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Originally Posted by Kostamojen
On the track, no. On a rough twisty mountain road, yes.
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Your key word is rough, clearly the AWD will help a lot in that situation and depending on if there are lots of straights, uphills and how tight the turns are...
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Originally Posted by tree fingers
This might be my Subaru bias coming in, but I agree. I would go further to say that, given two, equally skilled drivers, the WRX would win on certain tracks.
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I agree on certain tracks, lots of straights on tracks the BRZ will have it's work cut out for it.
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Originally Posted by Eureka
Actually, I think the WRX is all around faster car. The most obvious will be in a straight line, but the more traction from AWD and higher power will help it through a corner too. I like the BRZ a lot but I doubt it is faster than a WRX on the tracks.
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A BRZ in the right hands will make you put your foot in your mouth. A WRX is sloppy compared to a even Miata, S2000, to name a couple and they have much less horsepower and will they will ruin lots of WRX's at a Track.
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Originally Posted by Dave-ROR
For autocross the WRX would have zero chance.
Gearing and weight of the BRZ would most likely make it faster on most track. My ~200hp car is faster than WRXs on Sebring and it's FWD (and a little lighter than the FR-S/BRZ) but I haven't driven them both so drivers varied.
I have driven a WRX back to back with a NB Miata on an autocross course with ~50 second run times. The WRX was about close to 3 seconds slower.
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Dave-ROR you are spot on and you can tell you know what you are talking about.
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Anyways guys All and all my responses are comparing Stock for Stock and a best estimated guess from what technical details are given.