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zigzagz94 · 07-13-2015, 02:23 PM

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQMFkRP66-g"]Subaru: The Unlikely Success Story - Autoline This Week 1921 - YouTube[/ame]

BRZ talk starts around 25:42

In an interview with Autoline TV on 09 Jul 2015 Tom Doll, President and COO Subaru of America, when asked about keeping the BRZ in the lineup says:

"I think there's a place for the BRZ in our product lineup; we may have to do some things to it to enhance the driving performance a little more; take it up a little bit. Because I think that's one of the learnings we've seen out of that vehicle, if it had a little bit more performance to it, it could really take up the sales level even more."

Maybe good news for the next gen BRZ or could be just SOA talking about handling performance upgrades like the Ts which will probably find it's way to North America as an STi model in a couple of years. Hard to tell but nice to see that they recognize some potential customers want more performance.

07-13-2015, 02:23 PM	#1
zigzagz94 BRZerhood Lurker #13 Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: 15 DGM BRZ Premium Location: charon's ferry Posts: 892 Thanks: 377 Thanked 225 Times in 128 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	President of SOA says BRZ needs more performance [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQMFkRP66-g"]Subaru: The Unlikely Success Story - Autoline This Week 1921 - YouTube[/ame] BRZ talk starts around 25:42 In an interview with Autoline TV on 09 Jul 2015 Tom Doll, President and COO Subaru of America, when asked about keeping the BRZ in the lineup says: "I think there's a place for the BRZ in our product lineup; we may have to do some things to it to enhance the driving performance a little more; take it up a little bit. Because I think that's one of the learnings we've seen out of that vehicle, if it had a little bit more performance to it, it could really take up the sales level even more." Maybe good news for the next gen BRZ or could be just SOA talking about handling performance upgrades like the Ts which will probably find it's way to North America as an STi model in a couple of years. Hard to tell but nice to see that they recognize some potential customers want more performance. __________________ Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift and that's why it's called the present. Last edited by zigzagz94; 07-13-2015 at 03:30 PM.