It is not an entry level car and the motor news journalists know about it. Not even when you have the intention of tuning and/or tracking the car. Many of them will have an issue braking or cornering and talking fluently on camera even with the stock "Prius" tires. Check an example video below at 4:30 and there are a lot of them. So, they are just pretending and telling this to support the car industry. How people will continue spending double or triple the money comparing to a BRZ? How will persuade them dreaming to buy a Porsche?