All-New 2022 Subaru BRZ Makes Global Debut

[Sasquachulator]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

Lies. Initially you did not like gen 1.5 bumper on the 86. I REMEMBER.

And i dont see how the 2nd gen is very boi racer.....

Civic SI/Type R is boy racer (maybe WRX STI also)..i dont see the 2nd gen twins as such....

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

Lies. Initially you did not like gen 1.5 bumper on the 86. I REMEMBER.

The part I didn't like is hidden by the license plate thank god! If I was someplace that didn't require a front plate I would be the first guy in forum history to say "Unfortunately we don't have front plates. What can I use to hide that big melted nose".

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The part I didn't like is hidden by the license plate thank god! If I was someplace that didn't require a front plate I would be the first guy in forum history to say "Unfortunately we don't have front plates. What can I use to hide that big melted nose".

Fake euro plate, boom.

[Transport3r]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

Fake euro plate, boom.

JDM ‘Tofu slidey boye’ plate

[timurrrr]

Originally Posted by ZDan

I'd rather have PP brakes...

+1

Originally Posted by Tcoat

And ironically enough it seems that many (on here) that actually do use the car for the track change the suspension, wheels and pads on the PP cars anyway!

But they keep the calipers and rotors, which is really the most important part.
Even with stock pads you can get away with a few track days.
For $1500, those were a no-brainer to me ...and then I got them
basically for free after a salesman forgot to select the PP option in
KBB in front of me before negotiating

I also know a few really fast folks who still use PP suspension,
whether it came with the car, or they purchased it from someone else.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by timurrrr

+1



But they keep the calipers and rotors, which is really the most important part.
Even with stock pads you can get away with a few track days.
For $1500, those were a no-brainer to me ...and then I got them
basically for free after a salesman forgot to select the PP option in
KBB in front of me before negotiating

I also know a few really fast folks who still use PP suspension,
whether it came with the car, or they purchased it from someone else.

Oh the PP is a smoking deal there is no disputing that!
All I meant is that it does not convert the car instantly into a fully prepped track car.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

The part I didn't like is hidden by the license plate thank god! If I was someplace that didn't require a front plate I would be the first guy in forum history to say "Unfortunately we don't have front plates. What can I use to hide that big melted nose".

yeah, the free willy nose on the 1.5 has always annoyed me. too droopy, would need a novelty german plate just to cover it.

[soundman98]

it does look better in motion.

[N_Raged]

Originally Posted by beltax90

I find it funny when race car drivers are forced by marketing to talk about safety nannies like Eyesight when their job is to evaluate the car's performance and dynamics.

[Sport-Tech]

I started out preferring the new BRZ, but the GR86 is looking better and better....

[Dadhawk]

The more pictures I see, more I like my old Gen1 girl.

There's something just generic and washed out about the new ones. It's like they didn't really try to make it standout from the crowd, or there was a sports car convention and all the designers for the 86, the Z and other small sports cars got together and decided there could only be a few degrees of separation between anything small.

[AnalogMan]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

The more pictures I see, more I like my old Gen1 girl.

My initial reaction after seeing the first pics of the new car were the same as yours. Thought it was OK, not bad at all, but more generic and less distinctive than the first gen car.

Then after seeing more photos, especially in WRB, I warmed up to it. Maybe it was dreams of the torquier 2.4 engine singing siren songs of seduction in my ears, but I was liking it.

Now, after seeing these recent ‘real world’ video clips from street driving (as opposed to staged glamour shots), I’m going back to my original inclinations. Those side sills on the new car are just... wrong. They don’t harmoniously flow into the lines of the car. Maybe that’s the idea, channel Chris Bangle and all, but they just look glued on like something out of an old JC Whitney catalog.

I guess you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

[wbradley]

I find the rear isn't quite as distinctive as gen 1 in terms of not resembling any other cars out there.
Other than that I like pretty much everything. As an STI owner, I like the fender vent and side sill.

As far as overall look, I'd probably go with the Toyota front. Subaru tends to provide better packaging though, ime.

[AnalogMan]

I knew those glued-on looking side sills reminded me of something I'd seen before...