{"id":21399,"date":"2023-08-09T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/?p=21399"},"modified":"2026-09-10T00:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:08:24","slug":"1997-subaru-impreza-22b-sti-prototype-up-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/2023\/08\/09\/1997-subaru-impreza-22b-sti-prototype-up-for-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"1997 Subaru Impreza 22B-STI Prototype Up for Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A special Subaru Impreza has just surfaced via Bonhams Cars and is slated for auction later this month. The vehicle in question is the 1997 Subaru Impreza 22B-STI Prototype \u2014 once displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1997 and owned by Prodrive\u2018s technical director David Lapwort, given to him as a gift for his role in designing the championship-winning widebody rally car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After years of trial and error, the Subaru Impreza would eventually become cemented in rally racing history when it earned an outright victory in the World Championship in 1995. The brand also went on to claim the Manufacturer\u2019s title the same year and again in \u201896 and \u201897.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Impreza offered is a significant one, as it was built to commemorate Subaru\u2019s 40th anniversary and its third consecutive manufacturer\u2019s title in the World Rally Championship. Other aspects that make it a stand-out example include the fact that it\u2019s serial number 000 out of 400 and has less than 50 miles on the odometer from new \u2014 as it was kept in a personal collection for 20 years prior to current ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technical aspects of the prototype include a 2,212cc turbocharged flat 4-cylinder engine, electronic fuel injection and 276bhp at 6,000rpms at the behest of a 5-speed manual transmission. Additionally, the all-wheel drive vehicle features 4-wheel independent suspension and 4-wheel disc brakes for ultimate performance control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This particular vehicle has been highly sought after since its release, which saw all 400 editions sold out after just two days. The reason for this might largely be due to the fact that chassis 061819 was Subaru\u2019s first, road legal, wide-bodied, turbocharged, carbon copy of their very own World Rally winning race car for the public \u2014 making it a significantly collectible offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finished in Subaru\u2019s iconic Sonic Blue Mica over a black and blue interior, the only interior color combo offered for all 22Bs, the 1997 Subaru Impreza 22B-STI prototype represents an extremely rare example of a very special car and is expected to sell for as much as $550,000 USD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interested parties can visit Bonhams Cars\u2019 official site for more information on the vehicle or to bid during the auction, which begins August 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A special Subaru Impreza has just surfaced via Bonhams Cars and is slated for auction later this month. The vehicle in question is the 1997 Subaru Impreza 22B-STI Prototype \u2014 once displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1997 and owned by Prodrive\u2018s technical director David Lapwort, given to him as a gift for his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[189],"class_list":["post-21399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car","tag-subaru"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21421,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21399\/revisions\/21421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}