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2013 Subaru BRZ
2013 Subaru BRZ Prototype First Drive - Motor Trend
Estimates are a price tag of $20,000.
Thoughts?
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2013 Subaru BRZ
2013 Subaru BRZ Prototype First Drive - Motor Trend
Estimates are a price tag of $20,000.
Thoughts?
I like it. I especially like what they say could be in the plans for the future.
No turbo :(
More than likely a turbo coming in the future though.
needs an engine
IMO the recent Imprezas were getting pretty damn plain looking. This finally looks sporty again.
Is this Subaru's first two door?
I think it looks great. A AWD turbo STI version would be amazing!
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Originally Posted by TT4ME
Nope, the Imprezza had a 2 door option, we got the 2.5RS here but not the STI version.
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-John
...unless of course, you build your own :DQuote:
Originally Posted by J-Groove
http://www.gstmotorsports.com/home/g...4a7c0ea70cfdf9
Pretty car, but I'll wait for a healthier formulation. :)
looks like a mazda and a 370 decided to bump uglies...and forgot to pull out :lol:
I've been following the Toyobaru for awhile now and have tried to formulate a final verdict on it, but I'm still undecided. I think it looks great but it needs a little more power. That said, at $20k even the current underpowered version is a bargain buy IMO. Seems like a fun car.
Their is lots of talk about a turbo version comming out the next year but nothing official yet. Either way a ej25 would be an easy swap. One report said their is room for a wrx turbo to be mounted.
Maybe, but looking at engine bay pics there's not a lot of room left. Anything is possible though.Quote:
Originally Posted by vr4tune
i like the looks of it, not sure bout the rest of the car
Its hard to see but it looks like a small turbo might fit right next the battery. That is the stock location for the wrx too. Here's hoping.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTyla
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Would love to see the exhaust manifold design for that setup. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by vr4tune
It wouldnt surprise me if the battery was moved to the trunk to make more room for the turbo. The Evo x has a trunk battery.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTyla
Just from the links you posted I got to say I love what I see. It’s a great looking car, low center of gravity and RWD (thank God it’s not FWD). Just slap a turbo on it and I’m sold.
My comment was using the assumption that the battery be moved. I imagine the manifold would look pretty stupid having to snake up around that part of the car, but I know absolutely nothing about the Subaru flat four turbo setups so maybe that's common.Quote:
Originally Posted by vr4tune
The Subi designers are on record as saying if the car couldn't be RWD (due to design constraints, i.e. lightweight, small, and good weight distribution) they wouldn't have made it.Quote:
Originally Posted by green-lantern
As this car and FRS are being purposefully overbuilt for post-factory modifications I see good things in the future for both models. What has me confused is what the actual differences in the FRS and BRZ are.
That is common.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTyla
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About time somebody stood up and said f*#k the dumb S#it. I haven’t heard of these till now and I kept reading and saying to myself PLEASE don’t be FWD or hybrid. :lo5l:Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTyla
IF the engine bay is too cramped, another possibility is a rear mounted turbo, like the Corvette STS kits, granted they have removable fiber glass fenders and I doubt the "Toyoobie Doo!" has them, but its a thought. Most likely I could see a compact supercharger setup finding a home in that low cramped engine bay. From the looks of the engine bay in the photo though, there doesnt seem to be a lot of room on the sides, and with the engine tucked back slightly under the chassis to center the weight, it might make snaking a turbo up above a tricky endeavor vs its turbo porsche/subaru engine relatives, possibly a fair amount of space between the top of the block and the bottom of the hood due to its low/rearward placement like a Vette/general modern LSx series car, but it would be a squeeze to get a turbo in THAT engine bay with the battery in the stock location. It's a quirky car with a bargain price tag so far, definitely potential to be crazy fun, additionally did anyone note it uses the same tranny as the lexus IS350, popular platform for say, @ 2JZ swap on the tranny, so perhaps there maybe options that way with some serious subframe/mount work?
OH HEY! Thank you greddy you've already done it once. Point is proven, kits will be made, monster cars will be had.
Scion Racing Unveil 600hp FR-S Drift Car in Detroit
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/03/s...t-laguna-seca/Quote:
The 2.0-liter boxer-four produces 600hp and 500lb-ft of torque thanks to a spot of turbocharging, a massive 400hp and 346lb-ft of the stock version
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Originally Posted by 95gto
There is no difference other than some badging. Its a car being built for two different manufactures, Toyota/Scion and Subaru.
I am really really fighting the urge to buy the Scion version in Asphalt.
:lo5l: I'm not sure you'd fit, Mike.
meh. it's a non-awd suby. i think i'd take the ecoboost fiesta over this.
Yes we know :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by IPD
I am just at the limit vertically... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by B-Man
He fit in a Mini Copper. There is photographic proof.Quote:
Originally Posted by B-Man
Could have driven stick in it too...Quote:
Originally Posted by stealthee
green car is ghey.Quote:
Originally Posted by green-lantern
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Originally Posted by IPD
Good come-back
So you would take an fwd Fiesta over a light weight rwd sports car. Let me guess, you also don't like Miatas?Quote:
Originally Posted by IPD
-John
i'm just not seeing the point here. why buy this over a genesis coupe? solstice? s2000?Quote:
Originally Posted by J-Groove
Cheaper and built to take mods well. The Genesis was supposed to be built for modders but failed miserably with an overly cramped engine bay, the S2000 is fantastic but it's no longer made. The Solstice has silly issues, not to mention it's no onger made either.
FWIW My dad has a Fiesta and you'd be surprised how well it handles for being FWD. Understeers less than my VR-4 ever did :lo5l: Oh, and it's purple :p
fuck the color. i'm just of the impression that an ecoboost fiesta is the US answer to the pugeot 206--and that alone makes me interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by DocWalt
Do you ever read what you type before hitting post?