As said the only one that will rocket will be 22b's.

But imo any impreza particularly classic shapes that have low or very low miles, no rust and are as they left the subaru factory will only go up in value, purely because of the cult following they have, being made famous by mcrae,burns etc in the 90's

I looked at a few classics recently before i bought one, RB5, WRX, STI and ended up buying a MY00 turbo 2000 as it had genuine 47k on it and was by far the cleanest car totally un-abused and mint, its those type of cars that will be desirable in years to come.

 

#332, 29,000miles, £28k, treat yourself.

http://www.bhpmsport.com/subaru_impr...00000193).html

 

I wonder if a Saloon version of the Cosworth would have been a modern classic?

 

Type R
S202
22b
Cosworth Hatch

 

The 22b though is quite astounding in the way it's appreciated. I'm not sure many new cars will appreciate in that way.

 

GB270.


Okay, I'm the *******.

 

Either way, I wouldn't really want to own a 'classic', wrapping it in a bubble, never driving...I want a car I can actually use.

 

Casa Blanca.
That cabriolet Impreza thing.

 

here you go can't be many in the uk ;-)

 

It will always be the most iconic Subaru model everybody has always associated it with rally models and colin mcrae.,no matter what Subaru models come out in the future the 22b will be the most diserable and sought after .its an iconic car and icons hardly ever fade away.

 

LOL, I originally typed GB5 instead of RB5.... must have been having a 'moment'

 

Big Fud sold a beautiful 22B to a Swiss guy a couple of years back and on his way back to Switzerland he stopped in Newport Pagnell services. I happened to be at the services and spotted the car immediately so went to talk to him.

After about 15 minutes of chatting there were about 30 people round the car. I think that says it all!

 

Lol, yeah I knew it was a genuine 'mistake'.

Hence the reason for the 'self-flagellation' in my pedantic post.

 

Yeah they certainly draw the crowds I've seen many over the years and could just stand and look at them all day long ,they are stunning from every angle and just look superb on the road .they will never be repeated and will continue to rise in value the standard ones of course .

 

Now, about these socialists

 

 

Ha ah ha! I saw that too! Mint innit m8!! :-O

Definately 22B

 

I can remember evo mag's road test of the 22B, at the time. And drooling like a t**t.

I was really excited, as it was as close to the rally car (lookswise) as the Integrale Evo was to its counterpart.

...Were the 200 22B road cars existence because of the homologation rules for the new WRC regs of 1997? Or was the 22B nothing to do with it, in that respect? Can't remember. (I know the bodykit's silhouette isn't exactly the same as the WRC car's -- wing, rear bumper, side skirts).

Or was the 22B project simply just a well conceived, brilliant marketing exercise, based on the styling of the WRC car?

 

Thing is a 22b is allready and always has been strong money......

Pound for pound a cheaper car that will be worth money in the future is the one to find now.

 

Exactly! The 22b is already out of reach for most.

 

True, get yourself a low mile, mint classic shape now and hang onto it

 

All my opinion, aside the 22B point because we know that sums up the essence of Subaru's image when they were major players on the rallying front. "Here you go public, have a road-going iteration of our WRC car".

Any of the models with strong performance, particularly limited editions will command a premium in the years to come.

In my view the cars with the wow factor will command silly prices.

22Bs will continue to become more desirable.

The P1 and RB320 stand out to me as good investments but if you are buying them as investments it would not be a good idea to run them as dailies but more weekend cars.

I would like to think the Cosworth will become a future classic, it is certainly something we were lucky to get but it was released at a time when Subarus had become a little uncool again. A few were snapped up by collectors in Japan and Europe so it did have some appeal. And they eventually did all sell...

Ultimately if you buy a car and look after it then it'll always be worth a bit more if it's a well kept example of a rare car. This is a chance with many of the Subarus as so many of them are being badly modified, falling into the wrong hands or being broken.

 

Agree with this and make sure its as close to standard as possible. I have noticed they are a rare sight on the road nowadays.

 

I thought I had a sense of deja vu. We've been here before:

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...e-impreza.html

 

Many times!

 

Molested.

 

22B will defo be a classic.
P1 will always be worth than a type r as it's a limited run and has individual build numbers.
There's in the region of 600 P1s left. Any idea how many type r's in the country?

 

Interesting thread indeed, i'm on the hunt for an investment, we have looked at alsorts, mini's Sunbeam Alpine, mk2 escorts etc. I still think a P1 would be a good bet and probably at the bottom of their value right now?

 

As i said before, the true 'classic' will be the 22B

However, certain models are only increasing in price, but won't ever be worth the same as a 22B.

Type R's are increasing quite a bit (whereas P1 are still coming down if that says something)

 

not molested just made better
but very easy to put back to stock ;-)