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TopGear test drives the Subaru BRZ, reveals what the ‘B’, ‘R’, and ‘Z’ stand for.

So our cousins in the UK got a chance to test drive the recently announced Subaru BRZ and they come away impressed:

So where to start? As suspected, both Subaru and Toyota have had specific tasks within this joint project. Toyota has been responsible for the design (certainly not the most dynamic aspect of the BRZ), and has lent its direct injection technology to the engine. Subaru has done pretty much everything else. Talking to the engineers you get the sense this is very much Subaru’s car – the first development prototype was a cut n’ shut Legacy, the next an Impreza. This is good news, as we know Subaru can build great cars. The BRZ clearly has potential.

How best to describe it as an overall package? Keen. Eager. It’s not puppy-ish in its enthusiasm, it’s a bit more measured than that, but it’s a lot of fun. Easily better to drive than a VW Scirocco; more agile and rewarding than any Audi TT. It may not have the lungs on a Nissan 370Z, but it’s way more dextrous and I can’t think of any hot hatch except possibly the Renaultsport Clio that provides as much satisfaction.

If you’re at all intrigued by this car, most definitely read the rest at TopGear.com

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This is the 2012 Subaru BRZ

Remember the Scion FR-S/Toyota GT-86 we showed you the other day? This BRZ is essentially the same car, so you’re looking at the same 2.0-litre horizontally-opposed flat four engine - a ‘boxer’ - producing 197bhp and 151lb ft of torque.

And underneath the near-identical body sits Subaru’s lightweight, front-engined, rear-drive chassis, held together in the middle by a proper six-shift manual gearbox. Subaru tells us the BRZ gets an aluminium bonnet, high-tensile steel in the ‘upper structure’ and a low centre of gravity - helped in part by the flat-four engine.

They’re both lookers and they’re both proper sports cars so we’ll have to see how pricing and options shake out — but until then: which one would you rather have?

omagahhh, its going to go in production soon?! =D =D =D