All I see is a Shelby GT350 getting destroyed by a Cobra, so.....

I’m not surprised. I majored in Entertainment design, and most of the friends I have who are concept designers at game studios are women. Many of them work as designers on IP’s you wouldn’t expect at first such as the Call of Duty series. It’s good to see that a more traditional Japanese studio is finally becoming…

Meanwhile I had to go to four different Subaru dealers last year to find one that would even take a deposit on a BRZ tS. Most were hoping that prospective buyers would get in a bidding war. Those same dealers have their tS’s still sitting on the showroom floor with a “market adjustment” still on them while mine…

I was your stereotypical well-behaved wallflower high school student. Then I did a burnout in my 87 Ford Ranger in the parking lot, and the next day got both detention and elected class president. (seriously.)

Ours ended great. Only two people at the party were football fans, and Uber gave out free rides for the losing city. Honestly, I just went for the food.

All the non-car people at the party (in LA) I was at got super excited, and asked me if I was going to get one.

I agree with you that although you can use an 86 twin as a daily, it’s not very good at that. I bet the GTI is very versatile in that aspect. After a year of dailying my BRZ, I really want to turn it into a weekend car and get an Audi All-road as a daily. The 86 twins are like one of those specialized animals that…

I don’t see this as a problem. I’d prefer nicer trims with my manual transmissions. I’m tired of not being able to get heated seats and Carplay because I want a clutch pedal.

I was originally planning on a supercharger, but after driving it, I liked the response of NA, the warranty, and the fact it does 0-60 in 6.4 seconds which is faster than the Supra turbo I had in college (0-60 in 6.7). On tight technical mountain roads, you can be faster than cars with double the horsepower without…

I think this is why cars meant originally for Japan do well amongst enthusiasts in California’s major cities. Our major driving environments are either grid-locked traffic, or incredible mountain roads, much like Japan. California is the biggest market for the Miata, 370Z, and 86 twins.

They actually went out of their way to make it NA. Toyota designed the cylinder heads for this application to make them more responsive and rev-happy than the standard EJ heads. The focus was on making a car that would respond quickly to the driver’s every input and having a naturally aspirated motor was part of it.…

“Don’t worry, eventually they’ll get all this self-driving stuff down and then sports cars can transition fully into on-road rollercoasters.”

Nah, It would just be a way to keep it 3-pedal and keep your left foot occupied (at least at the track.)

2 beers. I’m the Lotus Eleven of drinking.

For the rest of the world, the tS is a proper STI version. It was even originally going to be called the BRZ STI in the US, and is still called this in Subaru’s systems. STI focused on bringing out all of the potential that the BRZ had in what it excelled at. However, Americans are like “turbo all the things, 300hp or…

Drive the zenki and kouki versions back to back. The revised final drive ratio makes a noticeable difference, as does the available performance package. Even new ones can be had for far below MSRP, so I wouldn’t discount new right away. I was even able to get 1.9% financing on my 2018 through Subaru.

I’d prefer NA, everything is turbo nowadays, and it’s not the fun laggy-then high boost turbos that were so much fun to drive in the 80's and 90's.

I’ve actually used mine to take 4 full-grown adults out to dinner. It was uncomfortable, but at least it was an option I wouldn’t have had with an actual 2-seater. If you only need the back seat a couple times a year, you really appreciate having it when you need it.

Keep the gas and brake pedal, move (non-locking) e-brake to the clutch pedal position, profit.

My 69-year old mom just signed the papers on her new Rallye Red Civic Type-R to join the Celestial Blue Mica Mazdaspeed3 in her garage, so she’s doing her part at least. (Both on saving manuals and bright colors.)