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I've wondered about the weight myself. Sitting across from the Subaru salesman at his desk, with him going on about light weight, I saw his all model cheat sheet. We looked at the weight specs. BRZ limited auto, 1276 kg. Impreza Limited auto, 1324 kg. (I'm in Canada, hence kilograms)
The point is this: a new Impreza with AWD, a real back seat, power rear windows etc. weighs only 110 lbs more than the BRZ.
I don't get it. There's something really heavy in the BRZ somewhere (sills for the convertible model?) that is just not apparent to me as a mechanical engineer. And it doesn't even have full steel inner fenders in the front. The Impreza does - our local dealership conveniently has a new Impreza hanging from the showroom wall, sideways, with roof to window, so that anyone interested (apparently only me and maybe two others according to the salesman) can gaze upon the mechanicals at head height.
Color me confused by the weight of the BRZ.
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