I was looking to get a mitsubishi evo 8 mr, but sadly came to the conclusion that although its nice, the repayments are going to be a little more than I can justify spend, so I decided to pop into a subaru dealer.

they have a 2003 Spec C limited in blue that has been there for about 6 months and they are willing to give it to me for what sounds like a decent price and a pretty good deal on the finance.

firstly anyone got an idea what the spec C limited's original price was?

secondly while I was in there I saw a brochure for the 2003 V Limited (wrx and sti versions) and it looks gorgeous, the looks nearly sold me on it, but I cant seem to find any reviews on it online and I have a suspision that it is merely a tweaked/styled STi, rather than something as special as the C limited.

anyone know any more about this car? or how the 2 compare?

lastly, upon reading the spec c brochure, i noticed that there is no underseal on the car, is the going to result in the car rotting away? and is it easy to apply underseal to this car if required?

thanks in advance...im horton...first post and all that ****...

 

The Spec C is a Japanese market only model, and thus doesn't have a fixed UK retail price. The cars that were bought new in this country would have been imported by third parties. To give you a rough idea, Litchfield Imports are listing the Spec C Limited at £27,995 new.

As you suspect, it's a tweaked regular Japanese spec STi rather than a Spec C. The main difference is that it's quite a bit heavier, which dulls the handling, acceleration and braking.

It's easy to get the car undersealed, any good bodyshop should be able to do it. If you're thinking of this as a reason to go for the STi V-Limited, I think you'll find that this doesn't come with proper underseal either.

 

although Im a brit, im living in japan at the moment.

The car has a sticker price of 2 880 000 Yen. (that is a touch under 14000pounds)

that seems stupidly cheap to me, but I cant confirm the original price in Japan, to see if Im getting as good a deal as i think i am.
I found the price for the 16 & 17inch spec C - but I cant find a price for the spec C limited anywhere.

I think I should be able to get it a bit cheaper than 2.8M though, because its 3 weeks from the end of the japanese financial year and they need to shift cars to get their bonus.

 

http://www.wickedkit.com/shop/index.php?p_mfr=1

Subaru Impreza WRX STi Spec C Limited

Very rare Spec C V-ltd in WR Blue,lightweight 320 BHP Japanese market only car, 03 03 Electric windows,2000 japanese miles only,better than a standard Spec C because it comes with Air conditioning and electric windows, Twin differential,Suretrack, Water Tank in boot for the intercooler spray, BBS alloys, safari Roof vent, 320 Bhp, twin scroll turbo, said by EVO magazine to be " The best Impreza ever", fantastic performance and handling , could be a future classic.................Delivered free any where in the UK
Price: £24995

 

Its not 320 bhp in std trim ... more like between 280 and 290.

bob

 

Spec C limited is finito - limited means limited edition, and they are history. The V limiteds are specced up and seriously good motors. The STi gets a very special suspension package with 4 step adjustable dmapers and a raft of other bits that are nice to have. If you want one you'd better hurry coz AFAIK there are not many left of the 555.

The MR is a pearler too IMHO.

Either would serve you well IMHO. And I know where to get them tuned (seriously, not the bling bling tunes you usually see here ).

Cheers

 

Im pretty much convinced to get the spec C limited now...

Im going to the dealer in about 10mins to take some pics, discuss price and see if they are willing to give me finance.

Although the car has not been owned by anyone, it has been sitting on a dealers forecourt since sept/oct 2003 - are there any problems likely because of 6months or so inactivety? (well apart from losing 6months warranty)