So your not satisfied with the most value for money performance car you can buy and want something a bit more special? So what can you do to further enhance you enjoyment? You could go to one of many aftermarket tuning firms who offer quite an extensive range of goodies for the Impreza such as re-chipping the ECU, replacement exhausts, suspension, alloy wheels etc, but these could seriously endanger your existing Subaru warranty. One alternative available in the UK, which is Subaru UK backed (and thus you keep the warranty) is to upgrade your car with one of the many Prodrive extras.

Prodrive are based in Banbury, Oxfordshire and they are the people who have prepared the Subaru supplied rally cars for a number of years, winning the World Championship for driver and manufacturers title in 1995 and manufacturers in 1996 and 97.

As mentioned elsewhere on these pages, quite a lot of people who are in the market for the Turbo A.W.D. find the interior a bit bland particularly in the case of the pre 1997 model. The exterior can never be called bland with the huge bonnet mounted air scoop and (false) air vents but there will always be some who want something that bit more individual. Likewise there will be those who find they get used to the performance or who want to improve the handling or braking performance. This is where Prodrive come into the equation and they take your standard Impreza and add as many bits as you like.

A limited run of 25 cars were first produced in 1994, and one of these was reviewed in the June 1994 edition of Performance Car under the title of "The Chosen Phew". Suspension, wheels and tyres upgraded on the outside, with the Recaro/Prodrive interior treatment too. Brought to the unsuspecting public for just under £4000 more than the standard turbo. Prices have gone up since then. :-)