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In need of a last-minute Christmas tree delivery? Consider a Subaru rally car…

Luxury car dealer Girardo & Co. utilise an ex-Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC car to collect a real tree at the last minute

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Time is running out to get a Christmas tree, but one luxury car dealer has showcased the ultimate tool for those last-minute tree collections — a Subaru Impreza rally car.

Girardo & Co., a London-based firm, has published its second-annual festive video. It takes on a cheesy story line — with founder Max Girardo needing to get a tree in the office in time for a party — but adds to that everything you’d associate with an ex-Colin McRae Impreza.

That means dirt roads, air time and lots of oversteer. Oh, and all this with a Christmas tree strapped to the back of it — which looks especially cool when covering London streets coated in dirt.

The firm is a fan of leaving things to the last minute at this time of year. Last year’s clip saw Girardo making a very late present delivery — utilising the help of a Martini-liveried Lancia 037 and Delta Integrale, dropping them off at a matching-skinned Iveco truck which itself is then hounded in an impressive fashion.