hi im thinking about getting my first impreza ive been looking at the uk 2000 turbos, whats the differences between these and a jap import?

because my insurance quote is £500 more?

 

JDM have, power (they have more),interior (better quality seats and material imo),versions (WRX,STI ,RA,Type R which all have small differences between themselves nevermind against UK cars)

 

Uk cars have history you can trace but jdm have less mileage. Your choice.

 

The question is -

Is a JDM car worth an extra £500 on my insurance premium ?

In my humble opinion, every penny mate.


Which JDM model you looking for chap ?

 

For the money, you could buy a UK2000 with some nice mods and throw that £500 at it taking it over the power of the JDMs, it depends what you're looking for.

Side by side, like for the like the JDMs kick ***, but there are some awesome 2000's, that have been modified to replicated and in a lot of cases surpass the imports.

Difficult to make a comparison ...