I've owned 2 FR-S and one 86 (the current one) as you can see I like the "new car feeling" but to this day I'm more on keeping my 86 than replacing it.
Last week I've seen live a 2nd Gen BRZ and It's a great looking car for sure. But I don't know... it lost some of it's "purity".
The big downside to the 2nd gen look wise, is the interior. The door panel are so... empty, the weird hump onto the passenger side and the whole packing is weird. 1st gen with the upgrade of the 2017+ imo is the perfect interior. Simple, elegant, sporty. Even if the interior of the twins are not considered to be good looking I love it every time I'll step inside.
I'm not a fan of a full screen cluster too. It's damn too bright at night and it don't have the feel of a RPM needle jumping around when shifting gear
What I'm really happy about is it share lot of parts with the 1st gen twins, so we could have parts supply for a while !
Didn't have a chance to drive it, I hope to have the chance to drive one soon.
I'm gonna keep my 86 for sure, but massive respect to Toyota and Subaru to goes on with a 2nd gen of this cars. It's been already 10 years and they still doin' it.