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Old 11-18-2013, 02:24 PM   #234
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Also, this car was designed to be a 200hp car. We simply add power b/c we want to have it, not because the design demands it. So, good luck with the pipe dream of Subaru increasing the bhp on the motor by a full 68hp just b.c we want it. Isn't going to happen and doesn't need to happen. Want more power? You can get it fairly easily. To go up in power, the cost of the vehicle is going to go up, as is the insurance to insure it, 2 things which will price the car out of its targeted slot of being a sub-$30k sports car.
Thus my comment about an STI model. I'm certainly not expecting Subaru to abandon its current BRZ market, just expand its options. Other than the brutish quasi-muscle car known as the 370Z there is really no rwd sports car competitor for a mid-$30K STI variant with about 250HP out there. They'd sell like hotcakes.
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