Pikes Peak 2013 Startline: Gregoire Blachon’s 1996 Subaru Impreza Boxer Diesel

Matt Saunders’ Pikes Peak video blog: Gregoire Blachon’s diesel powered Subaru Impreza launches off the line to compete in the open division

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Gregoire Blachon spent around 100 days converting a stock classic Subaru Impreza into a 22B replica. But its main talking point can be seen under the bonnet, and out of the exhaust when he pins the throttle wide open. It’s powered by a boxer diesel engine tuned to around 200bhp and 300lb ft of torque, with suspension components from an Impreza STI and an aftermarket carbon body kit.

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