2002 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Type UK Prodrive Style - A Rally Icon You CAN Afford

In today's video, I drive the first Subaru Impreza WRX STI model sold in the UK - badged appropriately as the "Type UK". This was the first time the STI had been officially sold here, after years of existing only as a grey import.
The car is fabulous, but there's one big problem that not many people are willing to discuss - so let's do that
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[@DanCohoon]

My sister's boyfriend had a tuned one of these when she was in college. When he came over for thanksgiving giving you could hear him coming from 1/4 mile away.

[@Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights]

Thanksgiving?

[@WithCarePlz]

1/4 mile? Why so close?

[@RSADYNAMICS]

😂 he is trolling hard .

[@WithCarePlz]

@@RSADYNAMICS when I’m clapping his sisters yeeks he’ll hear me coming from 2 miles away 😂 hope your sister is deaf- cuz I have muffler deletes

[@JP-cu2gm]

Was his car loud too?

[@TimChump]

Has to be the best sounding 4 cylinder engine ever made. 🎶

[@MrGwaldo]

Certainly one of the most recognisable. The later 2.5 litre cars somehow never sound as good.

[@NAmania]

Honda B18C , F20C and BMW S14 are also in contention for that title imo.

[@posniknelb6114]

Not the best. A ford BDA revving at 9 to 10 thousand rpm sounds way better. Most 4 cylinder bike engines sound way better, too.

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

It is

[@vrsmartin2981]

James: you know a subaru when you see one... You know a subaru when you hear one and you normally hear it before you see it. Almost like a chinook or an Aston Martin V12.

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Chinook ...I 100% get that, fantastic comparison :-)

[@drumpaul1347]

I stayed away from Imprezas for ages, due to the endless warnings about unreliability and chocolate gearboxes etc. I caved in 10 years ago and bought a 2005 WRX Blob Wagon, 122k miles and standard apart from a Prodrive Performance Pack and a Litchfield Handling Pack. More useful and in many ways more fun than the E39 M5 that I had before it. Ten years later?.........we still daily it. It works hard, doing gardening work (even pulling tree and hedge roots out with a rope), does tip runs, takes my drum kits to gigs, does house moves for friends and family, country lane blasts, family roadtrips,........and on and on. It's our van now really. It's now showing 168k miles, on the original engine, original gearbox, original turbo, original exhaust.....ORIGINAL CLUTCH!! It just won't die! Had it on the rollers at TEG Sport in December, and it showed 267 bhp and around 280 torque. Still worth as much as I paid for it too. I own faster and more valuable cars, but the Subaru is still the favourite car I've ever owned, and I've had about 45 cars.

[@Come_on_geeza]

When I was three years old my neighbour had one of these big eye Subarus and it’s the car that made me love cars

[@posniknelb6114]

It's the bug eye, not big eye.

[@Come_on_geeza]

@@posniknelb6114 Congratulations I made a spelling error

[@ChristianHiroseRomeoGraham]

I've always felt that the Bugeye headlights looked, by far, the best out of the 3 types.

[@doncorleon9]

Indeed. The bug eye is my best one too. Followed by the GC8, then hawk, then blob. These newer ones are just computers on wheels. Their design elicits no visceral connection.

[@knobrotknobrot]

One of the few then

[@maxmeier532]

What's the remarkable about cars like this, is the fact that they dont have the agressive mean eyes in the front, which most cars especially today have, even if it's a minivan. This bug eyed Impreza has a friendly face, yet it can pull like a mofo if pressed. So why do most other cars need to look like they want to assault you on the autobahn?

[@5555petros]

Sorry, Blobeye or nothing. At least Bugeye is better than Hawkeye.

[@BombSponge]

same, bought one last year and wish I'd bought one a few years ago when the prices were lower.

[@happyal27]

I think that as they become more and more valuable, you will find more unmodified ones, and those will be the ones that are getting the big money. One thing I've noticed about Impreza ownership, is that other owners are so friendly, you always get a wave from the middle aged man driving it, and the look of slight embarrassment from the lady in the passager seat :)

[@maxmeier532]

I hope they dont increase in value (more than inflation and maintenance stacking up). Not because then normal peopel cant afford them anymore, but because the fun of driving a car in my mind decreases with the sticker price. Is it fun to drive a 2 million bucks Ferrari? You cant park anywhere, every scratch costs you 10 grand. And you become a show off.

