2015 Subaru BRZ Series Blue - Review

By now you’re well aware of Subaru’s BRZ. It’s a driver’s car priced for the masses, wrapped in a sensuous shell and ready for your next track day. It’s the darling of the automotive media and the subject of millions of stories, so unfortunately for me, any new article is simply a rehash of what’s already been said. But the BRZ is a car made for driving, not writing about, so when someone offers you a new Subaru BRZ Series.Blue for the week, you simply say yes. Just get inside and focus on having fun – worry about the words later.

2015 Subaru BRZ Series Blue

Subaru’s BRZ Series.Blue is based on the BRZ Limited model and has a production run of just 1,000 units. You could say it’s a package aimed at boosting performance without boosting power, but really, it’s mostly about appearance. Sprucing things up is a flat-black STI-branded aero kit consisting of a front chin spoiler, side panels, and a diffuser in the rear. Underneath the car is a flat undertray, and according to Subaru, these aero pieces work together to help lower the BRZ’s drag coefficient from 0.28 to 0.27Cd.

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Adding some performance-inspired style to the outside are red brake calipers and black STI-branded wheels. The suspension has also been revised with smoothness in mind. Inside you’ll find blue seat bolsters on the Alcantara-trimmed sport seats, blue stitching, blue-leather accents on the steering wheel, and a bright red “STI” start button on the center IP. And best of all, you can have any transmission you want as long as it’s a 6-speed manual.

This BRZ Series.Blue also commands a $3,800 premium over the standard BRZ Limited, and to this writer, that seems a bit overpriced. The wheels are fine, but still wrapped in the same Prius-sourced rubber; the body kit appears to be made from textured ABS plastic, and there are a few spots where the side skirts don’t sit flush with the body; and I personally am not one for colored interiors. But since the underlying car is still a BRZ, there is very little to actually complain about.

Yeah, some complain about the motor – it’s a 2.0-liter flat-four with 200 horsepower and a thimbleful of torque. But it’s a powerplant bolted into an excellent, lightweight package. It’s placed down low and far back for optimal weight distribution, and its transmission is geared in such a way that it always seems to extract just the right amount of power at just the right time.

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