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Originally Posted by Scion FR-S
You can rationalize it anyway you want, but the fact is their main complaints (other than the lack of power) about the BRZ had to do with the handling characteristics, not the auto tranny. They found that the 86 did not suffer from these same handling characteristics, and preferred those of the 86 - simple as that. Imputing motives about "backpedaling" etc is silly, Evo is not C&D or Motor Trend, they don't pull punches.
There has been no direct comparision yet published of the 2 reviewed side-by-side at the same time and by the same people, Evo's 2 reviews taken together are the closest to date. Other review sites have used different testers testing several weeks or months apart under very different conditions, making accurate comparison impossible.
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Handling characteristics are, in part, affected by what kind of power you can put to the floor during a corner - this would be the *only* possible explanation for the widely varying characteristics between the EVO review of the BRZ and FRS. The tiny bit of difference they dial into the BRZ does not explain such a drastic difference.
Evo pulls punches all the time, and they also make controversial statements to sell mags, like every other publication.
I agree that Insideline will be a better comparison (especially considering they are both MT).