We Drove Colin McRae's 1997 Subaru Impreza WRC Car! | Carfection 4K 

"if in doubt, flat out"

So many RU-vidrs drive like grandmas on tracks and say it was exhilarating. Props for thrashing that car such that I can see you're moving fast on video. Keep it up

I’ve not watched this yet but this has to be a bucket list moment for you Henry surely!?

....or as i used ti call him when i was youger: Colin McRally

"If in doubt...flat out!" McRae the legend. RIP

I still remember in 2007 the day my cousin sent me a message on MSN asking if I had heard the news. Seeing this hearing him say i would drive this flat out, with no doubt really brought a tear in my eye. Thanks for this video, made my day to see a part of McRae alive again.

The car is saying these at the same time “glad to go out again” and “COME ON YOU MAN DRIVE HARDER”

Just wonderful. What a dream to have this opportunity. Thanks for the video!

Being both a McRae and a Subaru WRC team fan, I almost cried watching this.

what a shame you put music over the flat 4 engines soundtrack

Henry, I’ve followed your career since your early Evo days and can appreciate just how much this experience meant to you, thank you for making it possible for us to come along for the ride. Outstanding

Best car video of 2019 without a doubt.

The quality of this video is second to none.

I saw this very car back in the Safari in 97 back here in Kenya. On the day that WRC announces a return of the Safari Rally to the 2020 calendar i really appreciated this clip. Simply Brilliant!!

I actually got goosebumps watching you drift around those corners

Literally smiling so hard my face hurts. Favorite car to ever exist. Awesome video guys

I have always been a Mitsubishi Evo kind of guy (own one) and Tommi Makinen fan, but have always had massive respect for the Subaru Impreza WRC car and Colin McRae. Group A rally was the best form of rallying in my opinion, and always had me glued to the TV screen as a teenager. Watching the Evo v Impreza v Celica v Escort v Delta face-off was epic. Awesome video!

I went to pick up a dishwasher for my daughter and the bloke had two of Colin McRae’s cars in his garage. One Subaru and the other was his ford focus. They looked beautiful. A clutch for the focus was £12k. This bloke was in communication with Colin’s dad.👍

perfect video to start off my morning at the office

Catchpole with the full send

Epic. Such a special car that fitted McRae perfectly. I am very envious Henry, thank you for sharing it.

Catchpole you lucky bastard!

You can really see how fun this car is too drive, usually that doesn’t translate to video but this looked like something very special.

I got to drive a race prepped clone of this car and it was shocking how quickly and beautifully it responded and communicated. It's been 20 years and I still think of that care regularly. Lovely machines.

I'm not a Subaru fan, but there is no denying this is one of the best WRC cars ever built. The sound, the looks, the simplicity, the power, just beautiful.

My dream car when I was a teenager, everything about it was fantastic, still looks awesome!

The last 3 minutes of driving might have been a bit longer.... say 6 hours or so?

Carfection has got to be without a shadow of a doubt the best motoring channel on youtube at the moment, Ive yet to see Henry do a bad video. Id love to see an all new motoring show with Henry, Mr JWW, Chris Harris and Jethro Bovingdon.

What a machine, you lucky lucky man. That is one of the big differences between older and more modern cars - I had my 02 WRX for fourteen years and the approach angle on a corner was out wide, throttle, turn in. Modern cars with electronic clutch packs allow you to take a normal line and bury it into the corners like physics doesn't matter. In fact if you tried that out wide, throttle and turn in, in something like an RS you'd be eating hedge. Another great video.

7:08 is just not enough i mean come on!!

This enthusiastic owner definiately deserves this car! Well done, and thanks for sharing to make this video! Subaru forever!

Henry getting to drive one of my Holy Grail cars. Thank you.

That dash is so unbelievably cool

It looks so damn good, watching brand new video of this is great

The video gives me goosebumps. What a machine...how it moves!!

Analogue perfection. I love it.

Another unbelievable piece!

The title of the video gave me goose bumps, that car passed me in transition from Silverstone super special stage to the M1 (A43) on the way to the next stage (I think Birmingham not sure a while ago) doing exactly 70mph on a dual carriageway and every single driver that wasn't in a rally car did 50-60 mph on inside lane just so we could see . Special memory.

Great video, but too short☹

When Colin’s generation retired to me Rallying became dull, same as f1, just loses something

The first generation Impreza was the best. That wicked rear wing still leaves me in awe. I can tell, this was a bucket list wish for Henry, he loved it.

Legend

This is quite literally my dream car...

This is so cool... Own a SUB forrester first generation for 23 years now. SAME engine, same configuration. A real wolf in a sheep.chloth. Im still driving it, no mechanicals problems att all. !

Love the grade on the ending shots, looks very rugged and warm.

