His comment makes plenty of sense. Look at the pricing on the 5.0 and the SS. Look at the track times the cars have been putting up. Look at the interior and notice it isn't the cheap plastic interior of yesteryear. Look at the ungodly horsepower offered by both. They are priced entirely too low for what you're getting.
Truthfully Ford would be my favorite manufacturer but I'm a car enthusiast to the bone and can more than give credit where credit is due which is why I intend to get a BRZ and do my best to make it the best possible car I can. But let's be serious, the 5.0 for example is a fraction of a second slower around a track than an M3... a car almost twice it's price; the boss and soon to be released 650hp 200+mph GT500 wreck everything in their price bracket currently. The ZL1 put up ungodly nurburgring times for what it'll cost. I still call them muscle cars, because the name muscle car stood for something you're working class, blue collar, 9-5 working, Joe Averagepants could afford and stand up to European + Japanese sports cars. Only these days the name of the game is Power, HANDLING, FUEL MILEAGE, and EMISSIONS; rather than just Power.
We live in a great time, to quote Clarkson, cars these days "sip fuel, make lots of power, and crap daisies." Good times, good times.
But I digress,
I actually am still trying to decide between the BRZ and the GC myself. The way I see it the 2013 GC is going to offer reasonably good handling, great power for the price (347bHP, 291lb-ft), the track pack fully loaded adds maybe another 2k to the price, and Hyundai's rediculous 10yr 100,000mi warranty (epic). The BRZ/FR-S/GT86 offer rediculous handling, the build quality Toyota and Subaru are known for, and the driving feel that's akin to a Lotus or Porsche (without the push your eyeballs to the back of your skull acceleration). Dunno, it's a toss up right now
, I'll need to test drive both.