[why?]

Originally Posted by ~el~jefe~

Is it true that every region of the North America that sells the BRZ, sells it with summer tires as stock?

I know that mini cooper and many other brands, while their website does not say it exactly, they ship with all-seasons as a standard rule in New York. NY is mostly rain, crap roads, and 40-55 degree temps for six months out of the year, and sometimes 28-30 at night in wintery months. There are of course days of 0-4 degrees F in late January-february.

Toyota dealerships don't even ask here what you want, they come with M+S tires. I dont know about the BRZ though.

I even noticed the WRX Premium I am looking at.... online it says Summer Performance tires. Is that true? Do people really get summer tires when ordering it in December with one foot of snow on a AWD rally car touted as the best in snow/performance combo? summer tires?

Or is this just the website and the dealers do otherwise? My dealer has no BRZ's and they hardly ever sell them, 5-6 a year at a big dealership.

No. There are 3 different tires that can come on the BRZ stock. Michelin are the most usual but Bridgestone and Yokohama can also come depending on who knows what. I have no idea who's choice it is. My car came from Albany NY and it came with the Michelin's.