Subaru BRZ 2022 review | still the best RWD driver’s coupe? | Chasing Cars 

Half your luck. Mine is still 2+ months down the track

Half your luck. Mine is still 2+ months down the track

Thanks for watching.

Full size spare wheel.....How about 4 dull size spare wheels!!!!!

WOULD make me happy if there were any around to even fondle then test drive....there is like none here in California....hey wtf you guys down there get FIVE YEAR unlimited warranty???? IDK what subaru does here but I suspect its like Mazda 36k/36month which sucks compared to 60month unlimited!

So...no one cares (unless you are a WRC Subyphile!). Blue is the most popular car for an enthusiasts sports car anyway mate..

@@Mexxx65 - he's referring to Sonic Blue Mica that graced the 22B Impreza WRX STI.

I am thinkin the same thing too. And this sapphire blue also matches the dark blue subaru color on the logo actually. The current WR blue is so much lighter.

More of an opinion than a fact.

Very true. Mature, sophisticated design.

You watched the whole 20 minute video within it coming out for a few seconds!?!

Get the sapphire blue one, mate. Then nano-coat it. You will not be disappointed. And if you can live with low ground clearance, the original Subaru STI parts are fantastic too. Beware of high-angled parking ramps and sleeping policemen though.

Yep

Has your fuel economy increased over time?

Very true!

Opel Insignia rear end (almost).

They look nicer than my ND MX5's tail lights thats for sure! That is what I thinking of getting rid of in favor of brz86...biggest drawbacks are #1 there is no active BRZ86 drivers club in my area whereas Miata enjoys great active club ( like 30 cars or so per run!) with many runs through awesome West Coast routes hauling a$$!!! (radio support with lead and sweep cars...never any citations....so far lol) Then #2 my wife LOVES top down driving roadster and I can already hear her bitch if I try to replace the ND with a hard top....but personally I LOVE the idea of MORE power! The Miata IS quite a bit lighter but still 180ish hp pales in comparison

I would never use heated seats in Adelaide ventilated yes my back was drenched today in my broken ac car

Some parts of Australia, like Canberra, are not tropical. I will relish my heated seats throughout winter.

@@peterg2345 Only part of NT is tropical. Australia is not a tropical country.

I am from Indonesia, and I prefer ventilated seats as well, for obvious reason..😅😅😅

Except that MX5 is seriously cramped and totally no luggage space or practicality … great on a sunny weekend in the twisty bits though! Sat in the MX5, drove the BRZ and now waiting for it to be made.

Except that MX5 is seriously cramped and totally no luggage space or practicality … great on a sunny weekend in the twisty bits though! Sat in the MX5, drove the BRZ and now waiting for it to be made.

Yeah so why not offer a roadster too! Rigidity is one drawback to chopping the roof off and may be why they never did before?But now? With it being so strong underneath? Seems like they COULD do a roadster! Or at least a Targa roof?

@@dougiequick1 This is the last of the 'make-up' version, thus cost and time? Besides convertable cars are not as popular as they were a decade or two ago and targa tops are almost dead, aren't they?

It is a bad thing if you pay for road service anyway...first thing I would do is yank it out to save weight and add storage....idk maybe if I took a long road trip I could feel better having the extra wheel but for me would be rare or never....I have a wonderful compact SUV for road trips

Aint gonna happen on account of this being a shared platform with Toyota and Toyota not about to let the BRZ price point car be superior their BMW Supra they get double for....Turbo with an 8spd DCT bRZ86 could arguably be a superior sports car for much less money...I would be drooling

Comparison coming up next week :)

@@chasingcars Cool.

@@chasingcars Fantastic. I've got the Fiesta, but loving this BRZ. Looking forward the comparo.

BRZ/86 duhh

@@dougiequick1 The I20 was built with track use in mind (hence the warranty) which the BRZ/GR86 wasn't and the Fiesta ST is one on the best hot hatches of the last decade. 'duhh" doesn't answer the question pindick.

Torque converter 6 speed.

@@chasingcars thanks mate. Nice review by the way 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I hear its a pretty good TC. But I have big reservations with it over the long term.

