Earlier this month, Prodrive unveiled the P25 rally-inspired Subaru WRX restomod. It took us about three seconds to decide whether we wanted one in our 10-car fantasy garage, and the answer was an unequivocal and resounding yes.

But then we read about the $700,000 price (including taxes). Is it worth that much, considering all the other cool rally-inspired metal you can get for a tenth of the price?

The car-buying public has spoken, and the answer is yes. Prodrive only built 25, and just before the P25 made its dynamic debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, it announced that all of them were sold.

That's likely why the P25's run up the hill was much slower than we anticipated.

As it turns out, the P25 didn't even need a dynamic debut. When Prodrive unveiled the first concept sketches, it only had five cars pre-sold to loyal customers. After showing static images of the actual car, the rest were spoken for within two days.

"We haven't known anything like it," remarked Richard Thompson, Prodrive's Chief Engineer in an interview with PistonHeads.

We had the pleasure of seeing the car up close at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and it looks even more stunning in the metal. We like the fact that Prodrive did not go overboard with the styling, opting to keep the P25 as subtle as possible. It's more about the nuanced details and the engineering underneath the skin.

It's worth considering the hours that go into producing a P25. Prodrive is properly connected, so once it finds a perfect donor car, it media blasts the shell to the bare metal. Only once Prodrive is sure the body is rigid and rust-free does it start stiffening the shell and bolting new parts to it. Each one of the 25 examples will take 1,000 manhours to build.

And it is an actual rally car in every sense of the word. "It's fair to say there are no frills: no traction control, no ABS - but you do have a floor-mounted pedal box, and you've got a brake pedal that moves a millimeter, and you've got WRC-inspired brakes, and you have a hydraulic hand brake," notes Thompson. "But it's no-frills. Because once you start on the road of all those aids, then you end up with a 1,500-kg Audi RS4 or BMW M5, so you've just got to be true to your original remit."

Clearly, the well-heeled appreciate the design, engineering, and production of the car. Let's just hope at least one of them drives it as intended and films the escapade for our pleasure.