Prodrive P25 - £500k Subaru Impreza 22B restomod | evo REVIEWS
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2023
- A contemporary reimagining of Subaru's iconic Impreza STI 22B, the £500,000 Prodrive P25 filters decades of motorsport expertise into one magnificent road car. Dickie Meaden puts it through its paces.
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Cant believe it hasn't got gold wheels, blue with gold wheels is the ultimate subaru combo!
The p1 didnt either. Its a prodrive thing
these silver have the same hue as the P1, it doesn't get better than this. Gold are for every other Subaru, not this...
Gold for 22B, Silver for P1/P25. Helps differentiate JDM from UKDM a little more.
More Dickie Meaden and Steve Sutcliffe por favor. These guys together with Chris Harris and Catchpole made EVO the greatest mag for car enthusiasts.
Add Jethro in there and we’re golden
@@janson2911 Cant believe I forgot Jethro, His 458 speciale review was next level. But I think he was on a video on this channel a short while ago. Steve too.
Haven't seen Meaden is ages!
@@LCOF Same, I thought he was gone for good. I was so happy to see him again although he looks sad in this video for some reason
All 4 amazing and John too. Did his Capri get finished ever ?
I love how the camera angle is gyro stabilized, and you can see how the car reacts over bumps and responds to steering inputs. Brilliant.
Looks reminiscent of an Insta360 camera and post processing to reframe the shot based on internal g sensor. I’m still getting used to mine but it’s a pretty cool setup.
@@ALMX5DP Yeah and I noticed you can also see if the car is going up hill or down hill or tilting from side to side. Pretty cool! Yeah must be post processing editing or it would constantly go way out of frame around corners. Maybe that's what the B-roll shots were for?
It's not gyro stabilised - it's just software stabilising based on the horizon/hills visible out of the side window. Up/down stabilisation is fine the left/right panning is horrible.
@@HondaExige1 ok sizzlechest
@@bwxmotoThat’s the advantage with a 360 camera, nothing is ever out of (the recorded)frame, you just need to post process to pick out what you actually want to see.
What Clarkson and the Ariel were to facial reconstruction, Dickie and the P25 are to vocal modulation.
Iconic 😂
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
22B is THE BEST looking Impreza ever!
Gotta agree, everything except those wing mirrors! Still waiting for someone to do a whale tail Cossie restomod!
Nope, a wagon is better
Nah its the P1😅
Outside of the front lights on this car (which feel rather "Amazon aftermarket"), this has to be one of the coolest Japanese resto-mods on the market. Takes me back to Colin McRae hooning the original through a forest at break-neck speeds with a body panel missing and a tire gone. Pro-Drive hit it out of the park with this one! Bet it drives like a dream!
I agree, the headlights remind me of the cheap BMW angel eye kits
OEM headlights and tail lights would suit the build better, but it's not like I could afford it anyway.
I wish we could have gotten a deep dive into the rebuild process as I think many people would like to understand how much R&D and labor went into these. Most people seem to think Prodrive just ordered some gearbox and coilovers and some bodywork and screwed it all together. I think this car is hiding a lot of R&D and manhours and I would love to see what went into making these cars happen.
Working for prodrive, I can tell you that hundreds of engineering and testing hours have gone into the P25:
All new suspension geometry with bespoke hubs, Reworked heads, dozens of different tyres tested, hours of testing and programming etc
Max respect to Prodive.
Also a reminder that the UK has some incredible independent subaru specialists who can renovate, and modify subaru.
This is a high end car. The £30k all in builds are still, extremely good cars!
Dickie, you are a hero to those of us who might never get the chance to own/steer a £500k Impreza. Thanks for all the drives we’ve lived vicariously through you and the Evo boys.
Little disappointed that Richard Burns wasn't really mentioned.
One of the best car videos I’ve seen this year 👏 nostalgia is heavy.
Always wanted one, never did. This is the best version I could ever dream of.
The flat four rumble was so intoxicating!
Slightly off topic I remember you could pick up an ex demo P1 for 30k. From a dealer.
Cars were so much more wonderful back then
I mind seeing a 22B for sale for £18k. And a Type UK for £36k.
Great film. I just sat out in the evening sun reading EVO 314. Dickie, the R8 / Huracan piece was just wonderful writing, and the photography was not bad either.
