Subaru BRZ STI Concept
11-01-2011, 11:03 AM
#1
Drifting
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 2,179
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Subaru BRZ STI Concept
From Motortrend:
BASE MODEL (NOT STI):
210hp @ 6500rpm
170lb-ft @ 4000rpm
2662 lbs total weight
Front engine, rear drive, possibly turbocharged STI variant.
944 guys are you listening?
Last edited by IMB951; 11-01-2011 at 11:46 AM.
11-01-2011, 11:30 AM
#5
Drifting
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 2,179
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Toyota will sell this alongside Subaru in the US as the Scion FR-S, and it will likely not get STI-eqsue treatment with more power. Leaked from a brochure:
11-01-2011, 12:31 PM
#7
Rennlist Member
Someone must have checked out a 944.
Trending Topics
11-03-2011, 02:21 PM
#13
Instructor
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Berwyn, PA
Posts: 152
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The BRZ is not meant to be the new STI. It is supposed to be a lightweight (2600-2700 lbs) car in the vein of the Miata. There is no room for AWD in the chassis due to extremely low COG, nor was it designed to be such. The new STIs and WRXs , most likely MY2013 or 2014,are to be built on a new chassis and will be separate from the Imprezas that they have been based on. The BRZ and its Toyota sibling to be shown at the LA show will be concepts only, with production versions to be first shown at the Tokyo show as per agreement with Toyota.
As for this concept, Subaru has built lots of concepts that never make it to market; I believe this is one of them because the STI name comes with the cachet of the turbo; even the head of Subaru engineering said the BRZ won't have a turbo.
The Subie Guy
As for this concept, Subaru has built lots of concepts that never make it to market; I believe this is one of them because the STI name comes with the cachet of the turbo; even the head of Subaru engineering said the BRZ won't have a turbo.
The Subie Guy
Last edited by mclmk8d; 11-03-2011 at 10:02 PM.
