There never was a 'hawk eye' STI wagon, but Prodrive's one-of-100 special came mighty close
There never was a 'hawk eye' STI wagon, but Prodrive's one-of-100 special came mighty closeLong before Subaru launched STI in the UK, Prodrive was already doing its best to provide Britain with a steady stream of pumped-up WRXs for rally fans to live out their Colin McRae fantasies by sliding into ditches.
Even with the barrage of STI specials during the '00s, the best stuff still came from Prodrive: namely the oh-so noughties WR1 built to celebrate Petter Solberg’s title in 2003 and the menacing RB320 that marked the many achievements of the late Richard Burns. Moreover, the boffins in Banbury also worked their rally magic on some of the regular Imprezas, which essentially served as a more affordable sub-STI WRX.
There’s more Prodrive goodness underneath. The rally team fitted its own sports suspension, lowering the ride height by 30mm up front and 10mm at the rear, as well as an anti-roll bar at the back, which helped to nail down the handling of the standard car. And of course it wouldn’t be a Prodrive special without a new set of alloy wheels a beefier body kit and a mesh grille, which is thankfully black on this car as opposed to the chintzier silver option.
What’s extra special about this particular GB270 is that it’s a Sports Wagon. An Impreza estate is always going to score more kudos points, but the GB270 version is especially cool because it’s the fastest hawk-eyed wagon ever made. Subaru released STI versions of the bug and blob eye Sport Wagons in Japan, but it never got around to doing the same for the final facelift.
They’re incredibly rare, too. Prodrive specials were often only built in the hundreds, with the GB270 being no exception: just 400 examples were produced for 2007 and only 100 of those were Sport Wagons. Couple rarity with the optional Alcantara seat upgrade on this 72,000-mile example and you get an asking price of £17,995. That’s STI money, frankly, and thiswith a few more miles on the clock can be had for around £7k less.
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