I subscribed as an international reader to EVO after Performance Car ended. I kept reading everyone from Dickie here to Jethro to Harry to Catchpole and many others. I wish I had kept my subscription going but the internet and YT and the availability of magazines on my Kindle killed actual physical reading materials like books and magazines like this! Btw I absolutely love this car. I had a GC8 that was tastefully modified here in the states that I loved dearly for fifteen years before I gave it to a college bound kid of a friend 😢
Same. Was a big fan of Performance Car and was gutted when it ended. One day, I was on my way to the NEC motor show in Birmingham, and we stopped at the services where I noticed a car magazine called EVO that I had never seen before. I started reading it and noticed all these familiar names and then realised it was all the guys from PC, was so happy and subbed straight away. Good time's.
awesome video quality. don't often watch this channel and I've obviously been missing it. car not too bad ;)
Thanks Dickie, grateful to see you hosting again.
I believe they missed the point entirely. The magic of wrx was the performance relative to cost ratio. You'd have to be stupid or stupid rich to pay close to a million dollars for this, or any other vehicle.
They didnt pay homage to the street car WRX, they paid homage to the WRC car that they built for Colin Mcrae and that is a competition rallycar not a econobox semi-sportscar. When a company like Prodrive is tasked to do a nut and bolt rebuild with proprietary parts it´s not going to be cheap how ever you look at it as they could have spent that time building actual rally cars which cost the same.
Never have I seen a road car with one up one down suspension like this. What a motor 👏👏
Brilliant film, more content like this please evo
Great to see Dickie review something again; the car seems surprisingly quiet from the inside, but you can also see the car is fidgeting about a surprising amount over the bumps on that B-road even at a reasonable sedate pace..!
I really miss Subaru's WRC days. That video brought good memories back. Thank you.
What an incredible car. It would be great to see it in full attack mode on an appropriate track, against some suitable competition. As soon as possible, please.
25 years. Quarter of a century!
Remember picking up a copy of issue 1 off the bar in the Nags Head. Someone from the EVO office had left it there. Bought a copy from WH Smith’s in MK. Been a subscriber from issue 2.
I remember reading that edition with the 22B. What a beast of a motor.
An old landlord of mine had a 22B, great machine. The headlights on this one look like they should be on a Saxo, Halfords specials.
Great explanations about everything, nice work and beautiful car!
RM doing youtube video reviews?! More please! JB too if he fancies it. This is what made EVO great all those years ago, highly descriptive impressions and insights so you get a real idea of what the car is actually like to drive....no BS, no fake narrative. Great stuff EVO.
What a stunning thing, definitely going in my dream garage. 👌
God bless Evo! Just fell in love with Kimera EVO37 and thought about this car and how it would compare! Thank you!
Great video to watch. Thank you
Fantastic review thanks Richard
One of the best car journalists around old school and what’s car a shows what people really want in their cars but sadly there’s only a few people in the world that’ll really experience that with this car 👍
Great vid, Dickie, thanks mate.
Cracking car - half a million quid is nuts, but it looks and sounds worth it.
Luv this as a kid growing up seeing this type of car in rally and also on the road i fall in luv with this model have to get one 🔥
It seems bumpy. You can hear it in Dickie Meaden's voice
The looks, the purity of the driving experience… BIG WANT!!
Does Dickie actually like the car? He's coming off like a hostage reading a prepared script with a terrorist with an assault rifle no doubt lurking just off screen.
It's because the ride is so stiff he can't talk
I think he’s also trying not to howl with glee! He loves it
Evo have been known to sell out, even to lower reviews for competitors. Take everything they say with a pinch of salt
I was fortunate to be the first owner of a Catalunya and a RB5, both iconic cars, I wish I kept them both. If money was no option I would definitely buy one. I still remember my first test drive and seeing over that huge bonnet scoop, handing and acceleration was on another level, well done Prodrive for bring the true Scoobie back!
Still an absolute weapon, what an iconic car
The car is badass. I like how it’s a subtle blending of the original car and modern tech
His voice :D
Suspension is h a a r r d
I have mixed feelings about this. I love seeing a 22B-ish car. Love that it has a modern interior. But I just cant get over the price. You can buy the genuine thing for much less. Also, I would say Prodrive are putting out a 100% top quality product, but there are other companies that can do similar projects, for a lot less. A LOT less. I would love to be able to get that dash though, in even a standard GC8.
Just a way to make more money which is what companies are there to do. But I wouldn’t spend £500k on a Suburu.
What are you talking about? Singers are $1m cars and they are much less sphisticated in terms of technology. Not to mention they made 200+ of the classic study cars, not only 25 like Poodrive did (which has a HUGE effect on the price, as develpment cost are considerable). Good luck making one for less.
@@Elberoth incredibly shortsighted. The obvious answer to this is look at a mainstream manufacturer like Ferrari etc where they can also build a limited production car for much less.
But I'm not talking about that. Ferrari can build you an ENTIRE car for less. This is smaller in scope, because the original chassis is used. If you went to Roger Clark, or Scoobyclinic, or many others that specialize in Subarus, you could get a similar product for much less.
