Race Retro Classic & Competition Car Sale 2020 21st - 23rd February 2020

Race Retro Classic & Competition Car Sale 2020 42 Competition Cars - Friday 21st February 2020 • Subaru’s ‘factory’ Impreza S12B (WRC2007) campaigned in six rounds of the 2007 WRC by Petter Solberg • Accompanied by its FIA Gold Book confirming that ‘PR0GDB06014’ finished 2nd in Rally Portugal and 3rd in Greece • Campaigned in several rounds of the 2008 and 2010 WRC by Mads Ostberg. Finland 2010 (7th) and Rally GB 2010 (9th) • Recent engine, gearbox and turbo rebuild by respected marque and model experts • On offer with a large spares package (a full list will be available at the sale) • Poignantly, the last car driven in public by the late, great Colin McRae (2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed) • A real collector’s item - special provenance but still able to be used for what it was originally designed to do Subaru’s first venture on to the world rally stage was at the 1980 Safari Rally with the less than competitive Leone model, and the arduous African event would remain the focus of the firm’s rally campaign for those first few years. In 1990, the commencement of what would turn out to be a highly successful partnership with the Prodrive of Banbury enabled Subaru to undertake a full international season for the first time. Despite adequate power from the Legacy 4WD’s turbocharged engine, and the presence of Finn Markku Alen in the Prodrive works team, outright victory at international level continued to prove elusive, though Scot Colin McRae’s back-to-back RAC Open Championships in 1991 and 1992 hinted at greater things to come. Following the arrival of the new Impreza Turbo model in 1993, Subaru made its long-awaited breakthrough in August of that year when Colin McRae/Derek Ringer in the Prodrive-prepared Impreza 555 won the New Zealand Rally, the marque’s first major international success. The following season brought three more World Rally Championship (WRC) victories – two for McRae and one for Carlos Sainz – before Subaru finally achieved its long-sought goal of outright victory in the World Championship in 1995. In a closely fought contest, Subaru team-mates McRae and Sainz won five of the eight rounds between them – the split being three/two to the Spaniard – with the Drivers’ Championship eventually decided in the Scot’s favour by virtue of his greater consistency. Subaru also claimed the Manufacturers’ title, a feat it would repeat in 1996 and again in 1997. Further Drivers’ World Championships were secured in 2001, courtesy of the late Richard Burns, and in 2003 when Petter Solberg emerged triumphant. Subaru pulled out of the WRC at the end of the 2008 season citing the economic downturn then affecting the automotive industry for their withdrawal. According to the accompanying Gold Book, the stunning Subaru Impreza WRC S12B (PRO.GDB.06.014) on offer here was campaigned in six rounds of the 2007 WRC driven by the legendary driver, Petter Solberg and some notable results include a worthy second place in Rally Portugal and a hard-fought third in Greece in the talented hands of the Norwegian ace. The FIA Gold Book also notes entries during the 2008 season in the Rally Acropolis and Rally Finland with the up LOT 220 Registration: FT56 SRT Chassis Number: PR0GDB06014 Estimate: £180,000 - £210,000 2007 Subaru Impreza WRC S12B More Images Lot 220 Bid On Lot 220

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