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At $25,495 Subaru BRZ Is $1,295 More Than Scion FR-S
Today seems to be “Pricing Thursday”, the anticipated forerunner to Good Friday, and the one we’ve been waiting for has finally risen revealed pricing details. The Subaru BRZ, at $25,495, is only...
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Dealers Begin Subaru BRZ Price Gouging
Well, we knew it would happen. Some dealers are already starting to ask for markups on the Subaru BRZ. And some people are dumb enough to pay them. According to an email received by Inside Line, a...
View ArticleGeneration Why: If You Are Under 25 Or An Idiot, Please Don’t Buy A Scion...
Click here to view the embedded video. With the release of the SciBaru FRZ just weeks away, everyone’s been caught up in the sticker price, available options and aftermarket support for the car, but...
View ArticleMotor Trend Pits Ford Mustang V6 Versus Subaru BRZ
Click here to view the embedded video. Motor Trend had Randy Pobst take the Ford Mustang V6 and the Subaru BRZ out on track. With predictable results. I’ve yet to drive the BRZ, but I have driven all...
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Subaru FA20 Turbo Engine Debuts. Start Dreaming About A Boosted BRZ.
Even with vehement denials of a boosted Subaru BRZ, Subaru has still managed to debut a turbocharged version of the 2.0L Boxer engine. And just because the BRZ won’t get it doesn’t mean other...
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Pre-Production Review: 2013 Scion FR-S
Scion has had a sordid past. Originally, Scion was Toyota’s solution to a lack of 18-25 year old shoppers. Over the past 9 years however Scion has lost their way and lost their youth. Their median...
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The Scion FR-S And The Problem With Hype
A few weeks ago, I took a Scion FR-S out for a spin. It was an automatic dealer demo, so I decided to withhold judgement until I drove the manual transmission car. Having driven one yesterday, my...
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Scion FR-S Sells Well, But It’s Early
So often we hear analysts and fans excuse a car’s poor initial sales performance with a phrase like, “But it’s early.” Oddly, the very same phrase is legitimately used when discussing a new car’s...
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Subaru BRZ Already Comes With Cash On The Hood
While the Scion FR-S is performing well in its initial months of sales, the lower volume Subaru BRZ already has some cash on the hood, to the tune of $400. While the BRZ was never intended to be the...
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Toyobaru Hype: We’ve Hit Peak Bullshit
As if the absurdly hyperbolic headline “The day the world changed” wasn’t enough of a tip-off , the hype machine for the Toyobaru twins has officially reached its zenith, with Wheels magazine’s Peter...
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Honda Civic Si Dominates Subaru BRZ In Track Test
AutoGuide’s twin team of track terror, time-trialer Dave Pratte and editor Colum Wood, have returned to Toronto Motorsports Park to take the Subaru BR-Z and the Honda Civic Si to the extreme limit and...
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Review: 2013 Scion FR-S
We’ve already looked at the FR-S, but I came of car-driving age just minutes before the heyday of the Toyota AE86 and, by God, I’m going to write about any car that claims to be an homage to the car...
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Toyota Engineer Reveals Plans For More Sports Cars
No, this isn’t another lame rumor-mongering post based on idle speculation; Toyota’s own Tetsuya Tada, chief engineer for the 86, confirmed to Top Gear that two more sports cars are in the pipeline....
View ArticleEvo Finds Out What’s Faster: Fiesta ST Or FR-S
When Jack Baruth took the Scion FR-S to the track and pronounced it the least desirable among its chief rivals, some readers were despondent. How could the car that would supposedly provide good care...
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Cain’s Segments: The Toyobaru Twins
It’s been a year-and-a-half, and the Toyobaru twins have not lost their luster. Proximity has not made the heart grow less fond. American sports car consumers still want to buy the Scion FR-S and the...
