Skip advert
Advertisement

Revolution Impreza breaks Nurburgring record

The Subaru Impreza Project STI built by British company Revolution sets new Nurburgring record lap time

A bespoke British-built Impreza has broken a Nordschleife lap record. The Project STI Nurburgring (driven here) is the work of Revolution in Gateshead, and was designed to become the fastest Subaru round the Green Hell. That happened on April 30, and you can see the video below. The first (and so far only) Project STI lapped the Ring in 7m53.08s, taking two seconds from Tommi Makinen’s 2010 time in a lightly modified WRX STI.

The driver was Fredy Lienhard, the racer turned Ring instructor who is reckoned to have topped 10,000 laps of the German track, and had picked up a VLN class win three days earlier in a Mazda MX-5.

Advertisement - Article continues below

Unlike Makinen’s record, the track was not closed off, Revolution instead seeking clear spells during a high-level trackday. And disaster was averted when a boost leak was sourced and fixed in the middle of the day.

The car was driven from the tuner’s north-east home to the Nurburgring and back, and Lienhard requested a switch from its road rims to 17in wheels for the added compliance of taller tyre sidewalls. Revolution MD Glenn Campbell reckons there’s another ten seconds to be knocked off the Project STI’s time with tweaked suspension settings. ‘Maybe someone else will go out and set a faster time but we’re happy; we don’t want any damage or anyone getting hurt. But if we hadn’t passed Tommi’s time we’d still be there trying!’ he told evo. Revolution plans to build ten Project STI Nurburgrings, the 508bhp two-door Impreza costing £71,994.

Skip advert
Advertisement
Skip advert
Advertisement

Most Popular

The new Mercedes-AMG G63 has arrived, and it still has a V8
Mercedes-AMG G63
News

The new Mercedes-AMG G63 has arrived, and it still has a V8

Some of Affalterbach’s range-toppers are swapping eight cylinders for four, but the AMG G-class retains its V8 for 2024
26 Mar 2024
Land Rover Defender OCTA: twin-turbo V8 and McLaren-style suspension tech for hot off-roader
Land Rover Defender OCTA – front
News

Land Rover Defender OCTA: twin-turbo V8 and McLaren-style suspension tech for hot off-roader

The OCTA promises to be the fastest, toughest and most capable Defender yet when it launches later this year
26 Mar 2024
The new Toyota GR Yaris costs £44,250 – too much for a hot supermini?
Toyota GR Yaris Gen 2 – front
News

The new Toyota GR Yaris costs £44,250 – too much for a hot supermini?

Our early impressions of the Gen 2 GR Yaris suggest that it’s an improvement in every area that counts, but can it be worth £18k more than an i20 N?
27 Mar 2024