Subaru BRZ - test drive
Took the new Subaru BRZ for a 45 minute spin the other morning.
ON MY OWN!!
Very fun car to drive!
Handling / cornering - 11 out of 10. So tight and precise through any corner or bend.
Power - it's actually got just a nice amount of power. Of course many people want more power, but it gets going pretty quick... good to very good acceleration, without the sort of power that will chew up your tyres in 10,000km or less.
Cabin - quite well finished... except the clock is crap! It looks about 15 years old!
Should have spent $25 on a nice clock, like a smart phone appearance.
You wouldn't want to be 6'2 or taller. A driver at 6'2 would be about the limit... I'm 6'0 and it was fine.
Vision in your blind spots is a bit average.
Back seats are actually very dressy parcel shelf! Where I had the drivers seat positions, there was literally zero leg room in the back. Drivers seat was pretty much touching the rear seats!! Logical progression is into the WRX for an extra $5k...
Centre Console - the bone on the outside top of my left calf... bone on the side of the knee... well it rested right on a hard edge on the console. I would literally want to stick a "padding disc" in there...
Would I buy one? - I would probably go the Rex instead. But my wife would go the BRZ.
Out of 10 Ratings;
As a second car, or a car for the wife - 9/10
Single persons car - 9/10
Value - 9.5
Handling - 10
Power - 7.5
Gearbox - 7.5
Interior - 9
Exterior - 9
Turning Circle - 9 or 10.
I can see why the Toyota86/SubyBRZ took out car of the year... great fun car.
Gearbox - short gear stick, and tight cluster in the box. Maybe too tight.
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