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Have you driven them back to back? The BRZ drives so much better than the WRX that anyone who thinks handling is more important than power chooses the BRZ over the WRX. Just look around, many people here test drove both and chose the BRZ. The BRZ makes the WRX feel like a pickup truck. |
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The beauty of a 5 year plan is that I can truly evaluate what comes out in the next couple of years and totally avoid the first model year or two of the new STI if that is the way I decide to go.
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Two radically different cars for radically different wants/needs.
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Much of the design and many of the systems (i.e steering directly transferred over) of the new Impreza is based on the developments made for the 86/BRZ so is it safe to say that the newest Impreza is just an upsized BRZ?
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Does anyone else think the rear end looks like a Hyundai Genesis?
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They could pull a Mazda and have the smaller motor still around for more displacement restrictive markets. The ND has a 1.5L option in addition to the 2.0L. |
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It seems to me that the 2.4 having beefier internals could have more than 217hp NA with a few tweaks. I think the turbo isn't there so much to add hp but to boost efficiency in their bigger and heavier models but in the much lighter and more aerodynamic 86 platform the efficiency would already be there so boosting the power without a turbo shouldn't be much of a stretch at all. In fact, more power and a better torque curve should actually make it even that much more efficient almost negating the fleet fuel economy requirements hit that you'd think it will see. FWIW if I got one it would be with the auto, it's already the easiest car to drive that I've ever owned and an auto would make it more pleasant in a bunch of ways that my "old" self will appreciate. It would also allow my kids to drive it whereas with the stick they can't because they're so short they can't put the clutch all the way in without being jammed into the steering wheel. I wonder if this kind of thing is a factor they'd consider when deciding which transmissions to offer. Is the market for the car aging or staying (mostly) younger and has the car gone mainstream enough to consider a wider user base... |
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Yeah, but they (now all automakers) usually add a small turbo when they scale down the engine size to brag "equivalent power to a 2.0L, but more efficient."
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