[pinski]

I came to the BRZ from a Lexus IS250 F-Sport. Initially, I liked it, but came to loathe it very quickly. It was too soft, the manual transmission was garbage, it didn't handle well, didn't have any power, wasn't technologically advanced, had the steering wheel buttons from a Corolla, etc. It looked good and was comfortable. I can't think of any other attribute.

Dumped it for my BRZ and couldn't be happier with the decision. Entry-level luxury cars are (typically) neither good at luxury or driving experience. If you double your spend, then you can probably have the best of both worlds, but at significant cost to yourself. Just my $0.02.