Subaru BRZ STi Concept (Foto Ufficiali)

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Press Release :

Styling

• By installing the Boxer engine as low as possible, the low hood and sleek roofline together compose a sophisticated form. This is also blended with STI performance touches for a Subaru sporting profile.

• A hexagonal lower front grille, hawk eye headlights and fin-shaped fog lamps make the front face instantly recognizable as Subaru.

• STI-made lower front spoiler and rear wing magnify down-force and aerodynamics performance. They allow stable straight driving and excellent handling at high speeds.

• The rear design with bold rear fender flares, large rear-diffuser, and twin dual tailpipes intensifies the STI performance feel.

• A carbon-fiber roof, already installed in a WRX STI model and highly acclaimed, has been employed by the concept car. With it, extra weight reduction and an even lower center of gravity were achieved, contributing considerably to the ultimate handling performance this concept model aims to offer.

• The lively exterior color “WR Blue Pearl II” is a new generation of the iconic WR blue paint scheme that emphasizes the racing image.

Engine

• The Boxer engine has inherent qualities of light weight, compactness, low center of gravity, and high rigidity – all pointing toward its great potential as a sports car engine. Taking full advantage of these features, a 2.0-liter horizontally-opposed four-cylinder direct fuel-injection gasoline engine has been developed exclusively for BRZ.

• The engine has been designed with a square bore and stroke of 86 X 86 mm. Combined with Toyota’s D-4S direct injection technology (fuel injection system), high output and high environmental standards were both attained, both expected of a new generation sports car.

Chassis and Body

• Compared with other Subaru models, the engine in SUBARU BRZ CONCEPT - STI - sits an impressive 120 mm lower and is positioned 240 mm closer to the center of the chassis. As a result, this car has achieved one of the lowest possible center of gravity in cars on the market today.

• By incorporating lightweight parts such as a carbon-fiber roof, the overall weight has been reduced. Subaru has also succeeded in attaining a body structure that is both lightweight and highly rigid in a striking balance. The concept car is the embodiment of pure driving enjoyment only obtainable with a “Boxer sports car”.

• Its unique handling performance has been remarkably refined by adopting STI’s lightweight 18-inch alloy wheels with performance tires and STI tuned suspension with excellent lateral stiffness.

• Brembo brakes enhance braking performance.

Major Specifications

Overall Length × Width × Height (mm): 4,230 × 1,800 × 1,280

Wheelbase (mm): 2,570

Engine Type: 2.0-liter direct fuel injection naturally-aspirated 4-cylinder

Horizontally-Opposed Boxer engine

Tires: 215/45R18 (Front), 225/45R18 (Rear)

Topic Concepts :

• Subaru Boxer Sports Car Architecture Concept (Foto Ufficiali)
  
• Subaru BRZ Prologue - Sports Car Architecture II Concept (Foto Ufficiali)
  

Aridaje coi concept . Beh, questo può starci perchè trattasi della versione coi contro cazzi.

Già così mi piace più della Toyota; vado a prendere la bacinella per raccogliere la saliva.

Modificato 16 Novembre 2011 da Touareg 2.5

[superkappa125]

Niente male questo concept, sicuramente risolve meglio il posteriore di quanto lo faccia la versione di serie.

[poliziottesco]

Come per l'altra, non il mio genere ma mi garba, in questo caso "deo gratias" per aver rinunciato agli orrendi fari posteriori effeto "glacier".

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Ecco anche l'anteriore.

[Waterland]

Tanta tanta TANTA roba

[J-Gian]

Il concept della Toyota mi piaceva di più, ma forse è solamente il fatto che qui ormai è praticamente normalizzata

[philips88]

prezzo??

[Ospite]

Esteticamente non è eccezionale... mi garbava assai di più la Toyota FT-86.

Mi aspettavo di meglio.

[poliziottesco]

Anche qui una piccola prova dell'auto questa volta in veste Subaru (chiedo scusa se e' stata gia' pubblicata altrove).

Subaru BRZ 2.0 FIRST DRIVE

Test date 10 August 2011 Price as tested TBA

This is the official computer generated image showing how the production car will look

What is it?

This is the Subaru BRZ development prototype, which is most easily introduced as Subaru’s take on the Toyota FT-86 – although that statement is factually contentious.

When, in 2008, Toyota chairman Katsuaki Watanabe decided he wanted an affordable 2+2 coupe, he found that his company was already at full capacity building cars it could sell, and its development engineers were flat out working on alternative powertrain projects. As a result, the Toyota FT-86 and Subaru BRZ rear-drive, front-engined coupes are, in fact, mostly a Subaru production. Oh, and there will likely be another spin-off, badged as a Scion FR-S, for the US market.

