State Express blue became World Rally Blue, not the other way around. Even when Subaru stopped working with State Express 555, the colors were too entwined with the brand to give them up.

driving the car you see here to the crowd's delight. And now it could be yours. Though it may look mostly like any ordinary Subaru Impreza WRX STI, this is a full-on S12B rally machine.

Fans of Subaru rally cars, put down your pacenotes and listen up. A Prodrive P25, the ultimate modern, street-legal interpretation of the Impreza rally car, is up for auction.

Richard Burns’s iconic 2000 Rally GB-winning Subaru Impreza S6 WRC car has just been sold for a record £610,000 at auction. Both a focal point of Subaru’s and Burns’s rally success ...