@@bigrobsydneynot with a full carbonfibre body
@@pauldavies7251 I think this car has its quarter panels in carbon, not the whole car. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Wow, this is such an interesting and exciting model over latest Subaru Wrxes. Interior and exterior are way better in design than the original too. Prodrive should build the 4 door restomod version too!
Having watched Colin McRea drive a P25 in the day and seeing it reproduced to such a standard and homage is brilliant. Well done Prodrive.
Dickkkkie you are one of the great motor journalists gods!!!! If I’m ever down I just need to watch you in the lotus 26R and I always smile!!! Welldone EVO!!! Keep up the great work!!!
"if in doubt, flat out" great video.
500.000 ponds? Seriously?
That's a lot of water.
i've never seen anybody driving a car in a review so obviously being shaken around by the absolute lack of suspension as Meaden! He could hardly speak. I used to own an 03 plate WRX from new, which I had the Subaru garage add the Provide Performance Pack, and since the suspension was too soft the stiffer springs which I didn't know lowered the car too. In addition STi wheels that came off the WR1 when that came in to the country. This combination was excellent. Far better throttle response with less pronounced turbo lag and smoother from off boost and into boost. Road holding with the RE070 tyres was excellent, but the spring kit was just perfect for the local B roads. Better body control, which I was looking for, but able to absorb all the bumps. Yet still a comfortable drive. Probably quite unique combination but it really suited the car and the car really suited the roads around me. I miss that car.
Same! He's in a paint shaker!!! I had a 2005 WRX PPP. I put it on eibach springs and KYB shocks because the OEM upside down dampers were shot, and it handled great and rode like a dream. This thing has the spring rate of concrete and he utterly fails to mention it. A more supple car would be faster, easier to drive and closer to the WRC cars which had pliant damping and travel!!! And let's not forget the joy of a WRX was anyone could afford one.
@@WeirdNeville I now feel validated that someone else decided to change their springs too! A WRC car has compliance, and rides smoothly, not this one Meaden was in. For him to be shaken around and hardly mention it is so strange!
So glad you enjoyed your WRX too, and you're absolutely right. The price point for such performance was more accessible than any other time.
@@johnsim3722 A WRC car rides smoothly at competition speed, but when driving them at pedestrian speeds the suspension is extremely firm and rough. Basically the faster you hit a bump with a rally suspension the less you notice it
@@SteveHarrellRally Its been a while since I watched WRC (they seem to have imploded with some daft paywall decisions in the past), but I don't recall them being as shaken as badly as Meaden was between stages where they're not at competition speeds. Yes, suspension is like a high pass filter where higher frequencies of bumps are passed through. Faster you go, higher the frequency, the more compliant the suspension becomes. But I can't see anybody taking this car out on a rally stage. I think they've misjudged where the suspension settings should be on this car.
@@johnsim3722 I've spent a fair bit of time in cars fitted with those suspensions. I assure you, they're very unpleasant at/below the speed limit. You're certainly right about the most of the customer base never using the suspension in anger, but at the same time I think not giving it proper rally suspension would've gone against the point of the car: making it as close to an authentic works rally car as possible while still being streetable.
This was a fantastic production. So much want for this car.
So curious how it compares to the MCC Maturo integrale, which seems designed to deliver such similar capabilities (rally car experience to the road, 400hp,AWD, 90s styling) at a comparable price tag. Trust it to be a great experience testing both as well ;-)
It appears to be quite a bumpy ride.
It sounds like he's giving his commentary whilst sat on a washing machine!
It's not built for comfort
The looks, the purity of the driving experience
What a thing, and will hopefully garner the attention of a new generation of enthusiasts who will keep these Grp A era Imprezas running when we all retire from them. What's great for the average punter is that 90% of what Meaden said about this car could be applied to a factory GC8 Type RA or R, at 1/20th of the price. Plus you get one of the most tactile manual gearboxes of all time in those. They ride beautifully as well, and are devoid of all the modern driver assist that buffer driver from machine. I have an RA and each time I drive it I'm smitten again; tactile, agile, balanced and so direct. My ultimate road car.
Wicked machine. The most exciting in a long time.
I recall marshalling on Rally GB in 2000 and seeing these cars on full chat over the Halfway stage and on other stages. It was Petter Solberg, Juha Kankkunen and Richard Burns who were driving for the works team.
I guess the suspension is a bit stiff as it seems to be making you sound like Audrey Hepburn in her later years.
500k for a low level tuner headlights look... not bad prodrive... suspensions looks stiff as hell. Even his voice is vibrating
I noticed that as well. You can hear his voice vibrating with the harsh ride. half a million bucks for a tuner suby? Just nuts.
Yeah who's idea was the eBay lighting?
