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Originally Posted by Turbowned

And people claim that the FR-S has "better" suspension than the BRZ - have we seen any wrecked BRZ's yet? I think it's gotta be just a little bit too twitchy for people's own good! Reminds me of the 1991-92 MR2's and their snap-oversteer issues.

Have you even driven an FR-S? Based on your commentary we already know the answer. You couldn't be more wrong.

Went back and read the rest of the thread. So Turbowned, you have drivn it after all. I find the car incredibly forgiving and the firmer rear/softer front suspension setup was designed to make the car more playful and enable an average driver to invoke oversteer. I have driven sideways several times on my vehicle and NEVER experienced and uncontrolled oversteer. In fact what makes this car so special is how you can so easily modulate the drift.

Maybe Toyota/Subaru engineers are trying to emulate the Corvair. Seriously, I am highly doubtful there are and stability issues with how the vehicle was engineered. Big companies tend to cover their butt these days where liability is concerned. Based on the development time which was fairly extensive, I'd say they tested this baby inside and out. What they DIDN'T see, was the fuel/ethanol concern in North America. I have every confidence they will fix that too.

I'm betting on excessive speed being the issue in most smash ups.