Subaru BRZ News

A Subaru BRZ sports coupe is driven as employees applaud at the manufacturing plant in Ota City, Japan, where the vehicle co-developed with Toyota is made.

Oddly enough, its Scion FR-S twin has only managed to gather 7 percent , the same as the Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0 Turbo, which is still enough to place both higher than the Mazda MX-5 that has secured 4 percent of your votes.

Too bad Toyota couldn't have had a little more fun with the name. The FR-S is known as the Toyota GT-86 in rest of the world, and even wears GT-86 badges on its front panels.

The Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. Subaru BRZ is displayed during a line-off ceremony at the company's plant in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

While we are waiting for prices of Toyota's fab new GT-86 to get down to an affordable level on the A second-hand market, which I reckon will take a good three to five years, let's look at some A affordable stand-ins. Naturally there are plenty of cheap and cheerful sports cars in the classifieds as we know from our regular A second-hand features, ... (more)

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE TO FOUR THOUSAND RPM: This story isn't about the Subaru BRZ.

The 2013 Subaru BRZ may be the new hotness when it comes to sports cars at Subaru , but one would be remiss to forget the car that made it all possible - the Subaru Impreza WRX STI.

The two companies have reportedly signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding for the development and manufacture of a new rear-wheel drive roadster for both the Mazda and Alfa Romeo marques, based on the next-generation MX-5. The final agreement on the collaboration is expected to be signed in late 2012.

The GAZOO Racing Toyota GT86 took the win in the SP3 class, completing 129 laps of the legendary circuit, finishing in 46th place overall The new Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ haven't been visible for long, but the marques' newest sports car scored a major coup on the weekend when it won two separate classes at the 40th ADAC 24 Hours NA1 4rburgring ... (more)

The Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ sports coupes are joined at the hip by a platform-sharing agreement signed by Toyota and Fuji Heavy Industries.

This is a story of unlikely scenarios. The first concerns the Subaru BRZ, a rear-wheel-drive sports car from the company famous for making all-wheel-drive station wagons pretending to be SUVs.

Gazoo Racing's supercharged/turbocharged Toyota GT86 cranks out 320 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque.

The Toyota GT 86 will be launched in the Netherlands in July, where the Japanese sports car will have a starting price of 39,990 euros for the entry-level version.

THE BRZ is Subaru's masterstroke, breathing new life into the rear-wheel drive coupe market that was once so vibrant.

Praise for the 2013 Scion FR-S has been nothing short of unanimous, and for good reason.

Toyota has recently launched a new presentation video for its GT 86 sports car in Italian, which means only one thing: that the model is getting ready to be launched in the European country.

Japanese car magazines and pro racecar drivers are eagerly expecting the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ.

Both Subaru and Toyota had specific tasks on the 2013 BRZ. Toyota handled the design and lent its direct injection technology to the engine.

This is mostly for car guys . Yesterday, IA looked in the rear-view mirror and saw the front grillA of a nicely styled car keeping pace with me.

While Scion has no current plans to offer a turbocharged version of the FR-S sports coupe , the word on the street is that Toyota's North American subsidiary is preparing a 2+2 convertible or a pure two-seater roadster version of its rear-wheel drive model.