MY WEEK IN CARS

Steve Cropley

MONDAY New cars are the bread of life for us, but some create such a frenzy that we fight every day to be first with the latest. One prime target lately has been Prodrive’s P25, the £500,000-plus, 25-off, all-sold iteration of the famous 1990s Subaru Impreza 22B homologation special, based on rare genuine bits but optimised with new materials and technology so that it’s lighter (1100kg) and more powerful (400bhp) than before. After some polite hounding from me, Prodrive boss David Richards sent a note to say that while official drives aren’t yet on the agenda, I was welcome to drop into the company’s Banbury headquarters to hear the latest. The prototype is being enthusiastically beaten up on various UK test tracks by David Lapworth, Prodrive’s resident 22B guru. Richards…

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Autocar (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 3, 2022

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