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Originally Posted by glamcem
I agree with you for the most part. I think the part of the reason why the performance variant (BRZ STI and whatnot) is not available in the US is because the cost. In Japan, and Europe (and for most countries) higher displacement engine is very costly, it's not very uncommon to pay $3-4k taxes annually for a V8 engine which is not the case here in the U.S. That means JDM or EDM market can get away with the higher price tag of the smaller engine cars but if you try to sell a BRZ for almost $40k in the U.S. it might not work because of the competition. For a very limited amount of cars this may not be an issue such as Mugen Type R ..etc since there will be always some collector who's willing to pay for it.
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This is not the main reason. Subaru was for decades a semi-public company and they had deep roots with the Imperial Japanese Army. They don't like to export their best-of-breed models and they prefer to keep it for themselves. Anyway, this is another discussion and I just respect your opinion about the Camaro.