Starts at $33,210
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What's New for 2025?
Fundamentally unchanged, the 2025 BRZ adds a Sport mode to the manual transmission that's said to sharpen the throttle response, although it was plenty sharp already.
FAST FACTS
"The BRZ wears its heart on its sleeve, and we like that. Don't bother if you're looking for a quiet interior or a smooth ride — but if the raw edginess of a performance car is part of the appeal for you, keep reading. Subaru has tuned its 2.4-liter flat-four engine to deliver real thrills in this application: it's happy to rev out to redline, and its beefed-up midrange compared to the previous generation makes the BRZ feel genuinely fast when you're really on it. Of course, the chassis remains unimpeachable in its balance, feel and control, and you also get a surprisingly handy cargo area with the rear seatbacks folded flat."—Ranked #2 out of 5 Sport Coupes
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Josh has been reviewing cars professionally since joining Edmunds.com fresh out of grad school in 2008, personally driving most new cars on the market every year since. He also served as the project manager for Edmunds' expert vehicle rankings from their inception in 2018, building the product out from the back end to the front end. Josh is a card-carrying member of the Motor Press Guild and a lifelong car nut who has tested, compared and critiqued a ridiculous number of cars in his career.
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