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Mazda Subaru

VIDEO: Mazda MX-5 v Subaru BRZ

US outlet Motor Trend hits the road in two of the car world’s best value buys, the all-new Mazda MX-5 and the Subaru BRZ. At 22 minutes this video has plenty of depth to it as well. There’s measured performance data, a road review as well as a track comparison (including this nifty side-by-side battle […]

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VIDEO: Subaru BRZ by Crawford Performance

Crawford Performance in the US has worked its magic on the Subaru BRZee. They’re the guys who prepped Ken Block’s Gymkhana I & II WRXs. After they finished laughing at the meagre stock figures produced by the blue Toybaru they put things right to the tune of 430hp/500ft-lb (320kW/680Nm). Nice. Matt Farah from Drive went […]

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News Subaru Toyota

Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86 named Wheels COTY

The Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86 twins have been awarded the Wheels Car of the Year award. It joins a host of other awards collected by the Toybaru, including the Carsguide top honour. Wheels editor Stephen Corby acknowledged the success of the Subaru–Toyota partnership, “Seldom do joint projects produce something remarkable like this.” The magazine went on […]

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Subaru

No turbo for Subaru BRZ STi?

Word via Auto Epxress suggests you’ll be able to buy a Subaru BRZ STi at some stage in 2013. They elaborate with the details that the BRZ STi’s peak power will be around 230hp (approx 170kW). If correct that’d be an increase of some 16% over the 200hp in the standard BRZ. What’s most interesting […]

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Subaru

Is this is a Subaru BRZ STi?

Autoblog brings a great series of spy shots showing what is likely to be an STi version of the Subaru BRZ sports coupé. With a more aggressive body kit, including that large rear wing, this is clearly not a regular BRZ. STi badging is clearly available on the wheel centre caps, so too on the […]

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Subaru

Subaru BRZ online sales stumble into top gear

Midday today was the deadline for Subaru’s exclusive online sales of the BRZ sports coupé to commence. Only trouble was, like the real world, the extreme demand for the car throttled supply, or in this case the Subaru website. For our own purposes we wanted to experiment with the online purchasing arrangement but gave up […]

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Subaru

MY13 Subaru BRZ brochure ready for download

Over the weekend Subaru Australia has added the MY13 BRZ to its library of online brochures ahead of today’s official launch. Why not download your own copy now. Remember, online sales of the BRZ start at 12 noon today and we reckon you’ll need to get in quick! So grab the brochure and read over […]

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Subaru

Subaru BRZ photo gallery

As Australia readies itself for the official launch of the Subaru BRZ we thought we’d raid Subaru’s media portals for pictorial content and see what we could come up with. The result is a gallery of some 70 images, all available as wallpaper-friendly 2000px super images. There’s details from all angles and also a suite […]

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Subaru

Subaru BRZ – Australian pricing & specs

Subaru Australia has ended the speculation and gone early with full pricing and specification details for its BRZ sport coupé. There is a lot of information provided too, and rather than try and summarise it here for you we’re going to let you rip right into it yourself. Before we do, as we revealed on […]

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Safety Issues Subaru

Subaru BRZ awarded 5-star ANCAP rating

Just days ahead of its official Australian launch the Subaru BRZ has been awarded a five star safety rating by local authority ANCAP. The BRZ scored a very respectable 34.4 points, from a possible 37, and the summary of ANCAP’s report states: The BRZ scored 14.97 out of 16 in the offset crash test. The […]

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Subaru

Subaru BRZ brochure previews Australian spec

A hastily scanned dealer brochure gives Australian readers their first look at the local specification for the new Subaru BRZ. As we revealed last night you can expect driveaway pricing for a manual BRZ with no options to be a touch over $37,000, depending on your state. Thanks to the brochure posted to gt86.com.au we […]

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Subaru

Subaru BRZ is a real scorcher

The Australian launch of the Subaru BRZ is not too far away. We wonder if Subaru Australia’s marketing team can top this TVC made by Tribal DDB for their Canadian counterparts.