Subaru Impreza 2003 2.0 WRX STi 4dr

This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Classic Sale at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show 2026 on Saturday the 21st of March Sunday the 22nd of March, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT. , Introduced at the 2001 Frankfurt Show, the STI is powered by a 265bhp 2.0litre flatfour engine; a 2003 facelift introduced revised suspension and a few engine tweaks,The WRX STi 'Type UK' is the officially imported, United Kingdomspecific version of Subaru's highperformance rallybred flagship. Unlike Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) imports, these cars were built for European roads and originally sold through official Subaru UK dealerships,So, this 2003 example was very well specified to begin with, but has been developed further by a series of dedicated (older) enthusiastowners, who have properly invested in it, now offering staggering and reliable performance,Back in 2007, the engine was taken to 2.35litres (Wiseco 97.5mm stroker piston kit) and fully rebuilt by Subaru specialists Zen Performance of Cambridgeshire at a cost of £12,700 (full details in the file),Further developments included an ECU set up by Litchfield, an APS 3.5inch race exhaust, AP 6pot callipers and discs, EXETC Competition Suspension units, Exedy twinplate clutch, Whiteline Performance roll bars, 4point harnesses, HID headlights, and carbon rallyspec wing mirrors; it was fitted with a Litchfield twinscroll VF37 turbo and a fresh cambelt at 37,766 miles,This engineering work evolved further, with recent work (over the last 3 years) undertaken by Autorara of Derbyshire who did an £18,000+ engineout rebuild to replicate/refresh its earlier enhanced spec, being properly rollingroad set up with a new ECU (£1,600) to produce a dependable 400430bhp,Accompanied by a huge history file (fully charting its development and investment), original Subaru bookpack, and original steering wheel/seatbelts,Having covered just c40,000 miles and benefitting from much exacting mechanical improvement, this is a seriously capable fastroad or trackday machine, in readytogo condition,