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Subaru Impreza P1 Coupe Owners Celebrate 10th Anniversary

The first and simplest Subaru road vehicle to bear the Prodrive call, the Impreza P1 coupe, is ten this yr. To commemorate the occasion, 100 owners of the Impreza P1 made their way to Prodrive's headquarters at Banbury on Sunday 9 May. They have been joined via some three hundred proprietors of various Subaru Imprezas and more than 1,000 fans of the brand.

Considered through many as one of the maximum well-liked restrained edition Imprezas, the P1 turned into evolved as a joint challenge among Subaru UK, the Japanese firm's STI division and Prodrive, which turned into chargeable for the automaker's WRC cars.

Based at the Japanese market Impreza Coupe, the P1 had sizable improvements engineered with the aid of Prodrive to the suspension, drivetrain, trim and aerodynamics.

It become powered with the aid of a modified version of the Impreza Turbo's boxer engine generating 280 horsepower and 363Nm of height torque, in comparison to 218HP and 290Nm of the same old model

It came with Subaru's all-wheel power gadget proposing a centre differential with viscous coupling at the same time as it also shared the Turbo's confined-slip rear differential.

British designer, Peter Stevens who was responsible for the McLaren F1 and Subaru WRC vehicle advanced a special the front spoiler extension together with a new layout of rear spoiler following sizeable wind tunnel checks to reduce carry and enhance balance.

The two-door automobile was unveiled via England's handiest World Rally Champion, the past due Richard Burns, at the UK motorshow in 1999, and went on sale in 2000. At launch, Subaru and Prodrive planned a 500 automobile production run, but because of excessive call for a complete of one,000 examples were produced, all inside the same precise blue coloration.

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