This Is What A Subaru Impreza With $250,000 Of Modifications Looks Like

This 'Bugeye' Impreza has had the price of a house invested in it, and it's won Best in Show at quite a few exhibitions

21 Jun 2017

Never has the saying ‘you can sleep in a car, but you can’t race a house’ been more apt. This 2002 Subaru Impreza ‘Bugeye’ has had roughly $250,000 invested in it. Many people would buy a house with that kind of cash, but Alex Witkin spent that figure modifying one of his cars almost beyond recognition.

Almost every part of the car has been changed or upgraded. The engine has been built completely from scratch, and the engine bay has had a lot of work done to achieve the end result. It has a custom-fabricated 10-point roll cage, the interior has been completely overhauled and it’s even been converted to a right-hand-drive car. As the car is in America and was LHD originally, we don’t really understand that change.

As you can see from the video, the car is completely road legal, but mostly used as a show car and to promote his business.

Is it a waste of money, or well spent?

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Comments

It would be 250,000 dollars well spent if;

1.it has expensive quad turbos
2.carbon fibre body and
chassis
3.really complicated suspension

Why does it need quad turbos? Is power really everything?

1 turbo per cylinder??? Lol

having competed against this car at several shows over the years, I can say with confidence that the car, while excessive, is well put together. It does not have a quad turbo setup (that would be dumb… Single turbo is a much better design), the last time I saw it, it had an air jack setup to lift the car far enough to change the tires, tons of modifications designed to win car shows and/or improve performance. Including a host of carbon fiber parts and a complete suspension overhaul. Some of the parts are off the shelf, other parts were custom fabricated to meet the needs of the owner.

All I care is that the end of a drag race looks like this..

Looks more like an EVO

‘Don’t do it Jesse. I bet he’s got more than 100 grand under the hood of that car.’

If it drums up 250k worth of business then money well spent! It’s absolutely gorgeous! Pity about the rhd conversion but it must be a thing putting the wheel on the wrong side of the car.