bogie

Just wondering if anyone has been silly enough to pay the £23k asking price and ordered one.

Maybe even more silly now the WRX hatch is coming.

(residuals, fav Subaru past time!)

Cheers

Bogie

drtchock

yeh my dads bought the Wagon with leather seats... is ideal for him..

he was goin to get a RS4 avant but thats 50k.. i know its alot of car but its a hell of alot of money..

why isnt the GB270 worth 23k?

its got 18" wheels, Prodrive quickshift gearbox, Prodrive Springs, Prodrive Performance Pack, Tinted rear windows, front Grille all as standard.. and theres only 100 of the wagon.. so hes not goin to see anyone else in one...

im not a fan of the saloon version, it doesnt look right with the alloys and rear prodrive wing.. but i think the wagon is great..

Imprezas are incredible value for money anyway.. the amount of car you get for your money has always been brilliant... ok so the hawkeye will be the old model by next year, but to be honest... who wants the new one???

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I think the wagon looks amazing. If I had 23k to spend I would get one.

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Mikkel

I like them both myself and think they are alot of car for the money.

sandycam

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think the general opinion is that you could virtually build a gb270 spec car for a lot less than 23k, and even though the car would be worth less come resale (and might cost a bit more to insure) would it really be less than the original saving of over 3k?

Terminator X

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It's got the black interior ... worth £23k for that alone in my book Saw them both at Goodwood & they look great.

TX.

Robin Mullan

Either way I think they both look

How much would the equivalent Evo be ? Probably a lot more money.

pjhsid

Put money down, but then pulled out as they couldn't guarantee me number 255. lol

stuh1981

I think they look good. Would not buy a new car anyway, but rekon they would be a good buy in two years time

Stevesbluewrx

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I'd have the Wagon any day.

Love the look of it. Not sure on the saloon model? I think its the Prodrive spoiler? Not my bag but all down to personal preference.

Steve

juggers

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That's jdm spec c sort of money,you'd have to be mad to pay 23k for a tarted up wrx

bogie

You'd probably also get a UK STi for not much more if you try hard enough

Mikkel

Must admit I didn't pay that much for my spec d STI... and it is a better car... but it still aint a rip off for what you get for your money if u see what i mean.

Sideways

Congratulate your Dad on a great choice, everyone knows that scooby limited editions fetch higher prices come resale time.
Love them both especially the badge

Norman Dog

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For £15k I think I'd buy one of these..

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Could have it way past 400BHP with the £8k I'd save

Sideways

Looking at the pictures thats a MY06 not a MY07
Good value though

Dave T-S

I ordered a GB270 wagon yesterday

Anyone want a March 05 Forester 2.5 XT (leather, sat nav, sunroof) plus PPP and 17" Prodrive alloys, in Obsidian black with pimp tints, going cheap at £12995 (48k miles)

Flying stealth wardrobe

bogie

I really like the look of the wagon too, I currently have a MY05 PPP Wagon and love it. In the current climate of WRX's for 16 - 17k the change-over figure needs to be really good before I would consider it.

Mind you (sounding like a hyprocrite), I paid 25k for a UK300 in 2001 and it doesn't have half the spec of the GB270.

I think I'm talking myself into it now!

Dave I thought you had moved to a VW?

Dave T-S

bogie

Absolutely correct, I had an AmD tweaked 3 door R32 for about 18 months but inheriting a working labrador and elderly parents in law prompted a change to the flying wardrobe

Unfortunately as you found out if there was one Impreza limited edition that was poor value for money the UK300 is top of the list

I'm not going to defend the perceived value of the GB270 because it's a personal thing, but given that I want a factory warranty then you have to pay dealer prices for a UK car, and with the GB270 you basically pay for the wheels and tyres and a few other bits, and get the useful stuff like the PPP, suspension mods etc thrown in for nothing! Suits me

orbix

I own a classic wrx wagon to the mo oddly though when it comes to the new shape (Hawkeye is it?), which is my favourite one, I perfer the saloon.

In urban grey, then they'll be a 100 in white, blue, red, etc

Which ever one you get will look better than mosts things on the road nowadays.

Dave T-S

Except there won't, due to the fact production of the current car has now ceased, and the new one is on the production lines for launch on 25 August

G00ner

I was very tempted to chop my Legacy in for the 270 Wagon, shame that 3 different dealers took my details, but then didn't bother to follow up on the deal.

They're obviously too busy selling the new shape Impreza to bother...

Good choice DTS, I think the wagon looks great, I don't really understand why this shape is being changed so quickly, i think it looks rather good in the flesh.

Dave T-S

GOOner

Thanks

I've bought it blind, on the strength of the press photos, lets hope it looks as good in the flesh

bogie

Dave,

When do you take delivery?

(bet the AMG R32 was good, I did reserve a R32 in 2002, but then the **** fell off my UK300 value so got a better deal for a STi)

I'm gonna speak to my dealer on Monday to see if he can temp me.

He was trying to get me to take a standard WRX Wagon the other week.

wolfie28

You won't be disappointed. Both the saloon and the wagon were at the Prodrive open day and in my opinion the wagon looked the best by far. As for value for money, if 100 people want the spend 23k on a car then its up to them which then proves Subaru marketing have got it right.

Wolfie

Dave T-S

bogie

The dealer is talking first to second week of September delivery, but a certain contact at Prodrive was meeting the brand manager at Subaru yesterday and was going to find out more

The R32 was a good car, I really enjoyed it. It had an AmD remap (272bhp) and Milltek system with centre resonator removed - I tracked it twice at Goodwood and it sounded fabulous going past the pits

Wolfie
Fingers crossed!

T5NYW

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didn't we all do that with the 02STi

Does look nice I love the Hawkeye shape




Tony

BTW This has answered a post to what car you had

Simon Perryman

I,ve bought a wagon too,leather and alacantra seats,and STi lip spoiler to finish the look

Chins

Did anyone get a good discount?

bogie

From what I gather (pinch of salt), there's not as big a margin in the GB270 as with standard wrx's.

But the dealers won't want to / be allowed to knock a lot off limited editions I wouldn't think.

Could just be sales blab as there's limited numbers of these.