Subaru BRZ Places 4th in 2012 Best Driver's Car Competition by Motortrend

[Tbxgz]

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:

Picking the 2012 Best Driver's Car! - YouTube

[ABQautoxer]

A very well written article. The winner isn't a surprise.

[S2kphile]

Note to self: Own a Porsche 911 sometime in your life.

[Wepeel]

Good read. Surprised the Porsche only had 0.4 deg of body roll!

[JACK 8URT0N]

[brz7400]

274hp brz sti?

[dwx]

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.

[djdnz]

Originally Posted by brz7400

274hp brz sti?

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

[SnapOv3st3r]

Damn...lambo last...lol

[was385]

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?

[Deslock]

I called it

[b.e]

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%

[SUB-FT86]

From what MT and Randy Pobst have said about the BRZ handling made so much sense. Most of the best handling cars is underpowered.

[Superhatch]

Originally Posted by djdnz

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.

I won't be that disappointed when the STI model comes out in reference to choosing the "base" model. Based on the price of the current Impreza STI to get a limited I would need to add another 7K to the cost of the limited BRZ.

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.

[czar07]

Still waiting for the 991 Turbo and GTx's. God I <3 Porsche

[Coaster]

It seems if Mclaren scales back the computer to do less then MP4 would likely take this comparison test. It would also help if they change the name to something like "F2" or anything decent sounding.

[Sev]

So apparently anyone that tracks their BRZ is "out $1,000 for new rotors"?

[Coaster]

Originally Posted by Sev

So apparently anyone that tracks their BRZ is "out $1,000 for new rotors"?

Probably so if they drive it at winding and undulating Laguna Seca and at Pobst's level of driving it.
After a while it likely will happen.

[neutron256]

Not bad for the most afforadable car in the group by far. Also if they were running on stock BRZ tires even more impressive.

[drifter]

I thought 4th place in this class of cars was pretty damn good, especially after he made this comment;

"Going uphill from turn 5 to 6 felt like being on a roller coaster: You're just waiting to get to the top"

[MiguelAE86]

4th Place for a 1st-year BRAND NEW production car that has had zero continuation in models and refinement?

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: AMAZING Job done Subaru + Toyota!

Mr.Tada-san should be more than proud.

[whitejdm]

That porsche sounded amazing, and I LOVE the little "brrrap" in between upshifts.