The Limited Edition Impreza GB270 Released in the UK

[409industries]

The Limited Edition Impreza GB270 Released in the UK
British Subaru fans will have to hurry to grab one of 300 Subaru Impreza GB270 saloons or of 100 GB270 Sport Wagons. The very last special edition of the outgoing Impreza will carry £7,000 to £7,600 of additional equipment available at a price, which is only £1,898 and £2,898 more expensive than the standard versions of respective models.
The GB270 means here that Subaru regards WRC Wales Rally GB as its most successful stage in the world rally series and that the cars are equipped with the 270 PS performance pack from Prodrive. With the pack installed, the vehicle’s engine gets power boost by 40 PS and a torque increase by 74 lb-ft to 310 lb-ft.

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Not that you’ll get an asphalt burner from that but Impreza’s zero to 60 mph acceleration time is decreased from 5.9 to 5.3 seconds and zero to 100 mph time is slashed by 0.5 seconds to 13.9 sec.
The performance pack is matched with lowered springs, ‘quickshift’ gear shifter larger-diameter 18x7.5ins GT1 alloy wheels. Special carpet mats, MOMO ‘Air-Race’ gear knob and GB270 badges and interior plaques with each vehicle’s individual number will further increase prospective driver’s self esteem
The Subaru Impreza GB270 will also be equipped with a WRC-style rear spoiler, STI front lip spoiler, stainless-steel mesh front grille and silver-finished alloy wheels.

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The GB 270 Sports Wagon will also receive an appearance package consisting of a rear waist spoiler, front and rear aero splash guards, rear privacy glass, black stainless-steel mesh front grille and gloss-black alloy wheels.
Features:
Impreza WRX carpet mats
Momo Air Race aluminium gear knob
Quickshift gearbox
Prodrive Performance Pack boosting power to 270PS and torque to 420Nm.
plus STYLING FOR THE SALOON
Silver wheels
Bright stainless-steel mesh front grille kit
WRC Style Boot Spoiler
STI Front Lip Spoiler
Rear Under Spoiler
plus STYLING FOR THE SPORTS WAGON
Gloss black wheels
Black stainless-steel mesh front grille kit
Rear waist spoiler
Rear Aero splash guard
Front Aero splash guard
3M “Panther” Autofilm rear window tinting
The Limited Edition extra value specification pack
WRX sports spring kit
18” x 7.5” GT1 wheels with ‘six-stars’ centre cap

Uprated rear anti-roll bar
Saloon: Just £22,995 OTR Sports Wagon: Just £22,995
SOME very special OPTIONAL EXTRAS
AUDIO ENHANCEMENT PACK:
Clarion DVD SatNav
Clarion iPod adaptor
Subaru Bluetooth ‘phone kit
£1,750 (fitted)
GB270 embroidered black leather seat and door trim
£1,400 (fitted)
GB270 embroidered black Alcantara and leather seat and door trim
£1,600 (fitted)
3M “Panther” Autofilm window tinting for the Saloon
£405 (fitted)
For full information contact your local authorised Subaru Dealer

[rollo]

The GB270 means here that Subaru regards WRC Wales Rally GB as its most successful stage in the world rally series

Jeez.. that's a reach. More glamourous than "the GB270 means that we're trying to shift old stock asap so we can get the new models out into the marketplace" I suppose :D

[409industries]

true true. This is a dated article from back in the middle of the year...

[Azewaldo]

They rule for producing a wagon version.

[JacksonRally]

Ooo looks like the wagon has a new handle in the back (mid spoiler)...any more pics?

[409industries]

theres lots of pics on the source page. Its at the bottom of the original article in the news section...

heres the link, i decided to not be lazy.

http://www.gb270.co.uk/

[JacksonRally]

Thanks, aparently I was lazy.

[lorenkb]

Damnit all, why can't we get modded wagons? I want a wagon with 310 ft-lbs torque stock! That, and how are they getting 35/30 MPG?

:cry:

[rollo]

Damnit all, why can't we get modded wagons? I want a wagon with 310 ft-lbs torque stock! That, and how are they getting 35/30 MPG?

:cry:

Something seems fishy about that, the STI makes considerably less torque.

As for the gallons.. well the gallons are bigger in the UK so that definitely helps - 35/30 miles per imperial (UK) gallon = 30/25 miles per US gallon. And those figures are always fudged as you know.

[lorenkb]

Oh for cryin out loud.. they changed how much a gallon is? Why not just stick with good old kilometers and liters then?

[rollo]

Oh for cryin out loud.. they changed how much a gallon is? Why not just stick with good old kilometers and liters then?

Umm.. well I guess.. in 1824 at least, when the UK officially adopted the "ale gallon", as opposed to the smaller "wine gallon" which by then was the de facto standard in the US. At least according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon).

We don't use kilometers (or even kilometres) in the UK, it's still all miles and mph. Fuel is sold in litres, but fuel consumption is still measured in MPG cos "litres per 100km" doesn't make any sense when you still use miles.

So, in short, the system of measurement in the UK is beyond messed up.

[donutking]

the brits always get everything better!

[Team Illuminata]

the brits always get everything better!

I'll second that, at least when it comes to motorsport goodies.


Brit Abroad

[overtheover]

check out the website, its pretty sweet
http://76.12.24.143/

[snowman87]

WANT! (the wagon of course, thats thing is sick.)

[Full Boost]

The wagon looks amazing. Love the black rims.

[409industries]

They should do more wagon special editions. Things like the STi forester.

Maybe a STi outback???

[AllWheelsDriven]

i am in love wiht that wagon!!!!

[vaderSTI]

that wagon is awsome , why cant we get stuff like that in the us:(