Subaru BRZ: Official Pictures Released Before Tokyo Debut
 

Fresh news here of the Subaru BRZ. Just after the early release of the Toyota 86, Subaru releases theirs.

Source: New Subaru BRZ Sports Coupe: First Official Pictures of Production Model - Carscoop

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After the unveiling of the Toyota 86 (GT 86 in Europe) on Saturday, it's time for Subaru to take center stage with the presentation of its version of the jointly developed rear-wheel drive sports coupe in production guise.
The new BRZ was revealed today less than two weeks after Subaru exhibited the STI-badged concept model at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and just before the sports coupe makes its first public outing under the spotlight at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show on Wednesday, November 30.

To the surprise of no one, the production BRZ loses the concept’s neat aero-kit with the large rear wing and carbon-fiber parts, but no need to worry as it's almost certain that Subaru's STI division will offer either the same or similar components as an option in due time.

Even though we knew from day one that the Subaru BRZ, the Toyota 86 and the upcoming Scion FR-S were all jointly developed by Toyota and Subaru, we had some hope that the cars might differ in appearance and flavor. As you can see for yourself, this never happened – at least with the BRZ and the 86.

From this first set of pictures, we see that the exterior styling changes between the BRZ and 86 are limited only to the re-sculptured front bumper, the alloy wheel designs, the fender trims and the tail lamp graphics (even the shape remains the same). We don't have any photos of the interior yet, but we’re willing to bet that there won't be any noticeable differences between the two cars.

The same goes for the mechanical hardware with the BRZ and the 86 sharing Subaru's 2.0-liter flat-four engine with Toyota’s “D-4S” direct injection and port injection technology, which is rated at 200-horsepower and 205Nm (151 lb-ft) of peak torque.

Power is transferred to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual gearbox with a short stroke shift lever or an optional six-speed automatic with paddle shifts on the steering wheel, while the BRZ also gets a specially tuned electronic stability control. The basic model will ride on 17-inch wheels wrapped around 215/45R17 rubber.

We could go on with the dimensions and the suspension setup but we'd be practically repeating what we said about the 86. In fact, come to think of it, we could have just swapped the words "Toyota" with "Subaru" and "86" with "BRZ" and be done with it. Too late now…

More reviews here...
- Details and Photos of Subaru BRZ Released Before Tokyo Debut - Rumor Central
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Thoughts?

only rear wheel drive?

Scooby why you no keep aggressive Audi-like tails :yuno:
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That wheel gap fuhhhh
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Shame they took away the concept rear. This pretty much is identical to the Toyota GT-86's rear. Maybe a future STI version will be diff... who knows!

I like the concept much better. But i'm sure some aftermarket kit will finish the design off.

any est. for NA release?

im gonna start calling it BURRRZZZZ :megusta:


much better than BEE ARE ZEE

Just noticed there aren't any signs of the BRZ badge.

Will wait for someone to change BRZ to BRAZ or... BRAZZERS :D

Hella factory wheel gap.

Subaru takes a beautiful Toyota front end design and butchered it :heckno:

The whole car looks pretty much identical to the FT-86. So swapping exterior parts should be a breeze. Only major differences are wheels, headlamp designs and bumper. I thought subaru would change their design more to differentiate it. Guess not.

Who would of thought the toyota version would look better than the subaru version..

Don't know if you noticed, but the Subaru release has front and rear side markers.

SO THAT'S A DOT APPROVED shape whereas the "86" is not, the "86" we have seen have been JDM only models.

Come to think of it, BRZ vs 86 is like Levin vs Trueno. Same car, but we made 2 versions of it anyway.

That spec sheet is a fail.

200ps = 197hp

not 200..

choppety chop chop...
amazing how much better a car looks by the simple act of lowering, wheels and lip


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That rear end :heckno:

gspec's got the idea !
lower dat and lip it

Read somewhere that said BRZ would have 200hp while the GT 86 has 197hp lol.

Looks pretty sweet!

G-specs post is on spot. Such simple things change the overall look of the car dramatically.

Still not a fan of the rear.

I was praying that the BRZ rear end would be different than the toyota's and more like the concept.. :(

Change it to amber markers, and you're good to go:

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It's pretty much the same rims too. Just that the subu version had a hint of blue in the center cap.

toyota looks better imo but the subaru gets a subaru badge instead of scion :thumbs:

Personally I like the front end and tails on the Suby much more.

Thanks to G-Spec for reviving my hope in this car
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