Subaru Impreza WRX STI RA Version 7
Number Plates:
ZU9800 > ROJ > CET478 > MODEM
Driver/Ownership:
2001 - 2004: Possum Bourne Motorsport
2001 - 2003: Possum Bourne
2005: Bruce Herbert
2008 - 2017: John Ludlow
2021: United Kingdom
History:
This Subaru Impreza WRX STI RA is a genuine Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Group A (A8) rally car, built by New Zealand's Possum Bourne Motorsport.
It is powered by the turbocharged 2.0-litre ‘EJ20’ flat-four, coupled to a six-speed manual gearbox with Atlas internals.
The car was initially built for Subaru Rally Team Australia’s lead driver Possum’Bourne to compete in the 2002 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), first racing in New Zealand’s Parker-Enzed Rally of Rotorua in June 2002.
It took Bourne to first place of the Japanese Hokkaido Rally in September 2002, his last win before his death in April 2003, and remained in Japan for the V-Rally International Alpine Rally in October, where it placed 2nd. Upon Bourne's death, the car was returned to its original team workshop.
It was dormant until 2004, when it was rebuilt, and sold to Bruce Herbert, the 2001, 2002 and 2003 New Zealand rally champion.
It was then acquired by a gentleman racer and driven in the Targa New Zealand, benefiting from regular maintenance by WRC Developments in Napier, managed by two former Prodrive (UK) specialists.
The car was last driven in competition at the 2019 Eifel Rally in Germany and Rally Legend in San Marino.
ZU9800 > ROJ > CET478 > MODEM
Driver/Ownership:
2001 - 2004: Possum Bourne Motorsport
2001 - 2003: Possum Bourne
2005: Bruce Herbert
2008 - 2017: John Ludlow
2021: United Kingdom
History:
This Subaru Impreza WRX STI RA is a genuine Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Group A (A8) rally car, built by New Zealand's Possum Bourne Motorsport.
It is powered by the turbocharged 2.0-litre ‘EJ20’ flat-four, coupled to a six-speed manual gearbox with Atlas internals.
The car was initially built for Subaru Rally Team Australia’s lead driver Possum’Bourne to compete in the 2002 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), first racing in New Zealand’s Parker-Enzed Rally of Rotorua in June 2002.
It took Bourne to first place of the Japanese Hokkaido Rally in September 2002, his last win before his death in April 2003, and remained in Japan for the V-Rally International Alpine Rally in October, where it placed 2nd. Upon Bourne's death, the car was returned to its original team workshop.
It was dormant until 2004, when it was rebuilt, and sold to Bruce Herbert, the 2001, 2002 and 2003 New Zealand rally champion.
It was then acquired by a gentleman racer and driven in the Targa New Zealand, benefiting from regular maintenance by WRC Developments in Napier, managed by two former Prodrive (UK) specialists.
The car was last driven in competition at the 2019 Eifel Rally in Germany and Rally Legend in San Marino.
