Subaru Impreza 22B-STi (NA)

The Subaru Impreza 22B-STi remains one of the rarest Japanese performance cars ever produced, with only five examples built for the domestic market. Its holy grail collectibility status reflects scarcity rather than transaction data, as no UK sales have been tracked in this market sample and no active listings currently appear.

The absence of pricing history and sales volume means any valuation must rest on the car's extreme rarity and historical significance within the Subaru tuner community. Without comparable recent transactions, establishing a reliable market range for UK buyers or sellers is not possible at this time.

Liquidity is effectively nonexistent at the retail level, a predictable outcome for a five-unit production car. Any transaction would likely involve direct negotiation between informed collectors rather than conventional market discovery, and the interval between UK sales could span years.

The 22B-STi's desirability rating sits surprisingly low in current market assessment, suggesting that rarity alone does not guarantee active demand or competitive bidding. This disconnect between collectibility score and desirability may reflect regional preference patterns or the niche appeal of this particular homologation special outside Japan.

Without sales data, mileage norms, or forward-looking transaction signals, three and five-year price projections cannot be reliably estimated. Any owner holding one of these cars should view it as a long-term hold dependent on global collector sentiment rather than near-term market momentum.