Photo: X-Tomi Design
After weeks of teasers, Subaru just unveiled the all-new BRZ, and it's safe to say people are excited about it. They're finally giving us more power from a bigger engine. So it is wrong to wonder what else could be added to this sports coupe?
For many years, we've been wanting to see a BRZ that's not a coupe at all. That's right, we're talking about a rival to the Mazda Miata. The arguments over who has the best gearbox and steering would literally be endless, and Subaru could have a winner on its hands.
Without trying to bash the BRZ, we'll mention that the older generation didn't get the same attention as its Toyota counterpart, even though the two are virtually identical. So with this generation, Subaru is making it look aggressive right out of the box, perhaps hoping that it will attract more weekend builders.
Interestingly, when you take the roof off the 2022 Subaru BRZ, as artist X-Tomi Design has done in this rendering, it starts to look a lot like the BMW Z4. There's a certain connection between the headlights and grille which gives both roadsters a shark-like appearance. It's pretty strange to compare the two, but BMW does make a severely underpowered version of its sports car, the Z4 sDrive20 with 197 hp.
So what are the chances of Subaru approving a car like this for production? We'd say they're pretty low, but Toyota did make a prototype. If we remember correctly, the FT-86 Open got shown at a Tokyo show and made its global debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Even though the public response was positive, they decided against it.
Later in 2013, Fuji Heavy Industries President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga dismissed rumors of such a car, claiming that the "engineering department told me that losing the entire roof requires a complete redesign of the structure."
Without trying to bash the BRZ, we'll mention that the older generation didn't get the same attention as its Toyota counterpart, even though the two are virtually identical. So with this generation, Subaru is making it look aggressive right out of the box, perhaps hoping that it will attract more weekend builders.
Interestingly, when you take the roof off the 2022 Subaru BRZ, as artist X-Tomi Design has done in this rendering, it starts to look a lot like the BMW Z4. There's a certain connection between the headlights and grille which gives both roadsters a shark-like appearance. It's pretty strange to compare the two, but BMW does make a severely underpowered version of its sports car, the Z4 sDrive20 with 197 hp.
So what are the chances of Subaru approving a car like this for production? We'd say they're pretty low, but Toyota did make a prototype. If we remember correctly, the FT-86 Open got shown at a Tokyo show and made its global debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Even though the public response was positive, they decided against it.
Later in 2013, Fuji Heavy Industries President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga dismissed rumors of such a car, claiming that the "engineering department told me that losing the entire roof requires a complete redesign of the structure."
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