Prodrive P2 premiers at Autosport International
Text & Photos courtesy Prodrive
12-16-2005

Subaru Impreza Sti core
Prodrive is using the 2006 Autosport International show at the NEC in Birmingham for the world premier of its unique new road car, P2.

The two seater sports car has been developed by the motorsport and automotive technology specialist, which runs the Subaru World Rally and Aston Martin Racing teams, to showcase its innovative technologies and engineering skills and to demonstrate its ability to design and build a unique road car in less than a year.

At its core, P2 uses an Impreza STi engine, transmission and four wheel drive system. To this, Prodrive has added its own active handling system, ATD, and an engine turbo anti-lag system developed from its Subaru World Rally Cars, helping to give the lightweight car a predicted power to weight ratio approaching 350 bhp/tonne. Styling has been in the hands of Peter Stevens and the entire design, engineering and build of the car has been carried out at Prodrive’s facilities at Banbury and Warwick in the UK.

While there are currently no plans to put the car into production, if it were produced in volume Prodrive expects the car would be priced at approximately £40,000, putting it in its own niche sector.

P2 will be unveiled by Prodrive chairman, David Richards, on the Prodrive stand on the first morning of the Autosport International show, Thursday 12 January.

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