The Subaru Impreza P1 has gained somewhat of a cult status. Although the 22B Subaru Impreza is considered the ultimate collectors Impreza the P1 definitely poses some serious competition. The P1 was a joint development venture between the Japanese factory, Oxfordshire based company Provide. These are the people who helped Subaru to international Rally success and again they decided to come to Subaru’s rescue with helping in the development of the P1 (Provide 1).

The P1 was originally released as a two-door saloon with a revised version of the rally engine with recalibrated electronic controls which develop no less than, brace yourself for this, 280bhp which is 69bhp more than the standard Impreza Turbo. Throw in with that quick shift gear linkage, freshly tweaked suspension, a big-bore exhaust and 17 inch titanium-finish alloy wheels and you have something quite special in the offing.

When Subaru started the development of the P1 they had two clear goals the first being to win back the buyers who were buying more faster Japanese import market spec. Impreza’s and the second one, well does it even need to be said? Well for those of you without an ounce of car knowledge it was to make the top Impreza faster than the Lancer Evo VI which was produced by Mitsubishi, who are also highly renowned for their international rally success.

All in all the production of Subaru’s against Mitsubishi’s is to see who makes the better car and ultimately the faster car, you decide.