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Originally Posted by BRZfan
-----Now that some of us have attempted lower the status of Consumer Reports, what do you think of the following report? Although the analyses are done differently, what do the naysayers of Consumer Reports say about Road & Track? ------
From Road & Track magazine, November, 2013, page 98:
"Almost everyone (R&T drivers) hyped the Subaru as the rebirth of a segment, but unless you're a parent, birth doesn't equal love. On long trips, the BRZ is noisy, its sixth gear too short, and its suspension never seems to settle down. The electrically assisted steering rack is pin sharp, but on the freeway, you spend a lot of time chasing the darty nose. Around town, you wish the engine -- which needs revs to produce significant acceleration -- was enthusiastic and enjoyable as, say, the four-cylinder in a Honda S2000 or a Miata."
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Noise: disconnect the silly sound tube. 6th gear?... very comfortable in the 70's... perhaps the noise tube added their perception of being under-geared... Darty nose? check your tires/alignment? you want to experience a darty car try a MINI Cooper JCW! my dart-o-meter must have a different calibration set point.
My recollection of the S2000, particularly the first gen is that it took a bunch o revs to keep on boil and had pretty close ratios. it was hoot in spirited driving but just plain too much stirring of the shifter in regular DD use; but it was one sweet sewing machine smooth powerplant. the FA20 is not in the same vein. not sure I would have used the S2000 for a comparison but so be it. by the nature of their dislikes I would have used a BMW 1 series instead to show up the FRS/BRZ...
That or they are trolling for interwebs traffic - negative tone = hits?