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Raven wrote:Doesn't Subaru only shift 15000 WRX to the USA a year?

Autoblog wrote:Finally. It's the moment we've all been waiting for ever since Toyota and Subaru jointly announced their compact rear-wheel-drive sports car: production is now underway.

With an official ceremony at Subaru's Gunma Main Plant, attended by Toyota president Akio Toyoda, Subaru pushed the Big Red Button (quite literally, in case you were wondering) that sent BRZ and Toyota GT 86 coupes down the assembly line. And the event was captured in both still images and video for our viewing pleasure.

Check out our high-res image gallery above, and see below for the video and official press release. Oh, and if you're one of the lucky ones with a deposit down for either the Subaru or the Toyota's Scion FR-S twin (America won't get one with an interlocking rings badge), it's officially time to consider making room in your garage.

LLTS1 wrote:Great Idea for a tire killer but completely defeats the purpose of the BRZ. I think the better Idea would be to start a pole on when somebody is going to come out with a turbo kit. Everyone's saying it 's impossible with the placement of the motor but i think that's just more fuel for the challenge.

Jalopnik wrote:Scion apparently announced to its dealers the pricing for the Scion FR-S, according to a leaked document on ft86club.com. The MSRP for the 6-speed manual is $24,200 before delivery and handling and the auto will go for $25,300. Both should see a bump of around $1,000 with those other charges.

I asked Masuda-san point-blank if indeed there will be an STI-style turbocharged BRZ by the time this generation reaches the middle of its life in two-and-a-half or three years. A number came out of his mouth that raised my eyebrows. "In future, there is the thought to have as much as 280 horsepower."

Well, uh, gosh, that's even a bit more than I was gambling for.

"And we are," he went on, "thinking very much about the possibility of a turbocharger."

So, could we be digging on somewhere around 250 pound-feet of torque? The master would not confirm or deny, but he did say that such a model would probably
not use the acronym STI.

The 2013 Subaru BRZ sports coupe isn't on sale in the U.S. yet, but sales of the new coupe are already off to a good start in Japan. The BRZ debuted in Japan on February 3 and Subaru has already sold 3,551 units, which is four times the initial sales forecasts.

Subaru had only planned on selling 450 units in Japan per month. The BRZ will officially go on sale in the Unites States on April 20, but Subaru only plans on selling 500 units here a month.

In Japan almost 60 percent of BRZ buyers are under 40 and the top selling color is the blue mica.