Official: Subaru debuts production BRZ sport coupe
 

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Toyoto's UK division spilled the beans on the production [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/26/europes-toyota-gt-86-sports-car-revealed-arrives-june-2012/"]GT 86[/URL] over the holiday weekend, and now [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/"]Subaru[/URL] has let loose on its version of this jointly developed sports coupe: the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/brz/"]BRZ[/URL]. Not surprisingly, most of the details we know about both models are identical, including their naturally aspirated 2.0-liter horizontally opposed boxer engines, your choice of 6-speed manual or automatic (with shift paddles) transmissions, rear-wheel-drive layout and low center of gravity.

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As for the car's design, there's nothing here we haven't seen before in the various concept iterations of the BRZ (and [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ft-86/"]FT-86[/URL], for that matter). It's up to you to decide whether or not that's a good thing, but we'll just say we think the BRZ's better angle is from the rear.

[URL="http://www.perth-wrx.com/2011/11/28/subaru-debuts-production-brz-sport-coupe/#continued"]Follow the jump[/URL] to read Subaru's official press release, and stay tuned on Wednesday when we go hunting for live shots of the BRZ at the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/tokyo-motor-show/"]Tokyo Motor Show[/URL].[URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/28/subaru-debuts-production-brz-sport-coupe/"]Continue reading [I]Subaru debuts production BRZ sport coupe[/I][/URL]

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