So there is absolute confirmation now that the AT is a beast:
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We swap into the automatic car for a few laps and it's shockingly good, too. It's a conventional automatic with paddle shifters and two driving modes. We leave it in Sport and watch as the tachometer swings right to redline and then shifts with an instantaneous pop. There's probably a dual-clutch setup out there that's faster, but not by much.
Under hard braking it pulls off rev-matched downshifts, too, sometimes dropping more than one gear at a time. And in manual mode it'll let you bounce off the rev limiter all day without slapping your hand by upshifting for you. Other than the plastic shift paddles, there's little room for improvement.
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from insideline's test of a USDM BRZ:
http://www.insideline.com/subaru/brz...rst-drive.html
unlike the other tests, they tell you exactly what mode they are using. no confusion. sport mode will shift at or close to redline (under WOT i suppose) and manual mode allows you to bounce off the rev limit.