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08-23-2012, 09:24 AM | #1 |
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Subaru BRZ Places 4th in 2012 Best Driver's Car Competition by Motortrend
The full article is up with the complete rankings:
2012 Motortrend Best Drivers Car There are 10 pages, counting down the rankings so I wont ruin the results for you. Good read, MT did a decent job justifying the rankings. Results Video: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBfugbEIlk4"]Picking the 2012 Best Driver's Car! - YouTube[/ame]
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A very well written article. The winner isn't a surprise.
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Note to self: Own a Porsche 911 sometime in your life.
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08-23-2012, 09:39 AM | #4 |
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Good read. Surprised the Porsche only had 0.4 deg of body roll!
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08-23-2012, 09:50 AM | #6 |
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274hp brz sti?
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08-23-2012, 09:54 AM | #7 |
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Good article and also not too surprised but was interesting to see the C63 number two, most car mags seem to hate on Mercedes performance cars.
Also interesting they mention a 274 HP turbo BRZ, but maybe that's an old rumor I haven't heard before. |
08-23-2012, 09:56 AM | #8 |
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I know that part caught my attention as well... They seem quite confident about it based on that statement. I guess the we play the waiting game. My only hope is that it is a 2015 model, so I don't have to be filled with quite so much regret for early adoption.
As far as the test goes, I think the BRZ faired quite well in comparison to what they were testing. We beat the McLaren, that's impressive! I loooove that car |
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Damn...lambo last...lol
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Well I'm going to see a guy whose garage includes the mclaren this weekend and ours holds the 911 s and a BRZ. Bragging rights?
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Hoping this doesn't spoil anyone's surprise, the ranking, in term of price as tested, and percentage of the total value:
9. $407,695 31.4% 8. $133,325 10.3% 7. $ 63,080 4.9% 6. $ 57,265 4.4% 5. $267,545 20.6% 4. $ 28,265 2.2% 3. $107,600 8.3% 2. $109,925 8.5% 1. $123,840 9.5% |
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From what MT and Randy Pobst have said about the BRZ handling made so much sense. Most of the best handling cars is underpowered.
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I'm having a blast with my car, and I don't know if the cost for extra power would increase my level of fun by a significant margin.
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