I’m between a new BRZ or a new Mustang GT

Hear me out ��

With either I’ll be buying a set of lightweight wheels and summer tires, along with good winter tires for the standard wheels since I’ll be DD’ing it in the winter in Chicago.

If I go Mustang I won’t touch the 5.0, but I’ll be dropping ~$4k in suspension upgrades right away.

If I go BRZ I won’t touch the suspension but I’ll be supercharging it (probably JRSC) as soon as it’s broken in and there’s a suitable kit available.

The two are weirdly opposite. I love Mustangs and I know big NA V8s are at least as endangered a species as affordable sportscars. It’s going to be a hard call.

But if it’s a BRZ, it’ll be light wheels and summer tires and likely a supercharger in the first ~year.

Hmm, I never noticed that... I wonder why they would have spent the time & money to change it unless something doesn't fit. It'll be interesting to see.

1st mod will be disabling the sound generator in the cabin.

2nd mod will likely be a Brembo swap from a 08-17 STI. they are a direct bolt on and keeps the bias within 1% of OEM if you use specifically use the 08+ rears.

Beyond wheels, I might lower it just a hair to fill that wheel well gap, something like the Eibach Pro-Kit springs.

I'd take the BRZ.Too much weight on that Mustang.Plus there are already supercharger kits in Japan ready to go on sale.I think you will enjoy it more than the Mustang.

Both are great cars, Mustang is out of the box straight line beast, with an amazing 5.0 coyote engine that brings great sounds.
BRZ is smaller, more nimble, fun car. Nee version seems to fix the biggest complaint people had, And then with a supercharger will have very similar performance on street and probably better performance on the circuit.

I would suggest to wait and drive the 22 BRZ before pulling the trigger, and I think you will not regret if you move to the Subaru’s direction.

That's why I plan on pulling it up first to see if they tucked anything extra there. I don't see why they would. I think they left it out so that there's ample elbow room for shifting the manual. I plan to use the holder for my phone, and not drinks.

Dropping an FA20 in it, because weight savings... :)

Plenty of Mustangs to go around. Grab the BRZ and it will be your last. Grab a used Mustang in the near future.
Silly logic and it could apply to both, but that's just how I see it considering that it will always be much easier to find a used Mustang.

Thanks for the input gang. I think I need to just relax, realize I’m not married to it, and if the new Mustang chassis a year or two from now is lighter and has AWD I can move to one of those whenever (IF I even want to).

I can get the Mustang for a bit under Invoice but even so it’s about $10k more than the BRZ, and that’s not nothing.

As much as I’d like the big engine for a DD I’ve owned an S2000 and an MR2 Turbo so I know the magic of that ~250hp / 2,800lbs / RWD combination. Best car I’ve ever personally driven was a ‘15 Cayman S and while the BRZ will never be MR it doesn’t need much additional power to hit a similar thrust-to-weight ratio.

So yeah, wheels/tires and a power adder would be the only immediate plans.

Also getting the rally livery on mine. Gotta represent the brand! :)

https://i.ibb.co/d60rfS1/BRZ-Rally.jpg

I was just thinking, there might be a good chance that it IS swappable. I'm thinking that maybe they didn't put the cupholder there on the manuals because it would interfere with shifting if there was a taller bottle or something.