43 years have passed since the World Rally Championship was born. In those four decades of maximum attack at angles that boggle the mind of oversteer junkies, few people shined as bright as Petter Solberg. And this right here is one of the tools the Norwegian rally driver used to make ends meet.
Advertised for £159,500 ($229.800) on RallySales, the Scooby you can admire in the gallery and video below was driven by Petter Solberg in the 2007 season of the World Rally Championship. The ex-works Subaru Impreza WRC S12B driven by Solberg is an FT56 SRT model in right-hand drive spec.
What you’re looking at is a carefully restored vehicle, body and drivetrain included, and it was sold by a dealership based in Northern Ireland. Since the rebuild, the current owner has driven it a mere 350 kilometers (217 miles).
This hell-bent for leather white-knuckle ride’s results history includes a 2nd place overall in the 2007 WRC Rally de Portugal, 3rd overall in the WRC Wales Rally, and a 4th overall in the WRC Wales Rally GB. Pretty good results for a single season of the World Rally Championship.
Other than the fact that Petter Solberg raced it like he stole it in the most compelling rallies in the world, this Subaru Impreza WRC S12B was driven in the 2007 edition of the Goodwood Festival of Speed by none other than Colin McRae. That was the last public appearance of McRae before the terrible helicopter crash that took the lives of the British rally driver, his son, and two family friends.
And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen that live and breathe all things rallying and all things Subaru. Your only chance to own a piece of World Rally Championship history driven by two world champions hangs by a phone call to Mart of C&M Motors (07798572852) and at least 159,500 pounds sterling to spare.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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