[Rai-zero]

I want to revisit my response to this question, having owned a 414hp M3 as well as various probably a dozen 'normal' cars/SUV/Minivans with V6 power plus a handful of four cylinder cars.

My experience is
one V8 with DCT (M3)
many V6 all with automatic
5 Four cylinders all with MT

I will have to say I would put one and only one of my cars in fast category. This being of course the M3 could beat 98% of the cars on the road from a dead stop.


The majority would be adequate power or less than adequate power.

The BRZ is not a fast accelerating car in any way shape or form, it is however adequate accelerating and once you are moving it's close to a fast car. The BRZ is able to carry a lot of speed on the road. It is able to carry as much speed as the M3 on the road (I have the tS with the performance tires). I would estimate the BRZ would keep up with a M3 on twisty roads, except the M3 would eat it alive pulling out of slow corner. However, on public roads (not race tracks) you don't get too much of slowing down for corners. I mean you are *likely* driving somewhere in the speed limits for example the back road is listed 35-45 mph and you'd be driving 45-60mph so you'd not really need to slow down like you would on a track where you might be able to hit 90 mph on a similar stretch.


As far as acceleration in traffic stop and go the BRZ is adequate but nothing more. It will not push you back in your seat or anything, it's just normal, you can keep up with typical traffic and probably 90% of what you see on the road. But any medium fast car you won't be able to keep up.


I'm looking at the data from a 2018 Odyssey minivan 280hp and 9 speed AT. The BRZ is slightly quicker in all the acceleration tests (I mean like 0.1s to 0.2s quicker)

V6 Accord with similar engine to the Odyssey, is quite a bit quicker like 1s to 1.5s quicker to every measured speed.

On public roads from a stop light you won't be clutch drop your BRZ from 6000rpm (which is how C&D was able to get the best acceleration times) so likely you could get walked by a well driven minivan, however most minivan's are not as quick as the latest Odyssey, and most Accords are not V6 so you'd probably not be beaten by most Accords but watch out for the the V6s they'll truly take you to school.

I was kind of lined up next to some form of Challenger at a stoplight, he looked at me like do you want to go? I was still in my break in period so I didn't even accelerate at all, but no way in heck would assume the BRZ would beat a Challenger. Now the V6 Challengers may be in the same ballpark with the BRZ but that's only the way the magazine tests the BRZ with a hive rev clutch drop. With a normal take off not high rev clutch drop, the BRZ is not a fast car.