Subaru Impreza 22B-STi (NA)

The Subaru Impreza 22B-STi represents an extreme outlier in the US collector car market, with only five units ever produced for the Japanese domestic market and no recorded US sales in our tracking database over the past twelve months. The absence of transaction data reflects the car's fundamental scarcity and the near-impossibility of acquiring one through conventional channels.

Classified as a Holy Grail collectible, the 22B-STi commands the highest desirability rating available, yet paradoxically shows low current desirability in the US market—a contradiction explained by the simple fact that these cars are effectively inaccessible to American collectors. Production was limited to just five examples, making it one of the rarest modern performance Subarus ever built.

The illiquid status accurately captures market reality: with zero active US listings and zero tracked sales, there is no functioning secondary market for the 22B-STi in this geography. Any transaction would likely occur through private negotiation outside normal dealer or auction channels, if at all.

Without recent US market transactions, we cannot establish current pricing, year-over-year appreciation trends, typical mileage profiles, or forward projections. The absence of trading activity makes conventional valuation analysis impossible, though Japanese market prices for the handful of examples that have changed hands internationally suggest values well into six figures.

For US-based collectors, the 22B-STi remains more theoretical asset than practical acquisition target. Interest in the model persists among enthusiasts, but the extreme supply constraint and regulatory barriers to importing Japanese-market vehicles mean realistic opportunities remain vanishingly rare.