Subaru Announces US Pricing for 2013 BRZ at $25,495

[Sport-Tech]

Originally Posted by Spaceywilly

Ouch. Come on up to New England. There's a dealer every 10 feet here. One has 49 allocated and has sold 9 so far.

I'm a bit surprised a dealer would just hand out this information, it puts them at a bargaining disadvantage. Now if they had pre-sold 47 of the 49 I could understand it.

[kwood9000]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Well you could have drove an hour or two to save the grand...

The next nearest dealer I could find outside of Atlanta was over 2 hours away and had no pre-sales left.

At this point I'm just glad to have gotten one.

[shaX 07]

Originally Posted by Scion FR-S

I'm a bit surprised a dealer would just hand out this information, it puts them at a bargaining disadvantage. Now if they had pre-sold 47 of the 49 I could understand it.

probably because the demand for this type of car in New England as far less than it is down south and out west. Most people will likely maintain a winter car in addition to their FR-S or BRZ, as I can not imagine getting around in one during a brutal New England Winter. I don't care what kind of snow tires you put on it, low RWD cars and blizzards never blend well. Not to mention this car is very light, which makes the snow driving that much worse.

I see Mustangs getting stuck all the time, and those are really heavy cars.

I am just amazed that Manchester Subaru was even allocated that many BRZs.

[Rabble]

Wasn't the allocation of BRZ determined by the dealer's WRX sales? I can see how an AWD car would be more popular up north while a FR car would be more popular down south.

[Spaceywilly]

Originally Posted by Rabble

Wasn't the allocation of BRZ determined by the dealer's WRX sales? I can see how an AWD car would be more popular up north while a FR car would be more popular down south.

Yeah this dealership sold the most WRX/STIs in the country. I think it may have been a mistake on Subarus part to do it that way because like you said, demand for the WRXs will be higher here and demand for the BRZ will probably be lower. Hopefully it means it will be easy to get a deal on one though

[M-17]

Originally Posted by Rabble

Wasn't the allocation of BRZ determined by the dealer's WRX sales? I can see how an AWD car would be more popular up north while a FR car would be more popular down south.

Its funny how things work out like that, but that was the best news to me when I heard about that a long time ago. So at least there's one nice advantage from living up north.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by kwood9000

The next nearest dealer I could find outside of Atlanta was over 2 hours away and had no pre-sales left.

At this point I'm just glad to have gotten one.

That sucks. I figured there'd be some left in SC, eastern TN and north Florida (although that's a little more than 2 hours I guess, not much though).

[kwood9000]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

That sucks. I figured there'd be some left in SC, eastern TN and north Florida (although that's a little more than 2 hours I guess, not much though).

Spoke with the dealer today which said that the SC dealers only had 1 BRZ allocated each. Chattanooga, TN (the nearest TN dealer) had 3 allocated and sold those very quickly. Didn't check in Florida, which is a bit further away.

As Rabbie mentioned earlier, the BRZ will probably be more popular up North as the Subaru BRZ allocations were based on WRX sales. The Scion FR-S will be easier to find down here.

A quick check in the Atlanta area shows 17 Toyota dealers, 11 Scion dealers, and 6 Subaru dealers.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by kwood9000

Spoke with the dealer today which said that the SC dealers only had 1 BRZ allocated each. Chattanooga, TN (the nearest TN dealer) had 3 allocated and sold those very quickly. Didn't check in Florida, which is a bit further away.

As Rabbie mentioned earlier, the BRZ will probably be more popular up North as the Subaru BRZ allocations were based on WRX sales. The Scion FR-S will be easier to find down here.

A quick check in the Atlanta area shows 17 Toyota dealers, 11 Scion dealers, and 6 Subaru dealers.

Plenty in Tampa/Orlando left still, but that's much more of a drive

[Longhorn248]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Plenty in Tampa/Orlando left still, but that's much more of a drive

One way flight and then knock out half of the break in period on the drive home

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Longhorn248

One way flight and then knock out half of the break in period on the drive home

Sustained constant low-load RPM bad for break-in! Bad Longhorn! Bad!

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Sustained constant low-load RPM bad for break-in! Bad Longhorn! Bad!

He didn't say using cruise control. I've broken new cars in with long drives, I just took backroads and varied the load.

[Longhorn248]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Sustained constant low-load RPM bad for break-in! Bad Longhorn! Bad!

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

He didn't say using cruise control. I've broken new cars in with long drives, I just took backroads and varied the load.

This was going to be my plan if the deal I had worked out with my original dealer hadn't turned into a dealer blacklist thread. Now I'll just be picking the car up a couple of miles down the highway instead.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

He didn't say using cruise control. I've broken new cars in with long drives, I just took backroads and varied the load.

I have no choice, capital beltway break-in here I come!