving experience. Wanted one ever since.
My friend used to have a Rb5 (Richard Burns) limited edition only available in grey and 500 made I believe, it was tuned as was quite rapid.
That looks like fantastic fun. I had had one, it wouldn't get used all that often, but each time it came out it would most definitely be used illicitly. Far cry from the 83 Subaru GL hardtop I drove part of high school. Had a washing machine motor, with about has much horsepower with the vaguest 5 speed I've ever driven. (Give credit though, I taught myself stick on that car with no instruction and it was reasonably forgiving)
Lol....the Fast and the Furious......
This shape of Subaru was peak Impreza.
Well jealous every young boys dream car in the Nineties, another car to add to the dream car list to own or drive at some point! Great review as always, you defo looked like you were enjoying the car!
Gotta love these scoobies, driving the classic is so more raw than the newage impreza. I imported my type R v5 limited 2 years ago before the boom in prices. These are the closest car you're going to get to a 22b without the £200,000 price tag.. I would have a fresh imported type R over the p1 as British weather and salty roads have taken its toll on majority of them.
These cars were always 10 seconds or so quicker than my Saab in hill climbs . That tenacious grip is something else! I remember first seeing one of these back in 1996 and being stunned by its performance, the way it squatted and took off was like nothing else at the time.
The Grey wrx sti coupe I own, my mate used to say is like a bulldog squatting, ready to take off.
Great car I particularly like the simplicity of the MK1 design.
sounds amazing with a start up!
Quite a change of pace from the Rovers and Volvos, very cool car.
22B! What a machine, enjoyed this.
The US didn’t get the turbo in the 1st Gen. I had a 2.5RS sedan.
160hp, it was a fun car.
Of course shortly after I bought the 2.5, Subaru announced the WRX to come to the US.
In Australia all the special edition Subarus had Possum Bourne's(A kiwi rally driver) name on them.
Great, detailed video.
Great looking car Matt and that exterior tea shelf is really a tea bar 🤔 room for 5 or 6 cups and also I had an STI once but it was completely different 😂 and ending up having to go to a clinic to have a repair 😂👍🏻.
lol!
This Impreza did replace the Loyale in the US, but Second Gen did we get the STI four door.
Like the rear wiper!
Just clean it properly and get rid of that horrible fake wood inserts on the dash and it's perfect.
😱😱 when I was 17 this was my ultimate car!
I had a sonic blue Version 3 STi Type R back in 1997 (p reg) when there were just a couple in the UK, Autocar road tested the other. The seats had 555 stitched into them. Mine has a Momo style Steering wheel and was far nicer than the one in this Video. Sadly I sold it in 2001 along with the private plate B12 SUB which I believe later ended up on a 22B. Great car indeed. The car in this video hasn’t got the red input metal pipes, they are silver….. that’s odd!
Brilliant, loved this review, great car
Oooooooh Type R! Very expensive bit of kit these days!
if you're ever up north east Scotland I'd be happy for you to do a video on my 03 Spec C Limited 👍 I'd come to you but she's a thirsty bugger, and only 50L tank 😂
The sound of my youth. Every time I hear one, it takes me back to playing colin mcrae rally on the playstation.
I have a nice old Terzo and its beautiful to drive, but ownership has been expensive, with many repairs, still ongoing.
Love that car. Great video
Great car. Surprisingly little rust!
Fascinating to see a car such as this in this "honest" unrestored condition. I would have thought the (presumed?) value of these would mean they all are restored to pristine condition by now and locked away. Or maybe they arent worth that much compared to other JDM oldies.
Completely agree. Like my dad's P5B, there can't be barely any original ones about.
No triangle of doom on single wipers. i don't think you get it! ;p
The subaru impreza, what a gorgeous machine 😍 very expensive now in the UK 🇬🇧
We could tell you had to concentrate with this one! 🙂 Fabulouso 👌
Yes. Hero for doing this
No sound like it, wish I could have owned one. Thanks for sharing.
This is so cool I've always wanted one but never gonna happen haha
Very jealous. Love the sound!!
I reckon a Snapback cap would have been called for sir and maybe an ankle tag 😅
Only joking this is obviously a rare classic worthy of worship
I am impressed.
The blue wires in the engine bay you are showing us...are not there from factory.They are an aftermarked " Ground wire Kit". It is an aftermarked " upsell" thing ,to improve ground basically.Some are happy with it..and some do not see the benefit. Me,,,i have not tried it..but if the original ground system on a car is in perfect condition...there is no need for an additional ground.Though the japanese cars may suffer from poor ground systemst from car to car.Eitherway ..thanx for lovely video ;) You are welcome to nerd out to my channel aswell.Though not as varied,as i only do videos of my cars.Greetings from Norway ,Stefan :)And oh...A Norwegian flag sticker on the driverside rear window :)
What an awesome car, I would absolutely love to have one, but wouldn't love the insurance and road tax costs!
i have one of these cars in grey, mostly original. amazing car. Now I have to sell it, owned it for over ten years. :(
Hi! Same here, in France! I have a 2000 (MY00) Version VI in 86F (Cool Grey Metallic), mostly original and in perfect condition! What a shame that you have to sell it... What car will be your next one? (Ariel Atom?)
Driving starts at 13:27
I love these cars wish I could buy one one of my dream cars love watching your videos mate I love the first generation I hate the others
Nice. Don't Marty from Mighty Car Mods have one? Not the Type R, I think, but 3 door yes.
