Saalro

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If a classic Turbo 2000 is a grey import what would be the difference between that and a UK version?

Thanks

danny c

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uk spec wont have a rear wiper!! did they do a import turbo 2000 though????

Splitpin

The key difference is that it wasn't brought into the country by International Motors, the accredited UK Subaru importer.

As a result it might not have the Sigma category 1 alarm fitted as standard by IM on all its cars, and may or may not be officially supported by IM for warranty purposes.

Beyond that, if it's the same applied model code (GC8xK8D, or GF8xK8D where x is the model year) it should be all but identical to an "official" UK car.

Danny - read the OP's post again.

joz8968

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The "Turbo 2000" was a specific UKDM marketed car, so can't be an import.

But they did export same spec cars to most of Europe, SA, NZ, Aus and some Arab states, etc. These all had different names. For example, rather confusingly, the Aussie one was still called a "WRX"!, even though it was the same as a UK car, mechanically!

France's one was called "GT" or "GT Turbo", etc etc...

Splitpin

Incorrect. It can be a grey import, which is what Sam was asking about. What you're saying about the "bona fide" foreign market cars is correct, but there were and are RHD cars brought in via agents other than IM that had the Turbo 2000 badge on them.

If I remember right Cyprus, Germany and Belgium were among the common sources. If Scoobynet's search will go that far back you'll probably find numerous references to them.

joz8968

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I didn't realise that. I stand corrected.

danny c

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oops,my bad!!!

Saalro

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Appears mine is a grey import then and to add to it the service manual is in another language and shows Benelux as the address which is a union of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, which i didn't know!
Also mine had a Clifford alarm installed a year after registration and no signs of a Sigma, which i talked to you about before Splitpin.
The model code is GC8HK8D which is UK.
So yeah imported by another distributer other than IM to Benelux and then imported to UK.

Also Splitpin looking back at the alarm thread you replied to of mine you said:

What significance is the K/L in the model code? Mine is K.

Thanks a lot

Splitpin

Yes, as above, Belgium was a common source when the grey import thing got big a few years back. Not just Subarus either.

L denotes the European mainland market (Impreza GT) model whereas K is the UK/Aus/etc version. As such it may also be that K=RHD and L=LHD, haven't seen enough of them to know for sure.

Saalro

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Thanks