Brz STi
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(300hp sounds a bit more like it.
The value for money equation was all wrong on the 2-litre 4-pots.
The value for money equation was all wrong on the 2-litre 4-pots.
original guvnor said:
the current Toyota is around £30K so i would expect this to be minimum £35K.
So around the same price as a 28i Z4 - which is also a 2L 4 pot - but will be much more fun to drive.....
I actually love the GT86 - the lack of power wasnt too noticeable - as i found it surprisingly torque - was expecting it to be quite limp... this will be really very promising... subaru power in a better looked RWD shell
I'd be amazed if they did it for £35k as I would imagine the car will need quite a bit of work to handle such a power increase. It's set up to be lively with almost 200bhp.
I like the whole GT86/BRZ thing and am interested to see how this turns out. If they do it the tuning potential will be crazy.
I like the whole GT86/BRZ thing and am interested to see how this turns out. If they do it the tuning potential will be crazy.
Don't get too excited, I think the STi is Subaru's answer to the GT86 TRD, which is just body kits and wheels and sells for @£30 to £32k. Not sure a turbo is the right thing for this engine as it was designed as a shorter stroke high revving unit, not the typical longer stroke Subaru units. It is a misconception that it is a Subaru engine, basically, the bottom end is, the rest is Toyota's idea. It has a bore of 86mm, and a 7500 rev ceiling, making it more suitable to supercharging ( which Toyota have done in the past). I am lucky enough to have a GT86 as a company car, and whilst it is an amazing little car, there is a little "summat" missing. Maybe I've been spoilt by having a 3.0 Z4 for 5 years and now a 911 C4S (996 flavour),but there's a bit of theatre missing from this car. To be fair to the car, my preference is for more than 4 cylinders, but it is quick enough, handles brilliantly, is responsive, is light and agile, with perfect ergonomics, so I can't see why I am not 100% sold. If I didn't have anything to compare it to, it'd be amazing, but I have. Would I choose it over a Z4 28i, most definitely, it's a completely different car, a proper small engined sports car, the new Z4's are not sports cars, they are GT / cruisers. Perhaps I should bring along to a Z meet and see what you all think. 
I was under the impression that the STi was cosmetic only as well, that's certainly what the first report I saw claimed a few months ago. However, this article does seem to be quite sure of itself in its 300bhp turbo claim. I suppose if it turned out to be a crock of s**t it wouldn't be the first time someone getting paid to write about cars turned out not to know what they were talking about.
STi is normally their tuned version, it would be hugely disappointing if it were cosmetic only.
Given the agreement between Toyota and Subaru on this car (Subaru are only allowed 1BRZ sale to every X number of GT86 sold). I would be very surprised if Toyota had left the door open for Subaru to produce a massively more appealing version unless they have something similar or better.