Read our Toyota FT-86 development car drive review

BRZ project leader Yoshio Hirakawa refers to the car as "ours" and confirms that Subaru was responsible for its development, testing and production, with Toyota – a 16.5 per cent share holder in Subaru parent Fuji Heavy Industries - taking the lead on project planning and design. To this end, Subaru has also built a new production facility for the car, near its main facility in Oizumi in Japan.

Hirakawa promotes Subaru’s version of the car as more focused at the enthusiast than the better-equipped but pricier Toyota. However, despite early reports that the Subaru may have more power, he also confirms that the differences between all three versions of the car are limited to wheel design, badges and interior trim, plus price.

He also confirms the BRZ was benchmarked against the Porsche Cayman R, eagerly pointing out that the Subaru is 100kg lighter than its rival at 1270kg, and has a centre of gravity 2.5cm lower. The more than 100bhp power deficit is not dwelled on so long, however.

It is worth stressing that this was a development car, and that much of the data is estimated.

See pics of the Subaru BRZ in action

What’s it like?

At its heart is the Subaru 2.0-litre flat-four front engine, codenamed FB20 and established already in the Impreza. However, it sits 12cm lower in the engine bay than in the Impreza, and 24cm further back. The result is a claimed 45:55 per cent weight distribution front to rear.

In the prototype we drove the result was a joy. Subaru was claiming 210bhp at 7000rpm and a redline than starts at 7500rpm, plus maximum torque of 170lb ft at 4000rpm. However these were estimates, and are up on the projections for the identical FT-86 unit.

Regardless, it felt quick enough, and, thanks to the Toyota derived cylinder head and direct injection it speeds up faster than any other normally aspirated Subaru boxer engine. Only from 1800-3000rpm is the absence of boost slightly noticeable.

The Subaru BRZ feels agile and light-footed. Turn in to a fast corner and it understeers only very slightly, but trail the brakes or lift mid-corner and that quickly turns in to controllable oversteer. At high speeds it feels very stable – thanks in no small part to its relatively long 257cm wheelbase.

The engine can be linked to manual or automatic six-speed gearboxes. The first three gear ratios of the manual are shorter than the steps of the automatic box in order to increase the low torque gap and sharpen the sporty handling. The automatic box, which image-wise probably fits better to the Toyota version, comes with the three modes 'Auto', 'Manual' and 'Temporary Manual', the latter allowing downshifting via paddles behind the steering wheel. Both work well, but the manual is more fun.

The only real note of caution concerns the interior, and it’s worth remembering this was a development prototype. Subaru may describe the interior as pure, but some customers may regard it as spartan. No premium materials were visible in this car. However , that emphasis on basic functionality has its merits - from the driver’s seat you are confronted by a big rev counter, the speedometer sitting off to the left and the temperature and fuel gauges to the right. The design is clean but basic; if readability at speed was the only goal, then they are a success.

Should I buy one?

Yes. The growing conclusion is that the hardest decision will not be whether to part with your money, but choosing between the Subaru and Toyota.

Juergen Zolter

Subaru BRZ prototype

Price: £21,00 est; 0-62mph: 7.0sec (est); Top speed: 130mph (est); Kerb weight: 1270kg (est); Economy: 35mpg (est, combined); CO2: 190g/km (est); Engine 4cys, horizontally opposed 2.0-litre petrol; Max power: 210bhp at 7500rpm (est); Max torque: 170lb ft at 4500rpm (est); Gearbox: Six speed manual/auto.

fonte: Autocar.co.uk

In breve la roba piu' nuova e':

1) potenze a quanto pare uguali alla versione Toyota, qui accreditano il motore di 210CV

2) maggiori differenze fra i due marchi saranno le finiture degli interni, il design dei cerchi, gli stemmi e, a quanto pare, il prezzo (piu' alto per la toyota). In generale dicono che Scooby sara' piu' orientata agli entusiasti della guida e Toyo sara' piu' costosa e' piu' orientata a chi cerca anche finiture ed equipaggiamenti

3) A quanto pare, nonostante i 100 CV in meno, la Subaru avrebbe nel mirino niente di meno che la Cayman R...

4) Automatico e manuale disponiibli su entrambe le vetture, con il manuale che presenta i primi tre rapporti piu' corti rispetto all'auto

A margine piccola nota del giornalista che, specificando pero' che trattavasi di prototipo, menziona gli interni di aspetto spartano, dedicati alla funzionalita' piu' che al design o alla premiumness

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3) A quanto pare, nonostante i 100 CV in meno, la Subaru avrebbe nel mirino niente di meno che la Cayman R...