Subaru Reveals BRZ Sports Coupe
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New two-door co-developed with Toyota finally revealed ahead of Tokyo debut. Subaru’s new two-door sports coupe looks almost identical to the Toyota it was co-developed with.
Compare the "Toyobaru" pair using Drive's picture-swipe tool! The new Subaru BRZ – developed in conjunction with Toyota’s recently revealed 86 coupe – does away with the Japanese brand’s tried and tested all-wheel-drive underpinnings, instead opting for a rear-wheel-drive layout that could rule the car out for Australia due to the brand’s “All 4 The Driver” marketing ethos.
At first glance it’s hard to tell the difference between the Subaru BRZ and the Toyota 86, with only slight styling differences separating the two. Look closer, though, and the changes are more clear.
The Toyota’s mesh-backed air intake is the inverse shape of the BRZ’s, and the bumpers sharper creases make the 86 appear slightly more aggressive, with the BRZ looking slightly classier.
The Toyota’s headlights feature an LED strip that looks more intricate than the BRZ’s. The Subaru’s fog-light assembly is more squared-off. And where the Toyota coupe has its funky “86” badges on the front guards, the Subaru has a vent and what appears to be a small light strip.
The difference between the rears of the cars is even harder to pick – to our eye, the Subaru looks almost identical apart from boasting a slightly greyer diffuser plastic; even the quirky triangulated emergency lamp assembly is the same. Overseas reports claim the tail-light “graphics” are different, though the assembly is exactly the same.
The Subaru’s 17-inch wheels are the most telltale difference between the two cars. Toyota says it will offer the 86 as standard with 18-inch wheels. The BRZ, as with the 86, is powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder direct injected “boxer” engine producing 147kW of power and 205Nm of torque. The powerplant comes attached to either a six-speed manual or automatic ‘box.
Like the Toyota, the BRZ measures 4240 millimetres long, 1775mm wide and 1300mm high, with an identical 2570mm wheelbase. The BRZ weighs in identically to the Toyota coupe at 1220 kilograms.
Subaru hasn’t yet confirmed whether the car will be available in Australia, though chances are it will be sold in the country under a “performance arm” that Subaru has alluded to over the past twelve months.
Compare the "Toyobaru" pair using Drive's picture-swipe tool! The new Subaru BRZ – developed in conjunction with Toyota’s recently revealed 86 coupe – does away with the Japanese brand’s tried and tested all-wheel-drive underpinnings, instead opting for a rear-wheel-drive layout that could rule the car out for Australia due to the brand’s “All 4 The Driver” marketing ethos.
At first glance it’s hard to tell the difference between the Subaru BRZ and the Toyota 86, with only slight styling differences separating the two. Look closer, though, and the changes are more clear.
The Toyota’s mesh-backed air intake is the inverse shape of the BRZ’s, and the bumpers sharper creases make the 86 appear slightly more aggressive, with the BRZ looking slightly classier.
The Toyota’s headlights feature an LED strip that looks more intricate than the BRZ’s. The Subaru’s fog-light assembly is more squared-off. And where the Toyota coupe has its funky “86” badges on the front guards, the Subaru has a vent and what appears to be a small light strip.
The difference between the rears of the cars is even harder to pick – to our eye, the Subaru looks almost identical apart from boasting a slightly greyer diffuser plastic; even the quirky triangulated emergency lamp assembly is the same. Overseas reports claim the tail-light “graphics” are different, though the assembly is exactly the same.
The Subaru’s 17-inch wheels are the most telltale difference between the two cars. Toyota says it will offer the 86 as standard with 18-inch wheels. The BRZ, as with the 86, is powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder direct injected “boxer” engine producing 147kW of power and 205Nm of torque. The powerplant comes attached to either a six-speed manual or automatic ‘box.
Like the Toyota, the BRZ measures 4240 millimetres long, 1775mm wide and 1300mm high, with an identical 2570mm wheelbase. The BRZ weighs in identically to the Toyota coupe at 1220 kilograms.
Subaru hasn’t yet confirmed whether the car will be available in Australia, though chances are it will be sold in the country under a “performance arm” that Subaru has alluded to over the past twelve months.