Price point vehicles are never gonna get anything top shelf...would sure be nice to have DCT as an option....but hardly anyone would pop for it so would not be worth the engineering...plus the marketing prlcks would whine if the price point car started to be better than the BMW Supra costing double

A RWD against FWD? Where is the comparison? Totally diffent animals.

Pity there will be no Fiesta ST next year. Such a fun car

Yeah, but they have completely different rear suspension setup now. BRZ goes for neutral handling, 86 for oversteer.

NONE at all! It's called paying for road service....pretty cheap and I get to save the weight and have extra cargo space ....If I ever get a flat I simply call AAA to come get me...I do admit a spare is nice for road trips but that is not what my sports car is for, in that case I take our roomy CX5

@@dougiequick1 RAA is better mate

Thank you

You can disable it pretty easily, just take off some plastic trim on the passenger side and unplug it. I'd keep it on just for the hell of it until i got an exhaust, then disable it after

@@Blight-fp3vt yeah nah. The sound has no resemblance to the boxer engine. A very poor attempt compared to the more sophisticated fakery in VWs for example. They should have stuck with the LFA style induction tube.

@@Blight-fp3vt audio engineer here (happy to prove it) and owner of a GT86 with an UEL header. I’ve listened to many GR86 sound clips, and there’s nothing organic or natural sounding about the sound being produced by the speaker. It’s a synthetic algorithm that matches the revs, not a microphone or piezo sensor that’s being amplified.

@@Blight-fp3vt VW were called out for the very same claim with the Soundaktor (tho their implementation is much more sophisticated). Regardless of how Toyobaru frame it, if you could isolate the sound from the speaker, you’d hear that there’s nothing inherently FA24 to it. It’s a digital algorithm - sounds nothing like a 4 banger (boxer or not).

Because this car is look big but some channel it look small with tall guy.

Well hardly "sewn up" as the seriously lighter albeit only 180ish hp Miata is still going strong also RWD LSD super fun in twisties ....btw i never see brz86s in the canyons wierd...loads of Porsches quite a few Miatas ...guessing it is younger set buying the BRZ86s which in comparison might easily explain things? An age group being too busy working schooling and of course chasing girls to be driving the twisties all the time....strangely civilian sports car fun driving appears to be much more of an old guy thing (who seem to have more disposable time and money on average?) ....just my perception idk i could be wrong....Also I am guessing the younger bunch dont want to be buying new tires every 5k ...I'll be lucky to get 5k miles....lol ALSO (just a thought) MAYBE when the youngsters do start down that road of regular mountain driving they get too fast in trouble?? I know in my younger days I kept being forced to take reprieves from my fun driving as I several times was in the "one more citation and your license is GONE" situation lol...not to mention the insurance company just RAPED me for my driving driving habits...! Just saying I did not spend anywhere near as much time on the mountain roads as I dearly wanted to when I was young...as I do now! btw my first new car I ever purchased? 79 RX7...loved that car! Damn wife got pregnant and there is no spot for a baby with two adults in the RX7lol....so it got traded at 40k miles...Was several years till I could get back to my passion!

How fun doing dips/speed bumps and parking lot ramps etc....uhhh NOT!

The original subaru STI parts will add front lips, side skirts and rear side skirts, also diffuser to make it look lower. But for some perhaps it’s too low and you will hit ramp angles and speed bumps with these on.

price point car so I would not expect a whole lot....what I DO hope they fixed in the new platform is the quirky noises people complained about but never could find

3300llb ugly 4 door....yuuuck not me...Anyway I love to carve and care less about something gaining a couple car lengths in a drag race especially since I find that entirely lame to begin with

The i30n is 4WD, so apples and oranges. It's a 4 door, so apples and oranges. It's 15k more expensive, apples and oranges. It is NOT a 2 door, RWD sports car. Enough said.

@@richardhoulton4016 all sorts of nice cars, SUVs, Trucks, planes , submarines....me I love the little roadsters you can keep anything else

@@peterg2345 FWD

Harmless irreverence. Sorry you were offended.

Seriously? What a snowflake.

I mean with Ponch and a comment like that, my head goes in an entirely other direction 😏. Would that offend you less?

Haha 🤡 don’t let the door hit on your way out 👋

Lol he's right tho. Just had a kid, had to buy a boring car.