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Originally Posted by poptart
I'm in the market for a sports car. I test drove a black BRZ limited today. It's the only new car I can afford that interests me. Wouldn't even consider a mustang or camaro. My first car was an old corvette, and they are cool, but I'm not into muscle cars anymore.
I'm also considering either a used Lotus Elise or Porsche Cayman. Although the older Caymans have potential IMS bearing issues, so it's probably out of serious contention. I'm really smitten with Lotus, but there is no dealer support in my area and as a daily driver, an FRS/BRZ would be far more practical.
The BRZ was a blast to drive. Really easy to chuck it around. I ride a 130hp motorcycle, so it wasn't close to fast but I didn't think it was "underpowered" either. 
The salesman on my test drive said they had sold a lot of them earlier this year but not as many lately. They had a white 2015 blue edition inside on the showroom floor, and had several limited editions on the lot. 2 white, 2 black, 1 blue, 1 red. |
These cars I find have rather concentrated sales in specific areas rather than encompassing the whole nation. There are undoubtedly some areas where its likely going to be unpopular. Based on the sales in Canada there are 4300 FRS and 2200 BRZs that have been sold. Contrast that to the thousands of Mustangs sold in Canada...yet I barely see a Mustang around in my drives, but I see a lot of twins in the Greater Toronto Area. Heck I actually think its more common to see a twin than my version of the Impreza(drop eye/blob eye). I thought I was buying something rare as it catered to my wishlist of what I wanted in a car which I thought was too niche, oh well I'm glad others are enjoying it.
When I was helping my sister buy a Impreza the past few weeks, none of the Subaru dealers had many issues selling their BRZs, clearing the 2014s though is their primary goal and the last dealer noted they only had 1 more 2014 left, the rest were 2015s. The only thing I do wonder about FRS/BRZs in fact isn't whether they're selling or not, but more of curiosity on the ratio of AT to MT.