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Originally Posted by DMDZK
It really isn't,
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Feel/feedback absolutely ARE related to size/weight. Same vs. same, the lighterweight/smaller car will give more immediate feel/feedback. Size and weight insulate you from the driving experience.
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I like the BRZ/FRS/86 as much as the next guy on here but some of us have really bought into the marketing for this car.
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??? I realized a long time ago that lighterweight/smaller cars are just more FUN than bigger/heavier cars. Long before an FR-S/BRZ was even thought of.
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I love the Idea of a affordable, fun to drive, small car. If there was a 2+2 hard top equivalent to the Z4/s2000/Boxster S I'd be all over it. Some of the best praised drivers cars of the last 10 years have been 600+ lbs heavier than the AS1, many with much more power as well.
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Hmm, S2000, Boxster/Cayman, Miata, Elise, none of those are 600 lb heavier...
The fact is, lighter-weight cars are underrepresented in the population of sports/sporty cars. Which SUCKS.
To wit: the Buickification of BMW. Shenanigans!
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Fact is, that car doesn't exist.
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It does now. For real-world usage, this car pretty much *is* the equivalent of an S2000, but with a roof and +2 utility.
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The GC is an amazing car for the cost, and assuming they've improved the past generations transmission woes (as read in reviews) they've managed to improve an already solid offering. I understand that the AS1 and GC are not true rivals in classification/performance. but to consider one without looking at the other given the few similarities is unlikely.
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GC is pretty cool, but it's really just a rehash of the G35 (which is fine! but I was hoping for it to be a rehash of the S13 240SX). FR-S/BRZ are the first new cars on the market I've been remotely interested in buying for *years*. I hope they sell well enough to inspire competition from Nissan, Mazda, Honda, BMW, etc. But given the current type of sports/sporty car enthusiast (interested far more in performance specs than real-world driving experience), it doesnt' seem likely...
We shall see!