[@NathanElcoate]

Haha yes I'm 49 and daily drive a 2004 WRX :)

[@Falkenlp3]

Im 22 and drivin my 2006 STI, the kids and guys love it. I get constantly compliments for my car.

[@NathanElcoate]

@@Falkenlp3 Love it!

[@boosted38]

Im 49 and daily my 2003 uk sti ppp.. 4th impreza love em.

[@schwarzpm]

I've had my 2005 sti ppp for 14 years and still love it. A few small mods, mainly suspension related to help it on trackdays and that's about it. I genuinely don't know what I could replace it with unless I spent a lot of money so I think I'll just keep it and enjoy it.

[@davekennedy6315]

I would own one of these or an Evo in a heartbeat! These have to be some of the greatest all round and all weather fast cars to own and use on British roads. No matter what awful usual UK weather is thrown at you this will just lap it up. Very, very cool!

[@ricardosilva-xz1yt]

As clarkson ilustrated just a few weeks ago. Audi

[@davekennedy6315]

@@ricardosilva-xz1yt oh yeah, I LOVE Audi too! Quattro is superb!

[@connorprice1902]

i have a fq300 evo 8 and jdm prodrive. id choose prodrive round town all day and evo on open roads / motorways my fq doesnt really open up to mid3rd/4th which is already 160ks etc

[@davekennedy6315]

@@connorprice1902 that is motoring heaven with both cars, right there! Either car must be awesome but both make you a true award winning Petrolhead Legend!

[@stewartlewis3503]

This reminded of the immensely enjoyable JayEmm video where he and a friend thought they could rebuild their own WRX gearbox in his garage with no experience what-so-ever. Beautiful Dunning kruger effect case study.

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Ha, yep. Though we did put a new headlining in!

[@bigkaswrx8115]

Honestly I think a lot of people missed out on owning a truly special JDM car when these were really cheap. Im talking 8 years ago you could get a v5 STI 2 door for around £5-7k. A 1250kg, 280bhp turbo, mechanical adjustable diff, AWD JDM rocket which is as near as makes no difference a 22B without the bodykit 🤷‍♂️ I have a 1993 WRX i picked up for £1500 about 5 years ago, the same car is now worth £9k+ it really is ridiculous how expensive cars are getting ☹ but still subarus are tonnes cheaper than the equivalent evo/skyline

[@ericpisch2732]

When I ordered mine I was offered a PPP option by the dealer - Prodrive Performance Pack, new exhaust, intake and a stage 1 chip taking it over 300bhp

[@weemt07biker74]

Had a blob eye wrx for 8 years, loved it!!!!!

[@johnbewick1443]

Great review and is very appropriate to my ownership of a 2006 WRX Hawkeye. I have owned it from new and has covered a genuine 45000 miles. Was my daily driver until I retired 3 years ago and just get used occasionally these days. Whilst it has been modified it is a GB270 replica with similar accessories and remap putting out about 275 bhp. Had no issues with it and performance is superb…have upgraded the front brakes as you elude to. Haven’t the heart to sell it as I am attached to it having owned it from new… sounds great as well and a very practical car which was used for the weekly shop and ferrying my young grandson around in…keep up the great reviews 👍

[@DarrenJMHughes]

My dads had a 98 Impreza Sport, a 2003 WRX and a 2.0 GX sport. I’ve had a classic 2000 Impreza sport that I tastefully modified with the help of a certain Derbyshire specialist and really liked my car and enjoyed driving it. A friend had one of these and it was babied and very well cherished.

[@MichaelHanna-c5i]

I'm on my third modded Subaru hatchback - a 2012 STi - with a combined total of well over 400,000 miles on them. They are all rock solid reliable. The first two were WRXs - a bug-eye and a hawkeye. I used Cobb Tuning each time - they don't go nuts in their packages, their Stainless Steel exhaust is expensive but is in the Goldilocks zone for noise. I've upgraded the top-mount intercooler rather than switch to front-mount with super long pipes and a boost threshold of 5,000rpm. The stock turbo makes 400hp, 450ft-lb and the car is still on its original clutch at just short of 130,000 miles. I don't need more than that, and I totally believe that the car would become fragile and break if I tried to go much further anyway. Sensible mods, competently done, not pushing the envelope too far, that's the way to go. I know it's a cliche, but it's the way the car should have driven all along.

