Say Hello To The Slightly Tweaked Subaru BRZ
Here it is, the new Subaru BRZ. Although ‘new’ might be stretching it a bit - the boxer-four-powered sports car twin to the Toyota GT86 has undergone an extremely minor refresh in its native Japan, before the subtle changes are rolled out to other markets.
As for what’s new, the answer is not a whole lot. We have new fins which “suppress the turbulence of air at the rear of the body to the rear wheel arch part,” tweaked dampers, and…that’s it.
There are no mechanical changes, with the 2.0-litre boxer-four engine and its modest output retained. This late on in the BRZ/Toyota GT86’s life, it’s fairly safe to rule out a turbocharged version, we’d say.
The RA-Racing has been given a reshaped roll cage and a new seat belt design, although that’s a Japan-only derivative. The other trim levels - in order of fanciness - are dubbed R, S GT and STI Sport.
The updated car costs anything from 2,480,000 Yen (£18,400) to 3,591,000 (£24,700), depending on the version you go for.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I can feel how new it is…..
Unpopular opinion: I wouldn’t like to have a more powerful version of this
I can feel how new it is…..
I love the new styling
Well, it looks like. Uhhhhhh. The same power. Uhhhhh. Is this like. Uhhhhh. Right?
“Facelifts” that don’t change the styling? I guess flat engines aren’t the only thing Subaru and Porsche have in common…
When will the price drop of the oldest BRZ so i can buy one already sigh
And they still didn’t bump up the hp… They obviously weren’t listening to us
People miss the point of this car. IT’s meant to be lightweight, simple, and balanced. Want more power? Buy a different car. Its the same as people who complain about the mazda not having enough horsepower. The numbers aren’t important in this case. What is important, however, is the driving characteristics. This car is meant to be down to earth, and I hop it stays that way. There are few cars like it out there. It takes a lot in todays idiotic car market to produce an N/A, RWD, Manual transmission coupe. This car is the minority that ought to be cherished because there are hardly any good cars like it anymore. Want more power? More power is a novelty. There’s plenty of that on the market already.
Honestly, it would only need a smaller turbo if one at all. Either bump up displacement and/or tweak the tuning, and it would be great. It wouldn’t even need 300hp, maybe only 275hp at the high end to make this the car people (they think they want something else, but this is really what they would enjoy) want. Sure, things like a 458 swap and other things that give it wild power figures are jaw dropping, but it wouldn’t be viable to drive daily with that much power in such a small, nimble platform.