All-New 2022 Subaru BRZ Makes Global Debut

[Rampage]

Originally Posted by Lelandjt

Did you know that "fugly" is a portmanteau of "fat" and "ugly"? I ask because I haven't heard anyone describe the new car as fat, portly, bulbous, or any similar adjective. I could see that thrown at the Supra for all its round protrusions but I think you got mixed up describing the new BRZ.

Maybe where you come from. My friends and I were saying "fugly" when we were in high school in 1970. I can assure you that "fat" is not where the F in "fugly" came from........think f'n-ugly.

Maybe we were just ahead of the times or it got cleaned up in the urban dictionaries of the 90s and 2000s.

[soundman98]

I think fugly is a more southern term. It had to be late grade school me or my friends used the term

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Sport-Tech

^That take is certainly a common trope about car reviewers, but are they really so worried about being blacklisted for making a few negative comments about a car's appearance? Are all those journalists/bloggers who have recently been making extremely negative comments about the massive grille on the newest BMWs being banned from launch and drive events by BMW? I don't think so.

it's true for almost all industries that rely on product review.

I was doing product marketing in this exact role in the tech industry, you sometimes seed reviews with someone that will give you negative feedback just so you can have even coverage. You don't become a top tier brand with just good product, you also need word-of-mount to make it happen.

Corporate PR and marketing play a long game, they don't think of bad reviews as bad, they think of it as them building a relationship with the media to improve your product positioning long term.

Larger, more prestigious brands will command a more exclusive list of journalists that won't badmouth them (as much), but its a very complex game of industry connections.

[beltax90]

footage, spotted on the streets of japan. people in vid commenting that it's rhd and that it should be debuting in japan too

[Ash_89]

^This video just made me realise that the front reminds me of the Porsche Cayman (987).

Also this seems to be the same car that was posted about earlier.

[Tokay444]

Cars that smile are stupid.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Tokay444

Cars that smile are stupid.

Cool?

[Red-86]

Originally Posted by beltax90

footage, spotted on the streets of japan. people in vid commenting that it's rhd and that it should be debuting in japan too

Of course it will come in RHD and be sold in Japan and Australia. I still LOL that anyone believed the ‘motoring journalist’ clickbait sites who seized on ‘won’t be sold in Europe’ as evidence it was ‘exclusive to North America’ - so much arrogance.

The more video I see of it, the more I think the tail is an improvement but the nose is a disaster. C’mon GR 86, you’re our only hope.

[Willpower]

Originally Posted by beltax90

footage, spotted on the streets of japan. people in vid commenting that it's rhd and that it should be debuting in japan too

Those rear shots it looks like a Honda Accord.

[scuzzy]

Originally Posted by Tokay444

Cars that smile are stupid.

Do you also like to kick puppies?

[Lantanafrs2]

The brz is the only good looking car Subaru makes. Not an ecoturd with a wing.

[gymratter]

[Tokay444]

Originally Posted by scuzzy

Do you also like to kick puppies?

No.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by scuzzy

Do you also like to kick puppies?

only when there's no baby seals to club.