[@markweisgram155]

Excellent video imo. I think they drive great and are a lot of fun for the money. I don’t really care what people think, i am having a blast driving mine. I do think they are under appreciated for the fun value they provide 👍

[@jamesengland7461]

Yours and Mark Felton Productions are my two favorite theme music intros.

[@edwardobernardino4347]

I wanted a pre 2000 WRX from when I first seen one and they had the road runner advert... Now I just paid a deposit on a hybrid Rav4... Love the videos Jay ... Keep up the good work

[@StevenCoxAI]

I hope you caught the person that cut off your testicles 👍

[@londonman8688]

i love the estate version

[@MrMarkusmulder]

Loving the emotional way you speak about cars 💖

[@benjaminlocksmith8932]

I was hoping to buy one of these next year, The prices will go now James!

[@machidaman]

Love '90's Japanese motors - just pure unadulterated fun. Have owned Evo's and STi's and currently own a (100% standard and NO electronic aids, not even ABS) V5 STi Type RA that came back from Japan with me as couldn't bear to part with it. Have owned and driven loads of more modern European performance cars but... just don't do it for me in the same way.

[@adelinogoncalves1180]

Another one who owns an STI RA, u lucky bastards, I whish I could have one for free.

[@jamiemr2255]

Brilliant video thanks I have the blobeye version in o2c blue now I’m in my mid 30’s after I said as a teenager to my mate’s “one day I will get one of these” I would never be without one 👍

[@keheaven]

I got my o2c blobeye just over two years ago and also in my mid 30's. The car is not for sale and the reaction it gets is great. Owning the car of our teenage years! And lets be honest the Peter Stevens designed blobeye is the best! I mean he designed the McLaren F1 and 22B what more did you need as proof.

[@jamiemr2255]

@@keheaven definitely there’s just something about them that you don’t get with any other it’s unique. And yes the reaction is great 👍

[@David-xc4us]

The 2 litres r a stronger engine but I think the 2.5 litres r a much better drive….you’ll just need to drop in some forged pistons, up-grade the headgasket, use some head bolts and also I’d do a oil pick pipe and windage tray upgrade

[@PacerMotorsport]

Great comment, my current 470bhp STI has exactly all those things done

[@nickmurray721]

@@PacerMotorsport and mine!

[@andrewlee88]

you did it man - you got the bugeye that some of us had been clammoring for - well done and i plan to enjoy this episode!

[@carlwilliams3488]

May not be just cosmetic. The Prodrive exhaust system came in 3 flavours. A 2 box system on the WRX, a Single box system on the STi and an option of a sport cat in the STi. If this car has everything it might well have the sport cat too. I bought a Prodrive system from an STi for my WRX and it came with standard cat (owner had fitted something decatted and lairy) and I had to buy a prodrive sport cat separately. They make a decent difference.

[@sleebanger]

I've owned my 410hp 2002 wrx sti for 17 years now..... its still my favourite car. more enjoyable than anything else i've personally driven.

[@richardharrold9736]

Notification squad! Such variety on this channel - Bristols, a Vanquish and now a car for uncultured yobbos! I notice these are the same Wiltshire roads near Warminster you tested the Bristols on...

[@mitchsvideos]

I am one of the people who regularly swings between desiring one of these and looking down other people hooning about obnoxiously in heavily modified versions of them. I guess you could say I’m STi-curious 😂

[@Adey1979]

Loved the video and agree with everything you said. Have owned my blue and gold PPP widetrack Blobeye STI for 7 years now. Kept it completely standard and it still puts a smile on my face. Tempting fate but to this day it’s never let me down. Fantastic car.

[@matts7694]

Thanks for the great review, it’s a joy to see the older classics - I love driving my ‘18 STi, my wife still doesn’t understand my love for it!!

[@Mynansabrick]

ive had four of these over the years , withiut doubt amazing cars , the driving position is perfect and the way they make you feel is like no other car on the road

[@thedetailingdoctor5746]

I’m not a scooby guy but I’d happily own one for a while

[@dirkvanslooten2786]

A car that I had never really spent much time thinking about that surprised me when I drove it was the 370z. Also the Honda fit with a stick. Both fun cars that exceeded my expectations

[@DleguaL]

So?

[@242Evangelion]

Can't decide what is best. The sound or the car or that shirt. Keep up the good work with reviewing the best mix of cars.

