Perth-WRX.com - Official: Subaru details BRZ tS, stops short of full-on STI

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Fans of the sweet-handling [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/brz/"]Subaru BRZ[/URL] awaiting some performance enhancements got their hopes up earlier this month when parent Fuji Heavy Industries dropped some [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/04/subaru-brz-sti-teasers-coming-soon/"]teasers[/URL] hinting at an apparent STI version, but as was [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/05/subaru-brz-sti-teased-really-only-ts-version/"]subsequently suspected[/URL], the model in question - now revealed in full - stops short of being a full-on STI model.

What we're looking at here is the new Subaru BRZ tS, which incorporates a series of enhancements but leaves the engine alone. Available exclusively in the Japanese Domestic Market, the BRZ tS package includes a thicker driveshaft, a front lip spoiler, [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/brembo/"]Brembo[/URL] ventilated brake discs packed inside 18-inch wheels and a smattering of STI logos inside and out. STI has also upgraded the suspension components, retuned the stability control and exhaust note and enhanced the interior with some carbon and Alcantara touches. An additional GT package includes further upgrades, most noticeably the giant rear wing (made of carbon fiber) shown above, black-painted alloys and [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/recaro/"]Recaro[/URL] bucket seats.

Only 500 examples of the BRZ tS will be offered in Japan, with no more than 250 of those outfitted with the supplementary GT package. Here's hoping [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/"]Subaru[/URL] gives us a taste on this side of the Pacific as well - or better yet, maybe they'll quit joking around and give us the full-on STI already.[URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/19/subaru-unveils-brz-ts-not-sti/"]Continue reading [I]Subaru details BRZ tS, stops short of full-on STI[/I][/URL]

[URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/19/subaru-unveils-brz-ts-not-sti/"]Subaru details BRZ tS, stops short of full-on STI[/URL] originally appeared on [URL="http://www.autoblog.com"]Autoblog[/URL] on Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:59:00 EST. Please see our [URL="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"]terms for use of feeds[/URL].

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