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Today on TopGear.com, instead of showing you a vastly expensive supercar that"s up for auction, or perhaps a Le Mans-winning barn find, we present you a slightly less upmarket car auction. Here"s an eBay listing for a 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX, and frankly, not a minter.The original colour was grey, but someone"s decided to respray it bright red. Another person then decided to take Subaru"s famous all-wheel drive, decide they knew better, and throw the front half of the driving components in the skip. So it"s now rear-wheel drive. Oh, and the seller admits there a few dings and scratches and no warranty. There is a very good reason for this Impreza"s unimpressive condition, and the fact it"s currently asking just shy of $50,000. It was the hero stunt car used to make this year"s best film, in TopGear.com"s humble opinion: Baby Driver. And if you"ve seen the film, and the improbable stunts pulled by this very car in the stunning opening sequence, you"ll agree this thing"s a bargain. And quite lucky to still be in one drivable piece. Fifty thousand dollars for a 158,000-mile Scoob that probably isn"t really very insurable probably doesn"t strike you as a must-have dream garage entrant, but for launching the coolest movie of 2017, and the best motoring flick since, er, Drive, this auction is worth keeping any eye on. Just don"t drive it like you"ve seen Baby do it. Needs practice, that. And the right choice of backing music. Click here to read Top Gear"s review of Baby Driver.Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 22 Aug 2017
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Today on TopGear.com, instead of showing you a vastly expensive supercar that"s up for auction, or perhaps a Le Mans-winning barn find, we present you a slightly less upmarket car auction. Here"s an eBay listing for a 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX, and frankly, not a minter.The original colour was grey, but someone"s decided to respray it bright red. Another person then decided to take Subaru"s famous all-wheel drive, decide they knew better, and throw the front half of the driving components in the skip. So it"s now rear-wheel drive. Oh, and the seller admits there a few dings and scratches and no warranty. There is a very good reason for this Impreza"s unimpressive condition, and the fact it"s currently asking just shy of $50,000. It was the hero stunt car used to make this year"s best film, in TopGear.com"s humble opinion: Baby Driver. And if you"ve seen the film, and the improbable stunts pulled by this very car in the stunning opening sequence, you"ll agree this thing"s a bargain. And quite lucky to still be in one drivable piece. Fifty thousand dollars for a 158,000-mile Scoob that probably isn"t really very insurable probably doesn"t strike you as a must-have dream garage entrant, but for launching the coolest movie of 2017, and the best motoring flick since, er, Drive, this auction is worth keeping any eye on. Just don"t drive it like you"ve seen Baby do it. Needs practice, that. And the right choice of backing music. Click here to read Top Gear"s review of Baby Driver.Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 22 Aug 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8917
