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Old 12-05-2013, 04:28 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by regal View Post
I didn't say twin turbo, but I'm telling you there is a lot more expense in the components making up the current WRX which sells for the same as the BRZ. There is a big margin on the BRZ probably being used to pay off the cap & dev costs. It would have cost less for Subaru to use a versionof the FA20DIT instead of the FA20 D4-S IMHO.





That's a good point a lot of us are betting on .
Sorry, just want to clarify, I meant a turbo'd Twin (FRS/BRZ)

The WRX has a premium over the BRZ in price, at least in Canadathe BRZ is $27k and the WRX is $32.5k. That 5,500 goes a long way. Also, the FRS is even cheaper, so a turbo in that price range isn't really an option, unless we look at offerings from like Ford or Hyundai but they sell in much greater volume and use the engine in high volume cars elsewhere.
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