In Autoexpress today

" Rally legend Suabru has thrilled fans of its new Impreza by confirming the high performance STI will arrive in the UK in December, priced under £30,000. The four cylinder boxer unit will be detuned from 280 bhp to 260 bhp to pass emissions regulations. The manufacturer aims to make up for the power loss by adding a host of extras including a rear wing and gold alloy wheels.

Meanwhile, tuning expert Prodrive is to work on the WRX edition to create the WR Sport-badged model due for September debut. Prodrive will then turn its attention to the STI with a view to replacing the driver-orientated P1".

 

Erm shurely shume mishtake.

gift (gft)
n.

Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation.
The act, right, or power of giving.
A talent, an endowment, an aptitude, or a bent.

 

Should have read -

"The four cylinder boxer unit will be detuned from 280 bhp to 260 bhp to enable Prodrive to make a killing out of charging suckers £2500 to get the 20BHP back, hopefully going someway to recover Prodrive's losses after only selling 700 of the 1000 P1's built"

Or am I too synical?

Anyway - less than £30K, that about £23K in Europe then, whaoh well affordable thanks Subaru!

Andrew...having a bad day!

 

Not MORE grey imports ....

 

Will the STI be released in Europe?

 

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<B> The manufacturer aims to make up for the power loss by adding a host of extras including a rear wing and gold alloy wheels.
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Does this mean that the Japanese and European versions will not have the wing or gold wheels, maybe Mr Lewis will get an import (sorry, just reading another thread about gold wheels)