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2013 Tokyo Motor Show: BRZ Based Subaru Cross Sport Design Concept
Not many details have been released so far about the Subaru Cross Sport Design concept, which the company says is a combination of “sport” and “utility” and features “easy seat access, a comfortable...
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Slow Sales Of Scion FR-S Disappoint Toyota, Jeopardize Engine Upgrades
The Scion FR-S – lightweight, affordable sports car that the world was supposedly waiting for – is reportedly lagging behing its sales targets across the globe, making it difficult for Toyota to...
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Toyobaru Might Only Last For One Generation As Partnership Under Evaluation
The Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ may only exist for one generation, as comments by the car’s chief engineer suggest a dissolution of the partnership between Toyota and Subaru. Speaking to an Australian...
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QOTD: Subaru BRZ Will Live To Fight Another Generation, Says Fuji Heavy Boss
“If I were to be told that, I’d pass out…It’s not going to be just one generation.” -Fuji Heavy Industries President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga Automotive News is reporting that the head of Fuji Heavy...
View ArticleWhat Is This Performance BRZ/FR-S and Where Can We Get One?
Our friends over at AutoGuide have a juicy story about a patent filing from Toyota that details a decidedly BRZ STI-looking drawing that may signal a performance variant on its way. According to...
View ArticleAmong Sports Cars, New Beats Old: FR-S Hits New Low As MX-5 Takes Over
November 2015 produced the lowest full-month U.S. sales total for the Scion FR-S in its history. November 2015 also produced the sixth consecutive year-over-year Mazda MX-5 Miata monthly sales...
View ArticleDoug Drives: Is Old-School Rebadging Dead?
So I got up behind a Dodge Grand Caravan the other day and I started thinking about my youth. This is because, in my youth, the Dodge Grand Caravan was an acceptable vehicle to drive, and not something...
View ArticleToyota 86 Shooting Brake Lands Down Under, Probably Won’t See Light of Dealer...
The main complaint levied against the Toyota GT86 (and Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ twins) is its supposed lack of power, even though it pumps out 200 horses. Coming in at a close second on the 2+2 hatchback...
View ArticleSubaru Hopes BRZ Design Tweaks, Power Bump Get Buyers Hot and Bothered
Are modest improvements in looks and power enough to revive consumer interest in the Subaru BRZ? The automaker sure hopes so. A host of small changes were just announced for the rear-drive coupe’s 2017...
View ArticleHow Sports Are Your Cars? We Have Answers
Even Mazda, we told you last week, is now selling more crossovers than cars. One-third of Chevrolet’s U.S. volume is produced by pickup trucks. An SUV now generates more than half of the Bentley...
View ArticleNAIAS Tidbit: Subaru BRZ On The Ground, er, Platform
Rotating alone on a turntable: the Subaru BRZ. Looks good, if you ask me. Unfortunately we couldn’t touch the dashboard for all of you dash-touchers out there… more shots after the jump. The post NAIAS...
View ArticleA Dozen NAIAS Takeaways From Michael Karesh
With all of the leaks, it’s not so easy to be surprised at NAIAS. But I managed to learn a thing or two by attending. My top dozen takeaways: 1. Compared to a Lamborghini, a Ferrari seems…normal. Which...
View ArticleConflicting Information Leaves Subaru BRZ Future In Doubt
The Subaru BRZ has been struggling along since hitting its sales peak in 2013, and its recent refresh hasn’t done much to help it rebound on the sales charts. Now, thanks to conflicting information...
View ArticleWinging It: Subaru Reveals Limited Edition 2018 WRX STI Type RA and BRZ tS
It’s a lot of letters, but not a lot of extra horsepower. That’s the synopsis of two limited edition performance models revealed by Subaru today. We already knew both were on the way, and indeed the...
View ArticleThe Toyota 86 Will Never Be Turbocharged, so Shut Up About It
Tetsuya Tada, chief engineer for the Toyota 86 and upcoming Supra, has finally stamped out the possibility of a from-the-factory turbocharged version of the Toyobaru coupe. That’s right, enthusiasts,...
