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

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Absolutely. For those who are lucky enough to be able to garage our cars, and are willing to maintain them, then leather can last plenty long. It also doesn't stain like cloth. I actually don't care for the leather part, I mostly want the alcantara and heated seats. My back hurts often and heated seats make it feel better.

It's all preference though IMO. If you don't take care of something it will die earlier regardless..

I echo your sentiment, but my calculations put the limited at or around $30K OTD for me and that's just too much. Yeah I'm hitting $27K+ OTD for the Premium, but I can't justify that extra few thousand because of seats and heaters when I don't really want anything else that the Limited trim offers.

[Hanzo]

Here is a photo of it:

[Hanzo]

In my experience navigation usually adds around $1800 to a car so to me it's worth it, not to mention the HID and the LED headlight suround and daytime driving bumper LEDS.

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Depends on what you consider nicer. There are two cloth interiors, which in Japan are called the Low grade and high grade cloth interiors. The BRZ Premium gets the high, the FR-S gets the low. Therefore, one would assume the high is better.

Also, the BRZ lacks the (IMO) ugly red accents (although after a few years they'll be pink which seems Subaru/STI friendly ) and has the black tach instead of the white, which I also think looks much better (so does Toyota as their expensive version has the black tach also).

I don't like the red stitching. Too boy racer for me. Plus seats look better in the BRZ for me than the FRS.

[Tainen]

Originally Posted by Zgrinch

I think he was talking about the huge red accents that make it look boy racer

When I roll down my window, I want the civic racer next to me to see my red seats and be scurred!

[Xdragonxb0i]

Originally Posted by Metallic BRZ

I didn't see anything in the first post about limited slip. Is a limited slip in both the Premium and Limited? If in the Premium I may change my order to Premium. Anyone know?

i believe that frs and brz will get a torseon LSD, and BRZ will have an option for a mechanical LSD

[Drake]

Good news for you guys. Still holding out for the STi version, though.

[Matador]

Originally Posted by Draco-REX

It's still a $1315 difference when you include dest charges. So if the OEM Nav and HIDs aren't a big deal, you can put that towards exhaust, suspension, rims/tires, or different Nav, etc... The FR-S is the stripper version of the BRZ essentially.

Right with you there.

I'm..........confused. $24k is too much to pay for 200hp when it's a scion, but @ $25k for a Subaru it's cheap... dafuh... ?!?! Yeah it's got Nav.. but the sound system is as good.. sooo...... $1200 for HIDs?

**cue futurama "I don't want to live on this planet" meme**

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Hanzo

If only I could get a dollar everytime someone post this picture I made lol.

Would you prefer we all made another?

[Spaceywilly]

Originally Posted by Matador

Right with you there.

I'm..........confused. $24k is too much to pay for 200hp when it's a scion, but @ $25k for a Subaru it's cheap... dafuh... ?!?! Yeah it's got Nav.. but the sound system is as good.. sooo...... $1200 for HIDs?

**cue futurama "I don't want to live on this planet" meme**

If you look at it logically like that then the FR-S is a better deal, but subjectively I just think the FR-S interior and headlights are ugly and so to me the BRZ is the better deal. I think the prices are close enough that it just comes down to taste. $1200 isn't much difference if you're financing, so it comes down to which one do you like better.

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by Matador

Right with you there.

I'm..........confused. $24k is too much to pay for 200hp when it's a scion, but @ $25k for a Subaru it's cheap... dafuh... ?!?! Yeah it's got Nav.. but the sound system is as good.. sooo...... $1200 for HIDs?

**cue futurama "I don't want to live on this planet" meme**

I think the Premium seats have better materials, and also we can't forget the fact that we can haggle Subi's price. Also getting the better dual-climate HVAC inside, and a nicer looking badge imo. Heated seats, mirrors (tho I think that's only the Limited)

Its totally worth the 1k more

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by Matador

Right with you there.

I'm..........confused. $24k is too much to pay for 200hp when it's a scion, but @ $25k for a Subaru it's cheap... dafuh... ?!?! Yeah it's got Nav.. but the sound system is as good.. sooo...... $1200 for HIDs?

Because Scion seems like the defunct step child that no one really wants but has to accept cause they want to bang the kids mom. I wouldn't mind the Scion, but I prefer the looks of the Subaru over the Scion. I was also able to source pricing sig below MSRP, so it actually will make it much closer to the FRS in pricing. Most likely cheaper insurance as well due to demographics (speculation at this point). The added HIDs, nav, seats, trunk liner, DRL, LED and suspension (prefer BRZ setup over FRS) makes the BRZ a better pick for me.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

I echo your sentiment, but my calculations put the limited at or around $30K OTD for me and that's just too much. Yeah I'm hitting $27K+ OTD for the Premium, but I can't justify that extra few thousand because of seats and heaters when I don't really want anything else that the Limited trim offers.

nothing wrong with that.

[Spaceywilly]

Originally Posted by Snoopyalien24

I think the Premium seats have better materials, and also we can't forget the fact that we can haggle Subi's price. Also getting the better dual-climate HVAC inside, and a nicer looking badge imo. Heated seats, mirrors (tho I think that's only the Limited)

Its totally worth the 1k more

You don't get the auto climate control on the premium, it has the same manual controls as the FR-S