2000 Subaru Impreza Turbo 2.0 turbo from UK and Ireland
Summary:
Overall, as long as you do not want interior toys, this car will satisfy any performance enthusiast
Faults:
No faults since new, and very reliable.
General Comments:
An excellent performance car with a few problems. Firstly due to the light body panels it picks up an unbelieveable amount of dents in car parks.
Secondly it is not a very high revving car in that peak power seems to arrive at between 5500 and 6000 rpm, after this all you do is increase the noise level.
In saying that I am being picky as the roadholding and performance are excellent, and the car is even unbeatable in snow as long as you don't brake hard and active the anti-lock brakes. In comparison to other cars apart from obviously an Evo, there appears to be little than can beat it - I recently had passed an M3 that could just keep up, but not overtake, and I don't pretend to be a great driver.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 27th August, 2001
7th Jun 2001, 04:09
Got my P1 with WR upgrades about two months ago and I am still dumbfounded by its performance. Surely nothing is faster or handles better than a P1. Cross country (across Oxfordshire) nothing can stay with it including several hot 600cc sports bikes. Get near a twisty B road and you can leave them for dead.
The 18" 225/35s provide an unbelievable amount of grip (they need to), and help the ride. 330m Prodrive brake upgrade means you never get any fading. Finally the bigger P1 Prodrive exhaust, improves high-end in gear times by seconds (for example 80-120mph is 4th only takes 8.0 seconds!).
Every time I drive the car I get a huge grin. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Paul from Oxfordshire...