Automotive

Every time I see one on the road, my eyes are glued to it as it drives by.  Sexy sexy car and very affordable too.  I consider it to be one of the most sexy cars in its price range.

Cheers,
Anthony

And u probably do know that cars in Singapore are astromomical !

the bRZ costs almost SGD200k ie Euros100k !! Go figure .....

Holy crap, that is a ludicrous price. Over 3x the European price.
We think things are expensive over here, but they are nothing like that.

I feel for you
G

Putting things in more perpective. 

A brand new (soon to discontinued) Mk6 Golf GTI costs slightly more than SGD200k ie Euros100K. The Megane RS costs even more !!!

A Cayman S is close to SGD500k ie Euros250K .... U get the picture

And by extrapolation, u can safely assume the Ferrari / Lambo owners in Singapore are indeed bigwigs ! LOL    

You see Anthony, they've done it right. you love the looks and you're only at the upper age end of their target market.
It was designed to be affordable and attractive to late 20's to 30's and it quite obviously is.

These cars will sell very well although i have yet to see any on our tiny island.

Although this example is in a different ball park, Smart had a similar concept with their roadster.
Small, affordable(ish), agile, super sharp handling, rear wheel drive, low insurance, very safe and a great engine albeit only 700cc turbo.
I had one which was remapped to the brabus spec 101bhp. Sounds like nothing, but it weighed only 700kg and was the best fun you could have on english twisty roads up to about 80-90mph. It would go to over 115mph if needed, but it preferred the back roads.

Sadly that was let down by its sequential auto gearbox, but i found if you buried your foot in the very thin carpet and just pushed the stick up or down it worked pretty well.

Smart(Mercedes) lost money on every roadster they sold which is why they eventually dropped it. I just hope this isnt going to happen with the toybaru.

I look forward to seeing many on the UK roads in the future.

G

I see several of them a week and that's a lot for Subaru given it's a smaller brand and the car is still considered a new release.

The first time I saw one ... I was thinking to myself ... "What the heck is that car?  Looks so bad a$$!"

I drove the Subaru Impreza STI hackback for several years, and it was a very fun car to drive.  So I'm assuming this new BRZ will be fun to drive as well.

Cheers,
Anthony

Thats interesting, i think theres a big gap over here. When i have a minute i'll check it out.

G

Torque is one of the points raised by most road testers, but lots of cars lack torque and are still great fun. The Mazda RX8 and any Honda ivtec engined car are just 2 i can think of.

I much prefer the Scion FR-S model name to the Toyota GT86.

With regard to the Beemer, you should bear in mind it was a 2.8l 6 cylinder with buckets of torque so isnt really a fair comparison to the Scion. I'm also guessing that the price is significantly different.
It would be good to compare the 120i to the BRZ, but i dont think the US gets these small engines from BMW.

Best
G

Yep, i'm still loving my Legacy. More than enough power to get anyone in trouble whilst also being fun. Loads of torque too being a 6 pot. It is a far more impressive car than many give it credit for.

I had a 2.4 iVtec Honda Accord which loved to rev to 7000. Not the best engine for a large estate car, but fun nonetheless.

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G

I think a turbo will come in the subaru eventually, but remember, this has been built down to a price and insurance group to attract the younger driver who wants a sexy coupe, but cant afford to run and insure the current offerings with 3 litre + engines.
It may not be so applicable in the US, but in the EU these factors are very important.
200bhp is more than average for everyday cars in the same price bracket over here so entry level will be popular, however, the chassis is more than capable of taking more power so lets see what the future holds.

G

the car will be in its fifth version