Anyone whose ever driven the new Subaru BRZ will tell you two things. First, it’s an amazing car with great road feel, handling and a fun factor that’s off the charts. Two, it’s underpowered and slow. Crawford Performance seeks to cure this by offering a package that not only doubles the BRZ’s horsepower, but TRIPLES [...]
We recently noticed that our long-term Subaru BRZ had developed some new noises — or maybe we were able to hear them more now that it's getting warm in Chicago and we're driving with the windows down. Follow Our Long-Term...
We knew full well the 2013 Subaru BRZ wasn't meant to carry more than a driver and a passenger when it became Cars.com's Best of 2013 winner. The BRZ and Scion FR-S got our vote for reasons you can read...
The Subaru BRZ is a beautiful car. It’s one of the better sports sedans going around these days along with its twin, the Toyota 86. It’s great as a stock car, but as a tuned car, Crawford have managed to squeeze 450 horsepower from a 2-litre, rear-wheel drive BRZ. Holy crap. More »
We love the Scion FRS and Subaru BRZ. They are affordable, practical, and you can drive them at 10/10ths basically all the time. But what happens to a BRZ when you add enough boost to more than double the horsepower and more than triple the torque output? We grabbed the keys to Crawford Performance's BRZ and found out. Read more...
Cars.com's long-term 2013 Honda Civic and 2013 Subaru BRZ have accumulated roughly 1,000 and 1,100 miles, respectively, since our previous update a month ago. Surprisingly, both are within 2.7 mpg of each other in overall observed gas mileage despite one...
There are very few vehicles available today that compare directly with the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ twins. A case could be made for the Mazda MX-5 Miata, and possibly even six-cylinder versions of American coupes like the Ford Mustang. Show More Summary
Former Holden chief Mark Reuss, now head of GM's North American operations, has revealed desires for a model he can pitch at fans of the Toyota 86. Sold in the US as the Scion FR-S - and also in global markets as the Subaru BRZ - Toyota's new coupe is a lightweight rear-wheel-drive coupe built on a philosophy of affordability. Show More Summary
Posted on 04.30.2013 08:00
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Kirby Garlitos
When a car is considered the fastest of its kind, people usually stand up and pay serious attention. Well, that’s what folks are saying about this 2013 BRZ, which belongs to drag racing driver Ali Afshar. Show More Summary
It has been a long winter here in Chicago. Even with the dawn of spring we experienced subfreezing temps, snow and just plain awful, gray days. That meant keeping our winter tires on Cars.com's long-term 2013 Subaru BRZ a bit...
Because it's impossible to get enough of the Auto Union Silver Arrows. Here's something we put together from our trip to the Goodwood Revival last year. This was the final leg of our Subaru BRZ trip across the UK seen in Episode 13 of Season 1. Read more...
Cars.com's long-term ownership of the 2013 Subaru BRZ aims to answer many questions about living with the spritely sports coupe year-round. Its winter proficiency was put to test right off the bat and impressed us, but we also wanted to...
In the latest round of crash testing performed by the Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ coupe twins, Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatchback and Range Rover luxury SUV have been awarded a maximum five star rating. … Continue reading ? The post Range Rover, 86 and BRZ, and A-Class get five-star ANCAP rating appeared first on CarAdvice.
We welcomed a 2013 Honda Civic to Cars.com's long-term test fleet in March to evaluate the unheard of changes Honda made just one year after the Civic's complete redesign. Like our 2013 Subaru BRZ, the one-year ownership experience is tracked...
In a recent article I wrote about the Cadillac CTS and Cadillac Twin-Turbo V-6 engine, I explained the 21st century automotive marketplace is a place to expect unusual combinations. A few decades ago, conceiving a partnership between Japanese auto companies Toyota and Subaru would not create a splendid set of sports cars. From Subaru, [...]Show More Summary
Answering the prayers of virtually everyone in the automotive media, Subaru relents and plans a diesel hybrid BRZ convertible with all-wheel drive.
Even if it came a few days early, I think most of us got a big kick out Subaru's April Fool's Joke last night when they announced they would be making a turbo diesel hybrid convertible BRZ with all-wheel-drive. But what would this kitchen-sink approach to sports car manufacturing look like if it was real? Read more...
Apparently fed up with critics who say that the Subaru BRZ isn't getting the job done for enthusiasts on its own merits, the folks at Fuji Heavy will announce on Monday, April 1 that the next Subaru BRZ will have an all-wheel-drive turbo diesel convertible version in 2015. Read more...
Posted on 03.31.2013 06:00
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Justin Cupler
So here we are on April Fool’s Day eve and we are getting prepared for the most confusing day in the automotive calendar year. You see, nearly all of us Automotive journalists have a comedic...Show More Summary
It may not be as exciting a car to photograph as our long-term 2013 Subaru BRZ, but that doesn’t mean we're not documenting our recently purchased 2013 Honda Civic. The base LX model we purchased has wheel covers that most...