[@marfrandema1884]

This DOESN'T look like Colin McRae impreza but to Richard's Burns Impreza from 01. With that car he won the championship that year. The bugeye was used in WRC from 01 to 02.

[@keheaven]

I thought the same while watching, Richard Burns in the shadow of Colin's legacy so much that the shape he won the world championship with getting atributed to Colin. Sure Colin McRae put blue scoobys with gold wheels in the public eye, but credit where its due to Burns and Petter Solberg, they were WRC world champs too!

[@jontheodore8450]

Great Video could not agree more Subaru WRX STI is Great car, have had loads of fun with them in the past..

[@davidwills4898]

I've owned my 03 STI for 16 years now, and it's only had one owner before me. I can't bring myself to part with it, after 136k of driving pleasure, it still runs sweet and owes me nothing.

[@matthewedwards1089]

I had a 2005 WRX Prodrive wagon. Simply superb. I couldn't part with it but bent it reversing in Tesco. They are hugely under rated. You need Michelin PCS tyres to get the best out of them. Utterly reliable.

[@Itsme-ce5od]

Wow. I was clinging on to your every word! Can’t tell you how much I appreciate you putting this out there. You have saved me great continuing efforts in trying to convince my entire family why I am NOT GETTING RID of my bugeye. 02C with the gold shoes!……unmodified btw! Au naturelle. What an amazing car 🚙 definitely a motoring and motorsport icon. Iv liked Iv commented and Iv Subscribed! 👍🏽❤️👊🏽

[@TheJustaviewman]

I had a WRX wagon. It had leather seats but strangely these were less desirable. Quite uncomfortable on your bum after long miles. But very exciting on the twisty stuff. The second favourite car ever.

[@christopherpollard7244]

JayEmm, appreciating a Subaru is doing awd donuts, and hooning around. They will blow head gaskets eventually regardless, may as well thrash em!

[@elnino7822]

Love these cars. Could you please review the 2016 civic type R FK2. It's one which doesnt get as much love as it should

[@Gadne92.5]

I've had MY05 STI, 997 Porsche, Ferrari 360 Modena, MY10 STI and another MY05 STI. And from all these the most I miss the collector grade euro-STI, which I sold to a European car collector for a quite hefty money. It was unmodified MY05 "blobeye" and only 50k miles driven "widetrack" one. Of course in WR blue. He'll do a real nuts n bolts restoration to it and at least it will end to someone's nice collection of 1990s, early 2000's rallycars.

[@PerformanceLifestyles]

Absolutely awesome cars, especially the Bugeye 👌 We were lucky enough to review a rare JDM S202 on our channel 🔥👌

[@richardhunt1384]

Had a 2004 WRX Wagon non molested totally standard, loved it. Practical being the Wagon and reasonably quick. Only thing I could never work out was to why Subaru didn't put baffles in the Sump.

[@HowdyJJE]

I’m not sure what’s louder, the car or your shirt 😊 Much love

[@fergalcummins3775]

Very enjoyable video to watch. Glorious details. Great content Jay. Keep it up bro.

[@matharris100]

My jdm wrx sti bug eye has a hks induction kit and a map runs with stock cats 370bhp every thing else part from fuel pump is stock welcome to try this if you would like and only 80000 kilometres on the clock .. mat

[@psircos]

It really is just the chav thing Jay. I'm older and wiser now, I'd consider one. Despite my Alfa fetish, I'm getting fed up having a winter and summer car. This is a fine allround machine, that you can still have loads of fun in, still take camping, take to the shops, do the school run, do the airport run blah blah blah

[@jsph3209]

I love simple cars

[@duncancampbell9490]

Wish I could get the OEM STI TYPE UK suspension for a refresh. Mine had a soft front LSD that soon wore-out and did little to help after six thousand odd miles.... The sixth gear synchro was made of cheese And the Brembos were almost good enough to manage a mere 340 bhp Mine ran 2 bar of boost for 70,000 miles before a refresh. Never ever let me down even once. Still have my blue/black mica one after 21 1/2 years The WYIOC used to regularly hire Blyton for get our anti-social antics over with in a safe environment.... P.S. The Hella FF1000 kit isn't on that car..... mine has the only one I ever found for sale. And a Whiteline rear ARB is a must buy !