Looks awful
Genuine parts is the way to go
@@ArtVandelayOfficialin the magazine article they mention some top boyo drive the car home and was so upset with the lights they designed new brighter ones but they had to conform to all the new EU regulations. Bit more work than some ebay projectors
22b😍😍😍😍my dream car..still is...what a machine
Nov '99, I borrowed a standard Mk1 1Turbo for a few days... just like the P25, it was just on rails, on wet cold leaf-covered country lanes. Never driven a car like that since.
Great job Dickie
Gorgeous car and a top notch review - thank you. Does anyone know those roads? They look amazing.
Great journalism 🤝
Damn that was good to watch!!!
thanks Dickie!
Resto-mod is something you do to a muscle car. Bigger, newer engine and brakes, new paint job, interior etc. This is re-engineering re-imagining a concept. It’s superb.
De pie señores , a mi gusto la mejor marca de vehículos de todas ❤. Gracias Subaru, gracias Pro Drive. Una verdadera obra de arte este auto de carrera. De calle. Una 💣🏁
I would rather have this car than any hypercar if I could afford it of course 😊.This is what I call a dream car especially if you have been born in the late 70s or 80s....a true drivers car.....
The microphone you’re using is incredible.
HALF A MILLION QUID?????? In a hot second, if I had the money. A big thank you for this vid and the article in issue 313 every continued success gentlemen.
That front end lets it down massively. The original looked amazing. Some bit of kit though.
I must build an attachment to my dream car garage. THAT will be in there!
Analogue is perfectly fine with me ❤️
Hilarious wobbly voice Dicky!
The car looks sensational!!!!!
The most beautiful and purposeful car Subaru has ever built.
Fab resto from Prodrive. Dream On.
What B road was this segment filmed on? Awesome scenery
Amazing car, slightly (for now) out of my budget but I imagine it must be bollocks to drive ! You guys at EVO should consider an all GrA rally car test (like in the old days with the numerous Impreza and Eco road tests....). But for this one you should take all the eye watering expensive but magnificent remakes.
The P25 ,Best Impreza, Maturo Lancia Delta, Redux M3 to name a few, there are more out there....and compare them with their (OEM) grandfathers....
Should be an intresting test.
Superb vid
Shame Prodrive couldn't offer something around the 60k mark. Another great vlog from Evo mag
It's not profitable for them.
Wild to think that this is one of the most exciting, rally car recreations ever made, and Dickie sounds about as excited as he would be if he was talking about his new microwave lololol
Fantastic roads, where was this filmed? Looks like roads around the Lake District...
The suspension on that car seems as forgiving as sitting on a rock. 😬
Yeah. You can hear it in his voice 🙃
Front bumper doesn't work for me. Also amazed that Colin Mcraes Legacy sold at auction for less than one of these.
Also, why does it have slots for rear seat belts in the C pillar trim when it's caged and 2 seater only? His voice is very jumpy, that must be a crap ride!
Whoever did the carbon fibre bodywork really did a fantastic job, very tasty!
here before 1 million views.
wish someone does this build for every car platform in richard burns rally
It's gorgeous
Send it man! 13 mins and you don't even drive it hard.
Because he'd crash. This car has no road holding.
He scared
555 was a legend❤
What are the brand/model of these bucket seats? Are they Recaro?
I am a long time Evo Magazine fan. Pretty much from the beginning. We need more videos from this team. Quality videos all the time and a great Magazine. I love the car, question the price tag however.
Same brother , my father had 3 generations of them VIII,XI & X from 2003 - 2015 . It was really a pleasure.
Where os the road that this was filmed on?
Can you get one with slightly softer suspension?
Love how the Poms say "Impretza"
Good video. Question - why was the presenter audo so shaky? Was he okay? Maybe just an encoding thing.
Does anyone know where this was filmed?
A modern car I actually like!
Where was that filmed? The roads look epic ❤
That's the A708 Moffat to Selkirk road, most of this video looks like it has been filmed between grey mare tail and St Mary's loch area of the road.
Absolute dream of a car and instantly recognised the road.. (A708 Moffat to Selkirk for anyone curious)
I love this modern version of the Subaru Evo with carbon fibre parts the two things i don't like for me it's has a little less horsepower than i would like it to have and the other thing is the price £500 thousand pounds is to much, but i suppose because it limited to a small number of the P25 being built which makes it quite special.
If I had F U money. This would be something I would consider. I appreciate the paddle shifters but I would love an H pattern/clutch manual. Great video!!!
Oh my lawd... that's some sex right there. I hope Bucky Lasek paints his Buckit one day, as he has a lot of sweet body parts and rally accessories on his impreza. If any of you haven't seen the build of it, go check it out!