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Subaru Impreza 22B STiBorn from rally. At home anywhere.
A championship silhouette, alive in Hong Kong.
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A competition silhouette, made just civil enough for the road.
Built in 1998 to mark Subaru’s fortieth year and a third consecutive World Rally Championship manufacturers’ title, the 22B turned rally theatre into something you could drive home.
The stance, vents, wide arches, and gold wheels are not decoration. They are the memory of an era, compressed into two doors and a short wheelbase.
From the archive
Small details. Lasting mythology.
Three details worth a closer look. Open a note.
01 · The numbered run400A very short invitation.Read noteClose note
Subaru’s March 1998 announcement put a number on the dream: 400 examples for Japan, with a numbered console plaque. That is the Japanese-market run, not a claim that only 400 existed worldwide. The silhouette celebrated three consecutive manufacturers’ world rally titles.
02 · The rear wing17°Not simply a silhouette.Read noteClose note
The 22B’s rear wing could be manually adjusted between two settings, 17 degrees apart. Even the most recognisable part of the outline had a job beyond looking like the rally car.
03 · Hidden in plain sightTiEven the badges matter.Read noteClose note
Past the wide arches and gold wheels sits a quieter indulgence: titanium STI emblems on the front fenders. A small material choice, easily missed in photographs, that tells you how carefully this limited series was considered.
Blue and gold
No introduction
required.
The boxer
Compact. Boosted. Immediate.
Under the scoop, the flat-four grows to 2,212 cc. Subaru tuned the extra capacity for stronger low- and mid-range torque: the 22B’s appeal is not only a wider silhouette, but the response beneath it.
Inside
Purpose without performance theatre.
The cabin is almost ordinary until the white dials, blue inserts, red stitching, and numbered plaque begin to tell the truth.
Hong Kong
A rally legend,
reframed by the city.
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