[@RupertReynolds1962]

I always liked the WRX and especially the STi, but most of the modified ones left me cold--I think maybe the balue for money mesnt that owners modifying them didn't have much experience modifying cars :-) Never owned one (sob!) but I had an Audi Coupe quattro with wayward handling, and a different but very nice soundtrack :-)

[@BaddaBigBoom]

For me, my "gateway" was my Forester XT ..once bitten and all that. I now have a 2003 (blobeye) WRX STI with the Prodrive performance pack fitted from new, my one is in a slightly less shouty black but still with Prodrive gold wheels. Other than what Prodrive did, it's about 98% stock and I intend to keep it this way, though I might try to get better (and colder) airflow to the intake. I've only had it for three months and it stopped scaring the sh!t out of me after about two months of practice driving. I feel like we both know each other now :-) Thumbs up :-)

[@Let-Me-Do-My-Thing]

A brilliant video, I do love a Subaru

[@robertandrews6555]

😱 Used to blast my own 350bhp type uk around those roads, my uncle who used to race cars, blastrd it around the new forest at three figures was left astonishd by it, it was a horse of a car, was a blob eye though

[@michaelstaunton1632]

A really enjoyable & interesting video well done 👍👍

[@sputumtube]

Right, I've held it back long enough now, so here goes..... "where do you get your amazing shirts"?

[@JayEmmOnCars]

Claudio Lugli

[@sputumtube]

@@JayEmmOnCars Thanks. I'm on it.... ;)

[@JamesGadbury]

I appreciate the performance, value for money, rally pedigree and sound. Haven't driven one but I'm sure it's a fun drive. I'm just not a fan of the chavvy image (would rather be anonymous), styling and cheap looking interior / materials. They're also quite ubiquitous. How solid does the Impreza feel? Switch gear, doors, handles etc.? I like using and living with a car that feels well made. Doors that thunk give me great satisfaction 😊 What's it like to drive around town or on long journeys?

[@xrand0mx]

hah. I was looking for a v8 falcon, and ended up picking up a Gen 1 WRX GF8 for cheap. It was rusty, but Kickstarted 15 years of Subaru ownership. Had a few BMWs In that time and a Nissan truck for going bush, but soobs have been constant.

[@MrCreamlover]

I have a impreza s202 and that is as quick as a skyline r32/33 great cars

[@mokujinsan9946]

Absolutely stunning motor vehicle. 👌❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@niallmcmahon8748]

Regarding the steering, you'll be shocked the difference it makes changing the wheel for a Momo/Sparco smaller aftermarket wheel - the feel and feedback is transformed. Personally I think a wrx with PPP is the better car, certainly as a daily: just as fast as it's lighter, more comfortable and more economical. I've owned six of various flavours. Try an RB320 James. Not much different in spec but look and feel special. Leather seats or part leather is essential for the full ambiance. Talking myself into another one here ...

[@simonnorcliffe5877]

Subaru are freaking awesome

[@Quattro_Joe]

I’ve never owned a Scooby. I know of an RB5 locally that’ll be coming up for sale in the next year or so. I’ll be all over it. 🦾🦾

[@JohnDoe-tx2ys]

Will have to let you drive my RB320 once it's got the new engine in.

[@lukenevell5900]

I love my 02 sti its my wknd car as I have a modern bmw 4 series company car, it has been remapped to 335bhp and had some coilovers and a fast road geo setup and a back Box to unleash the Rumble but apart from that it's standard lol,Jay you forgot to mention that these have a semi forged engine and front and rear lsd diffs, I genuinely love myn just feels special.

[@MIK23458]

The early Bugeye STI had genuine forged pistons. It’s the later Blobeye that had the semi forged or hypereutectic pistons.

[@MrSunnyBhoy]

To answer your question, I think it's probably the design, it does look abnoxiois like the civi type R and ppl make up opinions based on that rather than how they drive.

[@Ayrton4everrr]

There was the 98 Sti Prodrive in the UK

[@yorkie4k]

My dad ordered one of these brand new in 2002. His had the smaller spoiler though

[@Goodman-4525]

Damn it James now that you've made a video of it we definitely can't afford it anymore!

[@15DEAN1995]

I have 5 cars in mind and I'd love to buy 1 of them in the next 3 years. Mercedes e55, vauxhall monaro, subaru wrx sti, lexus isf and jaguar xfr. 4 v8s and 1 flat 4 but all would get the same fuel economy lol (I've a funny feeling the lexus would be the best on mpg but you don't buy any of these for fuel economy)

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

I love my 98 Terzo.

