Video: Japanese TV show pits MX-5 against BRZ and FR-S at Twin Ring Motegi
 

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A Japanese motoring show, complete with titles in comic fonts, put three racing pilots behind the wheels of the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/mazda/mx-5+miata/"]Mazda MX-5 Miata[/URL], [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/brz"]Subaru BRZ[/URL] and [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/scion/fr-s"]Scion FR-S[/URL] (Toyota 86, in this case) for three laps of the 2.1-mile East Road Course at Twin Ring Motegi. Of course the segment producers know that putting the 167-horsepower roadster against the 200-hp coupes isn't exactly fair, so they gave the Mazda a small head start of about three grid positions.

Ex-sports car racer Takayuki Kinoshita handles the Mazda, former open-wheel pilot Naoki Hattori drives the BRZ, and former Le Mans-class winner Keiichi Tsuchiya gets fast and loose in the FR-S. The drivers offer copious on-track commentary, but it's in Japanese. That said, watching the MX-5 try to stay in front and watching Tsuchiya start drifting are universal gearhead languages. You'll find the action [URL="http://www.perth-wrx.com/2012/04/29/japanese-tv-show-pits-mx-5-against-brz-and-fr-s-at-twin-ring-mot/#continued"]after the jump[/URL].[URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/04/29/japanese-tv-show-pits-mx-5-against-brz-and-fr-s-at-twin-ring-mot/"]Continue reading [I]Japanese TV show pits MX-5 against BRZ and FR-S at Twin Ring Motegi[/I][/URL]

[URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2012/04/29/japanese-tv-show-pits-mx-5-against-brz-and-fr-s-at-twin-ring-mot/"]Japanese TV show pits MX-5 against BRZ and FR-S at Twin Ring Motegi[/URL] originally appeared on [URL="http://www.autoblog.com"]Autoblog[/URL] on Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:01:00 EST. Please see our [URL="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"]terms for use of feeds[/URL].

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