As some of the prolific names within the motorsport’s historical past, it’s no shock that his private Subaru 22B can be auctioned off at a excessive worth, however R11 million is unbelievable.
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There’s a way to the insanity. This instance of the legendary 1998 Subaru Impreza STi 22B is one in every of three prototypes bearing a #000/400 chassis number. The three prototype models went to Prodrive’s David Lapworth, McRae’s co-driver Nicky Grist and the notorious Scotsman. Thoughts you, solely 424 models have been ever constructed!
The 22B was delivered to life as a commemoration of the agency’s fortieth anniversary and its third WRC producers’ win. As such, the underpinnings of the 22B intently resembled that of the WRC automobile on the time. The body was a seam-walled bodyshell that housed the esteemed EJ22 four-cylinder boxer engine. Supporting powertrain elements included a twin-plate racing clutch, stronger drive shafts, adjustable entrance and rear differential and sizable brakes.
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Supporting the four-door rally automobile have been bespoke solid aluminium decrease hyperlinks and rose-joined transverse hyperlinks, inverted Bilstein dampers and Eibach springs. Each 22B was completed within the esteemed World Rally Blue colourway and McRa’s model is accentuated by 17-inch gold BBS alloy wheels. One of the vital distinguishing options of the prototype 22B was the 4.444 closing drive, which aided in improved acceleration. Moreover, these fashions additionally featured a km/h speedometer, coated fog lights and no Kind-UK badging.
McRae’s prototype had just below 12 000 km on the clock and, regardless of residing within the UK for many of its life, seems as if it simply rolled off the manufacturing line. The rally legend didn’t preserve it inventory as this instance options an upgraded exhaust and the aforementioned BBS wheels. To offer whoever bought the lot a vanilla expertise, Iconic Auctioneers provided the automobile with the inventory exhaust and wheels.
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It’s a chunk of rally and motorsport historical past. Iconic names paired with iconic badges typically flip heads at public sale homes. With that stated, greater than R11 million is a heart-rate elevating worth that appears quite becoming contemplating the heart-rate elevating driving fashion of its first proprietor.
