Here we go
Voici la nouvelle Subaru BRZ, équipée d'un 4 cylindres essence de 228 ch !
Une déclinaison Toyota suivra dans quelques mois mais malheureusement, aucune commercialisation en Europe ne semble prévue.
It's here, folks. The 2022 Subaru BRZ cat is officially out of the bag and in the interest of getting to the good stuff early, here's what's lurking under the hood of Subie's second-gen BRZ: it's a 2.4-liter, naturally aspirated flat-four with Toyota's D-4S injection system making 228 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. For comparison's sake, the old BRZ made 205 hp and 156 pound-feet. Its chassis has also been stiffened and there's a fresh new design inside and out, but before we go there, let's talk about that engine a little more.
So, Subaru and development partner Toyota have gone the turbo-less route but haven't ignored the complaints leveled at the last BRZ for being "slow." Peak power arrives at this new version's slightly lower redline of 7,000 rpm (the last car's tachometer ran to 7,400) but peak torque now comes on at just 3,700 rpm—right around where its predecessor would fall into that famously awful torque dip. In contrast, the outgoing car's torque only peaked when the engine spun to 6,400 rpm. That means the new BRZ will have more torque way earlier than the old one ever did, at any rpm. Happy?
With all that out of the way, it doesn't sound like Subaru has messed with any of the things that made the last BRZ great—namely, the handling. The small, rear-drive sports car will retain a curb weight of less than 2,900 pounds with official preliminary numbers ranging from 2,815 pounds for the manual Premium to 2,881 pounds for the automatic Limited. Just like before, the 2022 BRZ will be available with either a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic with paddle shifters. Automatics now get Subaru's EyeSight ADAS, as well as a new Sport driving mode that allows for quicker automated downshifts and holds gears for longer when the car's yaw sensors detect hard cornering.
Despite the slight weight gain (forgivable considering the bigger engine), Subaru says the 2022 BRZ will be the lightest 2+2 rear-wheel-drive production sports car on the U.S. market. What's more, its center of gravity has been made even lower than that of the old BRZ and is now said to be "on-par with exotic hypercars."
When we asked point-blank whether the new BRZ's "bespoke chassis" was truly new and not just a modified version of the previous car's, a Subaru spokesperson said that it was indeed "fully redesigned" as "a collaborative effort with Toyota, like the first generation BRZ." When probed further, however, the same spokesperson stopped short of calling it a "new platform," explaining that "the platform is derived from other Subaru products and not the Subaru Global Platform." Sounds like we'll have a little longer to wait to find out exactly how much of this car's skeleton is indeed carried over from the last BRZ.
In any case, its wheelbase grows by 0.2 inches, the overall length is now 0.9 inches longer than before, and the car sits 0.4 inches lower in height while width goes unchanged. Torsional stiffness is up 50 percent while lateral bending rigidity is 60 percent higher.
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