Yes, I think he does
This car has just driven past me in the paddock area at Goodwood! At least the letters in the registration are the same and it’s a white STi two door, doubt there are two in southern England
yes it was me .. just testing out the ice tyres 😁
@@xeinsgaming that explains the noise of the tyres in the paddock as you drive past.
@@stevewhite1444 Off to Norway next week to do some ice lake driving
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@@xeinsgaming sounds fun, first time doing this?
Second year. The ice tyres worked a treat.
I had a r reg uk spec Impreza turbo tweeked to 360 bhp 60 was 3.6 sec awesome car I sold it as I knew I would loose my licence all the best Donny
It would take a few minutes to get a ban in one of these!
This one seems to have a magic button on it, When I press it with my foot, the blue lights behind me seem to disappear. Not sure what they are ?
You could buy it matt, & become the go to channel for imported cars
Owning one of these is the only time men brag to others that they have an STI
lol
Ah, thanks so much, "that's" how I got an SDI! There was I assuming that this process had involved a man, some wine and a vist to a clinic.😳
Nice tribute to the work of Tailpipe Man though.
(Please don't search for his videos, he's quite rude!)
SUBARU GC8 | 22B version WRX STi is the most classic beautiful car body forever !!! ❤❤❤
Beautiful car mate.
Thanks 👍
Im still trying to hunt down a gc8 wrx sti type ra that or a 1993 bog standard wrx import
7:53 honk! honk!
whats the difference between the sti and the wrx?
Nice car 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
A lot of valid information but also a fair bit of miss information (I've owned 8 of them).
Damn what a car, Bunta would approve
Like a Dodge Challenger Hellcat that can do corners as well. What's not to like ?
tut tut tut so many things wrong with that Scooby, I have had 2 and done my research. The boost gauge is not part of the original, never had a boost gauge etc,,, But the import was much better than the UK version, 278 BHP instead of 221, Closed deck engine, better suspension, sounds like a PGP gearbox? and a load of other things, I loved my WRX until it was too expensive to justify for me :(
This version has an open deck block. Closed deck were only from 92-96 and even then not all of them got it. Suspension wasn't particularly better just different for where ever there were sold. Mine has the optional extra UK spec Bilstein suspension on it which is far better than the stiffer JDM stuff
Good afternoon
I love it, but that wood trim inside would have to go as soon as possible. I’m sure factory replacement is not easy to find, but I would have to try. Who has an original Impreza Sti and turns the interior into a Rover? 75 👀
People in Japan have waaaay different sensibilities.
I drive it differently with the wood look, It slows me down a bit, prob helps me keep my license. its a 15 min job to put the originals back on :)
These original WRXes were available not just with wood trim but also beige leather and a 4-speed automatic! It is certainly not correct for a STi Type R though, but dark green automatic WRXs with beige leather and woodgrain did indeed leave the Subaru factory. A vicar special perhaps? :)
Subaru Impreza ❤️
Currently 2 days looking for one in Ireland
In Australia they are known as the WRX and this was known as the Subaru WRX sti
What a car
what would the bhp of been from factory ?
276bhp /280ps
In the words of Colin - If in doubt, flat out
A philosophy to live by
One hand on gear nob the other on the indicator. Best way
Spot some of the Honda/Rover switch gear.
3rd comment Podium! ...STI Type R such a Bad Boy dream car!
Speedo must surely be MPH rather than KMH? 180 is not particularly quick for KMH
Japanese market cars are speed limited to 180 km/hr. Export models had a 260 km/hr speedo.
The Impreza turbo replaced the legacy turbo.
Better not tell your Mrs you have an STi
Now we're talking
With a single wiper, it's actually known as "corners of disappointment" 😉
I would have traded you my 2011 p7b crown Vic it’s mint lol
Why would you call it a 3 door?
Is this really the rarest? I thought it was the 22B or P1, although I've never seen this one before 🤔
22B is the rarest, it is a modified version of this STi Type R with bespoke bodywork and of course the 2.2L stoker engine (the suspension and brakes are actually identical though, the wider track of the 22B compared to the STi Type R is just done via the offset of the wheels). Matt didn't mention it, but these STi Type R (and 22B as well as Type RA four doors) have not just the electronic centre differential & intercooler water spray which he mentioned but also a 13:1 quick ratio steering rack which you didn't get on normal Impreza WRXs. Prodrive P1 is not all that rare AFAIK.
@@TassieLorenzo Interesting, thanks for that info. There are a few P1s for sale but seem the most expensive
S201 only 300 were made
Mental cars
UK, foglight´s back, and not in front, for this HIGHprformans car...... REALY.... 🤣
TK🇳🇴
You reached 60mph in 3rd..... that car will do just over 70mph in second 7900 rpm??
Suspicious stains on the seat. Me thinks the owner loves this car a lot.🤪
You need to take a blacklight with you in future 🤣
or it's been to the Tokyo red light district.
Interesting stains on the drivers seat.
😍😍😍😍😍😍
Don't knock the beetle, Emile Porsche worked for VW before setting up on his own and apart from the bodyshell raided the VW parts bin for his first car.
Impreza's rare, thank the boy racers who've stuffed them in the past and those seized by the Police and found the road to the crusher as had little value then.
I have own a 3 Subaru
Earthing kit and suspension are not standard.
They are on this, its a homologation special
@@furiousdriving the earthing kit definitely isn’t standard, it’s a very popular modification in Japan so a previous owner probably fitted it.