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When he goes to overtake though he has downshifted and is at high revs so the gear box makes very little difference.
Yes it would have got a better review if it had been the MT but whilst I would hardly call EVO always unbiased they do focus about the joy/thrill of driving a great car down the right road. The road in question is likely if it is in the UK or Europe (and especially the group test roads) to have a fair few blind corners so it is not possible to carry as much speed through them as if it were a race track and hence a car with average acceleration can but frustrating especially if the chassis is cable of so much more.
Henry was very positive in the track test of the GT86 and if you compare that to the BRZ tests on real roads it is clear that the they consider the car to be a great chassis let down by the engine (and transmission) that means it is well within its limits on real roads which is the opposite of the hype.
I haven't seen any other reviews that test either the Toyota/Scion or the Subaru on a proper road rather than a track so until then I will take the EVO review as an important insight that the rest have missed.
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