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Well, the boys at Throttle House (or Extra Throttle House here, if you want to be picky, it *is* the internet after all) - give a short review of the 2023 BRZ - and short story shorter - they quite like it.
Subaru and Toyota need to put more power and add more engines or performance models. They keep selling a base model car without any real step up models. Subaru has made a ton of STI versions of their cars but not the BRZ. Why can't they just put out a 300HP model, convertible, or track edition. Makes no sense they've had so many different STI models of the Impreza over the years.
Most reviews of the BRZ are overwhelmingly positive, prompting me to purchase a lightly used 2022 recently as a track car. I've finally accepted that, at 63 years old, my motocross racing days are behind me, so I'm making the transition to cars. It's a bit slow relative to my other cars, but it's perfect for someone with my limited track experience.
Most reviews of the BRZ are overwhelmingly positive, prompting me to purchase a lightly used 2022 recently as a track car. I've finally accepted that, at 63 years old, my motocross racing days are behind me, so I'm making the transition to cars. It's a bit slow relative to my other cars, but it's perfect for someone with my limited track experience.
Today's BRZ is true to the classic sports car mold - short wheelbase, low-slung, light weight, firm but still compliant suspension, manual transmission, and a lightweight engine to retain good balance and dynamics, free-revving and with moderate power.
Subaru and Toyota need to put more power and add more engines or performance models. They keep selling a base model car without any real step up models. Subaru has made a ton of STI versions of their cars but not the BRZ. Why can't they just put out a 300HP model, convertible, or track edition. Makes no sense they've had so many different STI models of the Impreza over the years.
Adding power will require strong components throughout the driveline (and elsewhere). Before you know it, the BRZ will be a bloated "sporty" car like the Supra. Personally, I applaud Subaru and Toyota for having the courage to resist the urge to build a "numbers car" and instead focus on the driving experience. At its price point, there is simply nothing else that offers a similar driving experience. Most of my life, during which I've owned 50 new cars, I've always prioritized power and handling equally. I've finally come to realize that slow cars are more fun to drive and the BRZ is off-the-charts fun and dirt cheap. I hope Subaru doesn't change a thing.
Back in the heyday of sports cars in the US - when you had lots of models selling well to regular guys - Fiat 124 Spider, Alfa Romeo Spider, Triumph Spitfire, MGB - if you go back and look at the specs in the late 1960s and early 1970s, they're almost all running a naturally aspirated 4-cylinder of 1500-2000cc making less than 100hp. The cars were light though - 1,500-2,000lb, so the power wasn't awful, and unlike other cars of the time, these cars would go around corners. Pics of a 1971 Spitfire and 1971 124 Spider are below. These things were everywhere in those days.
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These coupes came a little later, but at least in their first generation, were not far removed from the above roadsters... still fairly small and lightweight, handled sharp, a little faster but light engined and not endowed with great power, and affordable for the "average enthusiast". And these too sold in great numbers. Although both product lines got bigger, heavier and more powerful over time - those changes are debatable as to whether they were improvements.
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