This is the first ever moment where I wanted Henry to not talk anymore and just drive! Drive it like its always meant to be!😍 Pllleeease post some uncut footage of the in car camera. Pretty please with cherrys on top. 😀😉

The profile of those gravel tyres looks so high! Well done to this chap for keeping this piece of history alive. Love the line "If I had just one more tank of fuel..."

i love it how you ended it with saying "flat out, no doubt" as homage to McRae's When in doubt, flat out !

RIP CM 🏁 a great driver and a gentleman. great memories of CM Rally on PlayStation (v1.0)

Love all your videos!

this and makinen's evo v are my all-time favorites. what an honor it would be to drive. great video, great driving.

My god I miss Colin Steele McRae MBE, thank you Henry for taking us along for the ride

That............ ........... was a good day.

DTM and rally cars from the 90s and early 2000s looked like the ones you would see from the road on a day to day basis. These days those cars look like mini space ships

Great, now I miss my 97 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Type R 555 Edition (long name awesome car)

"Flat out, no doubt?" I see what you did there.

Awesome, great video guys.

It's beautiful. Gotta love 74f

I know this will sound crazy but if I were you, sitting where Colin sat, I wouldn't have washed myself for a month

My drive .... Ari Vatanen’s Escort RS1800 in Rothmans livery ...... it was on my bedroom wall for years ...... just the noise. Great video Henry 👍

One of my favourite cars ever! That would be my last tank of fuel! RIP Colin. I bet he enjoyed this! Cheers from Portugal!

This brings back memories of VRALLY on PS1

It's safe to say that hendry will even pay Carfection money to do this JOB. I really love his excited face

Only 7 mins? I could watch a full hour of this! Thank you, for this amazing content!

Lucky S.O.B.!!!! 😋👍 I'd love to give Repsol Cosworth Escort RS or Mcrae's Focus RS WRC a spin. Hopefully one day in my dreams.... 🤞🤞😁

This is awesome!!

I fear for Henry's cheek muscles - that'll take a while to recover from... 😁

I ordered a set of 15" goldies for my GC impreza after watching this

Damn henry you jammy sod driving that but thanks for sharing :) , Miss Colin .....bloody helicopters!

This car is a beauty

greetings from Kenya home of the Safari Rally... which is back on the WRC calendar

The intro!!! I'm not even one minute into the video and absolutely amazed. The link from past to present with a drift with the logo transition. I'm actually standing up applauding. Well done gentleman, well done!

I had two , wrx sti scoobies , the last one having , the provedrive performance pack, and I put a private plate on Sha555, memory’s from 14 yrs ago ,crap on petrol 12 to the gallon , and I drove them like I stole them , apart from wearing out front tyres never had any problems ,, cheers Shane uk 🇬🇧

I saw McRae wrc Subaru 1997! I clicked as fast as I can! Dude a f...... Legend! Thank you for giving the passion of Subaru's car! It's my 9th Subaru and I own 😂

After the Safari and Acropolis iam surprised it still exists!

This gave me goosebumps. Thanks for taking us along in a once in lifetime thrash.

Simpy the most stunning Video you've done Henry by a long, long way. But please for us [Sad] rally types, loose the brilliant and dramatic music and let the Scooby sing to us instead. Please! Her voice is far more in keeping with a goosebump experience.

goosebumps!

3:45 "Drive to the pub, have a beer, then drive home". Weeell... a non-alcholic one then huh?

My favourite "Tamiya" collection

You had me at Subaru Impreza...

Group B Lancia Monte Carlo!

I’d love to see the Calsonic BNR32 Japan Touring Car on this Channel!

Can you please stop it henry... Stop making me cry with such beautiful videos and that calming voice. PLEASE STOP!

Epic. No words.

Dam this was good! Wish it was 30 mins long!!

Amazing. thank you for sharing

Looks so nimble m, beautiful cinematography chaps... thank you for making this video. I’m not sure it was this car at Goodwood FoS but one of them totally a fantastic car to watch 🙏

Wow, what a car and what a pedigree. We talk about the legend who is McRae, but let's not forget the army of people that brought this wonderful machine to life. We salute you all.

Bucket list stuff Henry!!! Awesome content on the best car channel on any platform :) Thanks for bringing it to us!

Uuuuuuffffff Amazing vid but Amazing CAR LEGENDARY👌👍!

Brilliant video !!!!

The mid-90s was magical for racing. Superbikes, (WSB), cars...... Everything was just so much more exciting. So glad I had the privilege of growing up in that era.

Just got a sub from me. This man can talk and drive a rally car at full speed hahahah

The number plate font is wrong though… it should probably be Charles Wright?

The Safari Rally is back in the schedule, 2020!

This was sooo cool @_@

the 22B is to Subaru what the M3 E30 is to BMW

Even touching this iconic car is enough for me :)