View ArticleToyota and Subaru Might Actually Be Working on a New 86/BRZ Sports Coupe
It was only a few weeks ago that we told everyone a turbocharged Toyobaru would never happen. Chief engineer Tetsuya Tada said Toyota had built the car it wanted and any manner of forced induction...
View ArticleFuture Collectable: 2019 Toyota 86 TRD Special Edition
It was rumored that Toyota would eventually bring some hardware from its Gazoo Racing sub-brand into the U.S. through Toyota Racing Development. Well, the automaker appears to have finally done so,...
View Article2019 Subaru BRZ’s ‘Series.Gray’ Treatment Could Lead to Dozens of New Sales
Outside of the addition of extra horsepower, it doesn’t seem like anything’s capable of turning the Subaru BRZ and its Toyota 86 twin into sales powerhouses. Even the power hypothesis is debatable....
View ArticleFragile Valve Springs Leads to Global Toyota-Subaru Recall
The defunct Scion brand isn’t done making headlines, it seems. The rear-drive FR-S 2+2 sport coupe is among a number of vehicles — mainly Subarus — recalled over valve springs that could break, leading...
View ArticleWill the Subaru BRZ Survive If Toyota Nixes the 86?
News of the Toyota Supra’s four-cylinder engine, currently relegated to the Japanese market, bolstered media assumptions that the base model could eventually replace the 86 coupe in North America....
View ArticleLive or Die: What’s the Real Deal With the Toyobaru Twins?
January was peppered with claims that the Subaru BRZ And Toyota 86 aren’t long for this world. Rumors, which began spreading last year, stated the models weren’t selling well enough for either brand to...
View ArticleToyota Exec Confirms Development of Next-gen 86/BRZ
As the future of the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ began looking rather bleak in the West, we spent the the better part of this year trying to figure out the automakers’ next move. While both automakers...
View ArticleToyobaru Twins Will See a Second Generation As Toyota and Subaru Expand...
Following a long period of speculation, the future of the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ — affordable, jointly-developed rear-drive sport coupes that American buyers seem allergic to — has now become clear....
View ArticleNew Details Emerge for 86/BRZ Successor: More Power, Newish Name
Thanks largely to its status as a niche product, the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ have been on deathwatch for years. But their saving grace as stellar machines to drive has kept them from being abandoned....
View ArticleSubaru BRZ Final Edition: Last Nail in the Coffin?
While Toyota and Subaru are officially developing a new generation of the 86/BRZ, neither model from the current generation looks long for this world. The Toyobaru twins’ placement as an affordable...
View ArticleNext-Generation Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ Spotted
The recipe stays pretty much the same, though the dish stands to see some new ingredients. Following years of tepid sales and speculation about the Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ twins’ market viability, word...
View ArticleSubaru Sports Coupe Continues: Next Subaru BRZ Spied
The Subaru BRZ, which shares its bones with the Toyota 86, is a delightful and affordable little sports coupe. It’s also a bit long in the tooth. Never fear, as a 2022 model is on the way. Subaru has...
View ArticleSubaru BRZ Launch Date Revealed
We’ve already reported that a new Subaru BRZ is on the way. Now we have a date for the unveil. It’s two weeks from today, on Nov. 18, according to this forum report. We have a good idea what’s new —...
View Article2022 Subaru BRZ Makes Evolutionary Changes, Gets a Power Bump
The new 2022 Subaru BRZ is here, and it’s …. not all that different. Retaining its overall shape, the car gets updated looks, what Subaru claims is better handling (as always, have to wait until we...
View ArticleToyota Shows GR 86 With More Power, Subaru Vows Aftermarket Parts for BRZ
When the 2022 Subaru BRZ debuted last year, our general impression was that the second-generation coupe didn’t appear all that different from the original. While excellent news for those seeking a...
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