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My 2p worth on your dislikes having driven an EU version -
1) It's a low capacity rev happy 4 pot. Exactly what were you expecting? Want monster torque? Go buy something with a turbo or a V8. In all honesty I find much over 175bhp/ton & really I'm beyond the point where I have to work with engine on the open road. At around 160bhp/ton the BRZ is very close to perfection & as it's a bit bellow my ideal figure I've got some room to tweak it's power output without wandering into the silly fast zone.
2) Sounds like the one you drove had problems, abused from cold badly driven etc?. Certainly the one I drove was better than my 1ers gearbox, that said it was at mile 14 when I climbed into it
3) See above. The one I drove was fine.
4) Standard OE dampers & miss-matched springs problem. Very few manufactures get it right. & normally I've changed springs &/or dampers to get proper composure on every car bought new.
5) This isn't an arcade car point & squirt car, this needs to be driven properly. When you learn about progression & smooth inputs there's loads of grip on offer. Tyres will make a huge difference and abused tyres aren't going to be particularly flattering to the chassis.
6) Unless the engine was woefully under tuned to begin with then adding more then 25% power and torque is going to cause issues which will need to be resolved if you want a reliable engine.
7) A small sports car doesn't have much space shocker!
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