[@arigato7788]

Tbh this one Impreza is more of a Burns and Solberg car than a McRae car.

[@dynamicserb7986]

If that's a prodrive model it's around 305bhp not 265bhp of the standard model as stated in the video.

[@andyhunt457]

I never really liked those mainly to do with the said image of drivers of a certain type.However now that they have all moved on to the Golf R etc I find myself looking more at them as I pass them.....hmmmm should I....

[@15DEAN1995]

As far as I'm aware the 2.0 flat 4 is the most reliable engine for the sti. I've read the 2.5 is not particularly reliable. Yet the 2.5 cars are worth substantially more than the 2.0s.

[@kcjones6034]

Great review. 😎👍"

[@gmain1977]

Prefer these than Modern Audi's and BMWs on finance. Those cars are about status. Scene in 90s and early 00s was better than now

[@gianpi1969]

you drove both the Golf Clubsport S and this Subaru. In your garage which one would you pick? (If you consider first enjoyment and drive experience and second holding market value).

[@leedstown]

I owned 5 wrx all silver saloons 2002 to 2005, I owned them from 2006 to 2010 I think they all cost me between £5500 to £5800, don't see them on the road any more

[@mugenman6]

Nothing like that fiendish EJ midrange lapping at your throttling sanity.

[@battfinkz]

The 5 speed gets too much hate in my opinion. As long as you're not slamming stupid power into the engine and dumping the clutch at 7k revs on launch everywhere they are just fine, mines on 145k miles and still feels tight and selects gears normally. I think alot of people just repeat things they've heard and not actually had a 5 speed fail on them Not only that but they are much better to actually drive than the 6 speed imo, you're forever changing gear in the 6 speed, the nice long gear lengths of the 5 speed are far better for a spirited drive on a B road. Just my opinion anyways 👌🏼

[@benpenagonzales6014]

James what’s the difference between a boxer, flat, and 180 V engine? If anything?

[@resnonverba137]

Test drove one of these in the mid 2000s and was left very disappointed. I much preferred the Evo of the time; the Evo 9 I believe. Driving dynamics aside, I found the iconic bonnet bulge a little irritating from the driver's seat.

[@madmatt5661]

People look down on them because of the type of people who drive them

[@LawrenceTimme]

I drive mine 3times a week

[@sidewayssam]

They are climbing n value., the “classic” shape has already taken off, and they were £2-3k cars

[@ralphpurves]

want another one please😁

[@6770connor]

A bit off the topic.. has anyone got or know anyone someone with a Porsche Carrera GT that Jay can review??

[@seinsmeld13]

I was going to buy one of these a few years ago. I passed over it for an Audi S3 as it had a far better interior. Take care Jay.

[@sonicallstarify]

Hey Jay what would be your advice if you wanted to run a 207 in the USA with our poorer fuel? Or is the 2.5 our best option

[@JayEmmOnCars]

That's a question for an engine specialist I think

[@lukearmitage1533]

The reality is they aren't that quick anymore golf R, Hyundai N and honda civic are much newer cars now and just as quick cheaper to run better infotainment much more reliable just as fun.if you have one tho keep hold of it they aren't bring the sti in any form lavorg or WRX to the UK so they'll go up in value.

[@G4RY1159]

The car that got away, ahhh life's regrets

[@Chris.Strange]

It's not snobbery, it's the bad interiors in many Japanese cars. It's what you see when you travel in them and no matter how good everything else is, if the interior is plasticky and cheap looking you will look for something else.

[@adelinogoncalves1180]

Probably I am still to young to talk, but if u are an enthusiast, who cares about interior?

[@TYAC_TPE_SF-Bay]

Every car in Forza franchise and GranTurismo franchise will and have been classic cars.

[@jochencooper2751]

I've got a 2001 p1, anyone on here interested in buying it?

[@TYAC_TPE_SF-Bay]

Head gasket, loud cabin, hard ride. It's a racing machine, not for cruise.

[@davekennedy6315]

At least in the Boy Racers hands they were actually being driven! All these JDM legends have been wrenched out the hands of true enthusiasts and into the hands of mega rich arsehole collectors and speculators. They will then reside in an air-conditioned garage where no one can see them. These type of cars in particular were DESIGNED and BUILT to be tuned up and driven like they've just been stolen and thats OFF ROAD! They aren't some delicate little perfectly balanced, fragile old school sports car.