- Gosh, Darn it!!
Let me tell you what, there are some times where you
just don't know if you're supposed to like something.
Okay.
You're not supposed to know if you like getting up early,
but just like as you get older, you do.
And then it becomes a fact of life.
You don't know if you're supposed
to like mowing a lawn until you have a lawn
and then you just kind of enjoy it.
You don't know if you're supposed
to enjoy paying off a credit card,
but that AutoZone credit card
that you build a baller at Malibu
in 2015 eventually has to get paid off.
Once you have a real full-time job
and just kind of how it works.
And you're not entirely sure if you're supposed
to like new car designs.
Okay.
Change is scary. And most people don't like change
(snizzes) BMW.
So that is what we're gonna be talking about today.
I'm Alex, Alex.fi in Instagram
In today's episode of
Who,
Why?
Today we gonna be talking about if, why
and possibly should you actually love,
or even like the brand new Subaru BRZ/FRS/86,
whatever it is that they're gonna call it
to replace the good old BRZ/FRS.
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Anyway,
moving forward when the 2022 Subaru BRZ/86/FRS,
whatever name we go with launched,
it was met with immediate criticism,
just like any other vehicle launch,
but we need to take it back to the 2011/2012 era
when the BRZ/FRS first launched.
The co-developed sport coupe
was the adopted child of Subaru and Toyota under agreement
that each would share in an interested investment
opportunity in the platform for sales, design, motoring,
and of course affordability.
Because they did not wanna hemorrhage
out their other platforms.
When the BRZ/FRS first came out,
people were relatively astatic minus those
that wish it came with more power, but for the price,
it was tough to beat for a new sports car.
It was under the Subaru WRX, a sports sedan.
It was well underneath anything from Europe
and gave those that wanted something
besides a Mustang in the United States,
something aggressive, but small and felt small.
The car was also mass produced and was ready to available
pretty much anywhere in the world,
which meant that prices came down really quickly.
And the aftermarket community stepped in
and just kind of did their thing.
With everything you possibly could with that car.
But the one thing, the one thing,
the one thing
people wanted, okay,
they want the whoops sh they wanted a turbo people like you
and people like me. We wanted a turbo in the car.
All right.
The 200 horsepower wasn't enough
to scream about but sure it did the job,
but just a touch more would have given the car really some
good old fashioned concentrated pulp.
So the industry was patient.
When the next generation BRZ was teased,
everyone was confident.
And I mean, everyone was confident
that was gonna come with some sort
of optional turbocharged, four cylinder.
And when the new BRZ was introduced,
it touted a 2.4 liter with 228 horsepower,
184 foot pounds of torque and no supercharger.
All right.
It was even more so confusing
because the 2.4 liter horizontally opposed
came from the Ascent,
which has a turbocharger at the bottom of the plant.
Like it has, that one has it. Alright,
but this one didn't,
Subaru didn't want that.
They wanted the car to sit lower.
Okay.
They wanted to make sure that
it was way less than 3000 pounds.
And at the end of the day,
they really just didn't want it to cost that much.
People were sad and then angry.
And they went all through all five things of grief. Okay.
Didn't want to be Oozy anyway.
Okay.
It's a dump 400 zen looking car.
That's stage one.
Stage two.
I just don't know why they wouldn't even offer one.
Like why aren't they trying to grow their audience?
Number three?
Well, maybe it'll make it easy
for like a bolt-on system for the 2.4 liter.
Like it's gotta be there, you know, like right.
Number four,
I don't know what am gonna do with my life
if they don't introduce the turbo charger.
It's the best thing ever.
And then five,
Fine have it without the turbo charger
and I'll introduce it anyway
So should we toss out the new 2022 BRZ
right out of the window because
of the lack of a snail boy?
Probably not.
Okay. Bear with me.
I bit my lip and it hurts, but bear with me.
Cause I'm gonna tell you why.
The new BRZ is estimated
to come in at around $31,000,
which is again, a strong price point
for an entry-level sport scar here in 2021.
For it to stay in that price range,
sacrifices they have to be made. Okay.
The introduction of a turbocharger requires
not only a turbo charger,
but also usually reinforced internals,
exhausted systems, ECU too
and all that good stuff that kinda ties back
to a thing that we would call money.
And then secondly, warranty.
It's just not in the cards for the car yet.
And they've found a nice hole to keep
the car in for when it's in the market
so that it doesn't really have to go anywhere up or down.
Look at how much the first GTR cost in the industry.
It was actually relatively cheap.
Now look at it.
Now it's really expensive to pick up a new GGR.
Subaru doesn't wanna do that.
The BRZ still packs a free to play size punch
through the new generation.
It's got 23 more horsepower. It's got more torque.
It's still has a six speed manual. And that's just nice.
It's got a lower center of gravity.
It's got a stiffer front suspension
and it's still under 3000 pounds.
It's received almost perfect 50/50 weight distribution,
which for the size is pretty good.
The goal of the revised car was to essentially
just take the previous year and tighten everything up.
The limited slip differential and the tightened suspension
will give the car a more sports feeling
versus a sloppy coupe
that some of the new cars feel
when they're in comfort mode, except it's all the time.
They're trying to take a little bit
of a playbook out of Porsche versus BMW.
Subaru really did try to stretch the dollar here too.
And if you take a look at the inside,
it's got some new fancy bits.
It's got a new digital gauge cluster.
It's got a track drive mode.
It's got super bolstered seats.
It has stitching that finally makes sense.
The outside colorway of the car,
seriously look at Joseph's car, look at the stitching.
It does not match. And it's very weird that it does that.
Okay.
It's got thin eight pillars,
a 13.5 to one steering ratio adjustment,
which is up from the 13.1,
which makes it feel a little bit tighter
when you're driving it around
tight steering wheel, tight steering angle,
the best way to go,
If you ever wanna feel like you're driving a sports car.
Now, we're not all sure how to feel about the looks.
I get it.
But new cars rarely gathered
the agreement of every enthusiast out there.
And we're a hard group to please.
Take the look at the car
and you'll see echoes of what looks like a
Cayman S and NSX, a Hyundai,
a 400 Zen and a few other bits and pieces.
And it kinda just all comes together.
It doesn't look half bad
and the vents are functional for once
with an entry-level sports car like this,
that it's got a duck billed lip on the back,
and it's got a raise butt
which makes it give it a little bit more
of an aggressive look.
There's 17 and 18,
and the option for the wheels and Michelin's,
which is actually gonna help
the car that actually slapped.
It will really help get the` new enthusiast
that's jumping in and on a stock car
to feel really good about the purchase as well.
Well 30 or so horsepower or torque
doesn't necessarily seem like a lot.
I do try to keep my hopes on new cars
as low as humanly possible,
because then you can't be disappointed.
Like it's almost impossible to be disappointed
when you keep your life like that.
The fact companies are even making sports cars
right now makes me happy because there's not many people
really jumping into them anymore.
Sure.
The Subaru BRZ,
does quite a bit and it could have some problems,
but at the end of the day,
it's an entry-level sports car that people
are bound to add turbos to, throw wide bodies on them,
big old girls to fill up that wheel gap.
And that is why they keep making the car.
But what do you think about the new BRZ? Let us know below.
And if you're looking for after market wheels,
tires or suspension,
be sure to hit us up over at Fitmentindustries.com.
I'm Alex from fitmentindustries.com
and we will see you later.
Peace, just put a turbo back on the car.
I don't understand why the Ascent can I have a turbo.
But this one can't.