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Originally Posted by val_lixembeau
Haha maybe, but the FR-S is likely a better DRIVER's car than the Rex :P
I considered getting a WRX256 for a while to replace a Mazda3 hatch (before they put all the crazy STi bits on it) but I just couldn't pull the trigger on either one since in my heart I'm really in the market for a sports car.
To me, the WRX just has too much of a high and upright seating position, too much roll+squat+dive while not really being especially quiet and comfortable, vague-ish shifter and steering, wider turning circle, and too many doors. It's not even close to being in the same class of car so I can't imagine cross-shopping it with an FR-S unless price was the only criteria.
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*likely*
Until you drive it, you never know how good of a car it is. Everyone can speculate how fun the car is to drive based on what they imagine or what videos show them, but keep in mind that initial impressions of a car aren't the best thing to go off of.
I've owned a wrx (2007, bigger turbo, bolt ons, tuned, whatever) and can tell you that car was a blast to drive. I definitely see the WRX as a competitor as it falls into the same category as a sporty car that is fun to drive. When the automags start reviewing this car or compare it, what do you think they will compare it to? Miata (less power)? 370Z (more power)? Or what? You're going to see it compared to the cars listed above, and numbers wise, I don't see it being able to hang with many of them.
Everyone has said it's not about the power or acceleration, but let's be honest with ourselves, after a while, you will get used to the car and want it to go faster. If the acceleration didn't matter, why are there so many 500whp S2000's or miatas with 5.0's in them out there?
When I look at buying a car, I make sure it has some modibility to offset the feeling of being bored with the car. I don't feel that you're going to be able to get the performance out of the fr-s vs other cars in it's price range. Mainly due to it being NA, and a good chunk of them are turbo.
It just sucks that not only is it not as quick as it's main competitors, it's interior also pales in comparison (unless you're talking BRZ, but in that case, you need to bump the price up. How much? Who knows, but it's probably going to be 26k+).
But, I hope I am wrong and this car can make the power consumers want it to make quite easily.