Autoguide Review (Canada)
 

How do you know this is a Canadian review?


Edit: never mind

From the sounds of the article, the Performance Package will be offered in Canada at a later date.

Testing was held at Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit and Subaru Canada has been tweeting about it with some journalists. Should be several more reviews in the next day or two I would assume.

Yeesh... that shade of red is so blah. Wish they did a darker metallic red instead of a bright fire engine "LOOK AT ME" shade. Seems that they really want the blue one to sell the most, as it's the only one where the lines and bulges don't get washed out (red, silver, white, and yellow) or hidden (black, almost black grey) by the colors.

Am I the only one who doesn't like the new refreshed exterior look? The front end looks blah and the spoiler looks hideous. To me, this design language looks like the 2017 ft86 which looks like it's trying to copy the design language throughout toyotas lineup, fangs and all, just seems off


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I liked it when I saw the press release pictures, but the pictures in that article were not flattering at all. It looks like a cheap Chinese bodykit IMO.

This, totally. The lower chin line looks soft, with its full width smile. The strafes just look odd. The whole front end looks like a doodle that got the 'change for change sake' thumbs up.

The sharper mustache geometry just accentuates . . . the universally hated, fucking mustache. This was a chance to bury it and enable a cool grille option. Thank God my plate hides a third of it on my car.

The headlights don't turn my crank aesthetically - if they're better from a real world, functional, night time perspective, then they'll get my attention.

Ditto the tail lights. They look like aftermarket wannabes.

The spoiler is just fucking weird looking - I don't care how functional or rearwardly invisible it is.

Autoguide Review (Canada)
 

I find the spoiler acceptable in all angles except this:

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Just something about seeing that flat spoiler sitting on top of curvy, wide-rounded edges looks awkward straight on. All other viewing angles it looks fine to me.

I also think Subarus choice of red and yellow on this car will show how poorly it'll age over time. That red already doesn't look good in images with light conditions. I can't imagine how it'll look like in ten years with the heat that we have in Texas.

You have to watch the related video to be sure.
I don't think you can get more Canadian!
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Not so sure really. Their statement could be taken to mean it will be available later or not coming at all. Sort of ambiguous.

"Those looking for more confidence in a sports car, however, can get the new performance package, which includes an even sportier suspension and bigger brakes. It sounds like a must-have for anyone considering tracking their car, but Northerners should be warned, as there’s no such package available in Canada."

Still can't get over how ugly that spoiler is and how dumb it is to not have it as an option. *sigh*

Does anyone really care what those canadians think tho?

We know this was not a BRZ dashcam, because the car caught up with the moose.

That is why the moose fell over. Pure shock!

Not sure that's what was being suggested... but we'll have to wait and see.

"It sounds like a must-have for anyone considering tracking their car, but Northerners should be warned, as there’s no such package available in Canada."

^ That agrees with what I got from the media relations guy at Subie Canada on the phone. Send an email to the product manager listed on the Canadian press release as I did - if they get enough demand they may relent.

This bit was music to my ears:

Given the current 90 F here in Toronto, that weather looks pretty attractive atm....

Do you really caribou-t that?

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Because it's wearing a maple leaf and says "aboot" and "eh?" a lot.

I have never in my life heard a Canadian who said "aboot" - it's used by a tiny minority of Newfoundlanders, who comprise less than 0.2% of the population. It's like judging all American English on the basis of the heavy Southern red-neck drawl of the rural poor in West Virginia or North Carolina - which I admit is fun to do!

I say it sometimes but it is in reference to a very specific item.

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Dooooe..... You trying to buck the system?

British people use aboot to describe the trunk of their car, or something.

I went to Canada once. It was like America, but prettier, cleaner, and boring.

I think Canadians have thin skins in regard to Canadian jokes. It has something to do with bathing daily in maple syrup.

If I go to the local Tim Hortons, what should I order?

Double-double at Timmy's

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Yes their coffee is surprisingly decent for commercial dreck.

Mind you if you visit Toronto there are as many good coffee bars/cafes in the city as Seattle now. Just avoid the chain-dominated suburban no-go zones.

@Cueman


It is this which makes me believe that the Performance package will come to Canada at a later date: "Those looking for more confidence in a sports car, however, can get the new performance package, which includes an even sportier suspension and bigger brakes. It sounds like a must-have for anyone considering tracking their car, but Northerners should be warned, as there’s no such package available in Canada. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a chance to test the new package yet. Wait for it to arrive later this year."

For the Canadians... what was the original news regarding the Hyper Blues? Was that information released the same time as the US release? Obviously the cars arrived later than in the States. Hoping for those in the north, that the PP follows a similar path.

Looked it up. Subaru America press release was July 1, 2015 for the Hyper Blue limited editions and January 13, 2016 for Subaru Canada.

But the reference to "Northerners" here implies that the article is targeted primarily at Americans (if it was only intended for Canadians, no such referent would be needed), so I have little doubt that it's the American audience the phrases "can get the new PP" and "wait for it to arrive next year" are addressed to.

^ ya possibly

That is sort of how I read it as well. Time will tell I guess.

I might get deported as an enemy-sympathizer for this, but Timmy's is overrated. I actually prefer McCafe.

Let the coffee games begin...

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Oh man, I can't stand McCafe in Canada...however i like it in Europe, the latte tastes better in Europe.

My favorite coffee chain is Second Cup ~ Proudly Canadian :thumbsup:
Tim Hortons is in close second :)

Everything else I avoid. And if were talking about hype and overrated coffee, Starbucks wins!

I asked for a tall blonde at Starbucks and got a coffee instead. *BA dum bump*

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Starbucks coffee is as inoffensive as it gets. I'm no fan of coffee, but I end up drinking a lot of their half-gallon bottles at home. Cuz caffeine.

Let's talk about beer now, mmmkay?

Ahhhhhhhh, noooo, it tastes like burnt tire. T_T Get a cup at Blue Bottle and then tell me Starbucks is inoffensive. I freely admit that I can barely distinguish Shock Top from Guinness, though, so feel free to call me a total pleb.

Total plebe.

I had the pleasure of visiting South America, and now all North American coffee is flavourless swill to me.
And don't get me started on cream and sugar - "once you go black, you can't go back"

I like coffee. I don't care who makes it as long as it is hot. Could probably put all the ones that everybody says are the best in front of me and I could not tell the difference. As long as it is coffee it is great.
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You'll hate me. I buy unsweetened, plain Starbucks at the grocery store in the half-gallon, pre-brewed container. Then I mix it about 50/50 with unsweetened vanilla almond milk. I can drink about a quart of that a day.