I've instructed 16 year olds on track in FRS/BRZ, they make great track cars and are excellent to learn with.
I'd recommend looking for a '15 or '16 and setting it up for SSC. It's a spec class so you don't go overboard with parts and don't feel like you cheaped out on anything. They also make great track cars (I recommend an oil cooler for serious track use or if you live in a hot climate). SSC cars are just as comfortable as stock on the street with the exception of if you go with a loud exhaust (you can do a catback in the class and that's usually a turn down straight pipe which can get loud, but you're not losing much just sticking with the stock setup).
Like mentioned before, the 2013's have a few first year problems and the 2014 have the coilpack issues (at least most of the 2014's). I've got 60k miles on my 2014 BRZ with over 250 autocrosses and 80 trackdays.
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