We know the IMPREZA is an iconic car not JUST the 22B. None of you guys know WHY 22Bs command silly prices. I guess I could buy one, resell by plucking a figure out of the air and some mope will buy it 'bcoz its a 22b innit?' :D

The old car market is a strange thing. Some cars are worth far more than they should be. Mk1 escorts are crap but now worth loads. Vw campers are terrible but get a mint early one and it's getting on for 50k.
People who were teenagers in in the 90's are the ones who now have the money to buy the cars that they dreamed of at the time and the Impreza was the king of the rally world and the street then. The 22b is the ultimate classic Impreza and is very limited in numbers so will command a high price.
Yes the price for this one (150k in total) seems excessive but is justified by its history and mileage and will only help drive the price of 22bs and other imprezas, mainly 2 doors at first but then others like ra's rb5's etc up.

Eh??

We know exactly why they command such high prices, because we understand the market for them.

I'll spell it out yet again - it's a bespoke model that's based on a WRC winning rally car. History shows these cars always appreciate massively in value. But the crucial part is the global appeal - not just one country.

It's got **** all to do with whether it's any better than any other car you want to compare it to.

Thing with items of value, is that it's a perceived value, at a particular moment or period of time.

It [can] transcend rationale.

The wide body 22B chassis never won a WRC Championship.

True, but the 22B is probably still the most iconic Subaru WRC car.

No , but they did win WRC events , mine won Argentina in 99

Seems to good to be true surely ?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...01703203478494

Not really on a UK Pooh.5 engine.

:thumb: and I have touched it.

it call "market forces", supply and demand my friend :D

Seems odd as you say. Low miles too and car data wrong - 296bhp etc. Scam?

Pooh.5 about to sh*t it's pants.

The guys lost his licence and is after a quick sale beastie. Someone will snap that up if it's the real thing.

If he lost his licence he has all the time in the world to sell it. Seems a little suspect to me.

I though exactly the same brownpants. The advert isnt very good to be honest

for less than half the price found one for sale in Japan

http://auction.pacificcoastjdm.com/s...id=225363130&s

Huge mileage though and still going to be 70K landed in the uk

22B with 25k miles sold at auction in Japan this morning for hammer price of £87k.

About £115k imported to UK.

It was actually just over £77k hammer price (11,280,000y) but still over £100k landed in UK if its coming over here..

I didn't actually look at the yen price, just the £ conversion on Japan Partner :thumb:

Actually it's called ''speculative asset price bubbles''

See also ''Tulip Bulbs'' and ''Railway Mania'' for other examples and how things pan out.:)

A little slow to the thread today :D