Subaru details BRZ tS, Stops short of full-on STI
08-19-13, 12:55 PM
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Subaru details BRZ tS, Stops short of full-on STI
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/19/s...rz-ts-not-sti/
Fans of the sweet-handling Subaru BRZ awaiting some performance enhancements got their hopes up earlier this month when parent Fuji Heavy Industries dropped some teasers hinting at an apparent STI version, but as was subsequently suspected, the model in question – now revealed in full – stops short of being a full-on STI model.
What we're looking at here is the new Subaru BRZ tS, which incorporates a series of enhancements but leaves the engine alone. Available exclusively in the Japanese Domestic Market, the BRZ tS package includes a thicker driveshaft, a front lip spoiler, Brembo ventilated brake discs packed inside 18-inch wheels and a smattering of STI logos inside and out. STI has also upgraded the suspension components, retuned the stability control and exhaust note and enhanced the interior with some carbon and Alcantara touches. An additional GT package includes further upgrades, most noticeably the giant rear wing (made of carbon fiber) shown above, black-painted alloys and Recaro bucket seats.
Only 500 examples of the BRZ tS will be offered in Japan, with no more than 250 of those outfitted with the supplementary GT package. Here's hoping Subaru gives us a taste on this side of the Pacific as well – or better yet, maybe they'll quit joking around and give us the full-on STI already.
Fans of the sweet-handling Subaru BRZ awaiting some performance enhancements got their hopes up earlier this month when parent Fuji Heavy Industries dropped some teasers hinting at an apparent STI version, but as was subsequently suspected, the model in question – now revealed in full – stops short of being a full-on STI model.
What we're looking at here is the new Subaru BRZ tS, which incorporates a series of enhancements but leaves the engine alone. Available exclusively in the Japanese Domestic Market, the BRZ tS package includes a thicker driveshaft, a front lip spoiler, Brembo ventilated brake discs packed inside 18-inch wheels and a smattering of STI logos inside and out. STI has also upgraded the suspension components, retuned the stability control and exhaust note and enhanced the interior with some carbon and Alcantara touches. An additional GT package includes further upgrades, most noticeably the giant rear wing (made of carbon fiber) shown above, black-painted alloys and Recaro bucket seats.
Only 500 examples of the BRZ tS will be offered in Japan, with no more than 250 of those outfitted with the supplementary GT package. Here's hoping Subaru gives us a taste on this side of the Pacific as well – or better yet, maybe they'll quit joking around and give us the full-on STI already.
08-19-13, 06:17 PM
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That's the direct conversion of the Japanese price into US dollars, but the BRZ is sold in the US for less than the direct conversion. A more accurate figure can usually be derived by looking at Japanese BRZ pricing across the range and putting the same multiple on existing American pricing, which puts the GT at somewhere closer to US$36,000 or so. Still a lot for a car with no power boost.
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08-20-13, 03:30 PM
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whats more important than power is overall balance and this thing and the FRS have it BIG TIME. I watched the TG episode with the FRS and it was insane . So easy to drive at the limit. I have done some track time and I will tell you an under powered car with grip is far better than driving some V8 mustang that understeers and plows through corners. Even you are a little slower on the straights the higher corner exit speed will usually carry a long way on most tracks. Im not saying go and drop 41k , but would recommend the standard editions
08-20-13, 03:31 PM
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08-20-13, 07:35 PM
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whats more important than power is overall balance and this thing and the FRS have it BIG TIME. I watched the TG episode with the FRS and it was insane . So easy to drive at the limit. I have done some track time and I will tell you an under powered car with grip is far better than driving some V8 mustang that understeers and plows through corners. Even you are a little slower on the straights the higher corner exit speed will usually carry a long way on most tracks. Im not saying go and drop 41k , but would recommend the standard editions
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