Subaru Advice

[Westham UTD]

I am looking to buy a Subaru as an investment, could someone please advice me on what is the best type to purchase?

I have been looking at this P1? any views on it? http://www.appreciating-classics.com/car/subaru-im...

[vxr2010]

it depends on what some one will pay for a car, a p1 and rb5 are the more collectible cars , i’m sure they are others , i like the wr1 but i would not look at is as an investment and they don’t appear to make money , if you could buy a subaru rally car maybe more investment in that ?

[mike74]

Unless you're VERY confident that the cheap credit/QE fuelled asset price bubble of recent years is not only going to continue but will go super mega turbo charged in the years to come, then I can't possibly see how buying that car at that price will be a sound investment.

[sharkattack]

People who buy cars as investments have destroyed the market for fun old cars.

Could you not get into stamp collecting, or rare wine?

[rossub]

Don’t see that increasing any time soon.

It’s right at the top of the market and was £40k until recently.

[TEKNOPUG]

None of them. Far too many made and all the collectable ones have long since snapped up. Much better investment opportunities from other marques.

[ericmcn]

not an expert on WRXs but i recall this incident, a Type RA looks to be a pretty solid investment.

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/subaru-wrx-sti-driv...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20576492

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/this-9000-subaru-...

[wolfie28]

The market, investors and collectors have pushed the prices up of certain models to crazy numbers, Just look at 22b's. 10 years ago a decent one was approx 15-25k; recently 85-100k!!

Will the bubble burst, who knows?? That P1 was up at £39,995 until recently and broke the ceiling for P1's. It looks a mint car, probably the best currently on the market but you pay a price. Personally I think its way overpriced but what do I know? If someone is willing to pay a price then its not overpriced.


So many special editions over the years from Subaru with European models to Japanese market cars have diluted the specialness of the limited edition cars. Type R's I thought were a sound purchase but even now they are fetching higher prices and that's if you can find a decent one.

[rossub]

22Bs have a global demand chasing a very small number, so their prices reflect that. I always compare them to the likes of the Audi Sport Quattros in terms of their market.

P1s are just a UK special edition and crucially (from a lot of people’s view), the DCCD from the Type R was deleted. Not much of a market for them outside the UK.

I fully expect V5/6 Type R prices to exceed P1 prices in due course. Already north of £20k for anything half decent from Japan. USA imports will kick in from 2024 too.