CIRCULATING IN WANGARATTA, BENALLA, MYRTLEFORD, BRIGHT, MT BEAUTY, BEECHWORTH, YACKANDANDAH, RUTHERGLEN, CHILTERN AND DISTRICTS
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August 16, 2013
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SUBARU: Slammed look works brilliantly on the new S pack, and it works as well on our favorite driving roads.
Subaru BRZ S: it’s simply brilliant S
ubaru Australia has brought the BRZ S pack downunder to further enhance its stunningly successful new sports coupe. As soon as the announcement of the local availability of the pack was known we put up our hands to spend a week road testing one. It arrived in Subaru WRX Blue and has spent a lot of time being fanged around some of the special roads in our local area. In a couple of words - we love it. All the BRZ S pack components are made by Subaru Tecnica International (STI), Subaru’s performance arm.
BY EWAN KENNEDY The Subaru BRZ S has lowered suspension that’s visually enhanced with a body kit consisting of a front spoiler, a rear diffuser and side skirts. The 17-inch black alloy wheels are an STI design and tie in neatly with the lower-body add-ons. A boot mounted spoiler adds to the tough look. Inside, the cabin is enhanced by a gear lever with a Duracon knob on manual boxes; the engine gains a push-button start with the
large button done in brilliant red - excellent. The BRZ S pack isn’t only available to newcar buyers, owners of existing BRZs can have a sports pack retrofitted. Subaru Australia says the installation should be done by an authorised Subaru dealer. At $7195, including fitment, for the automatic BRZ, and $7995 for the manual, the S pack is pretty well priced when you consider the serious engineering effort put in by STI and the high quality of materials in a very Subaru manner. The full specifications of the Subaru BRZ S
sports pack can be viewed on http://subaru. com.au/brz/subarubrz/option. Power for the BRZ comes from an all-new 2.0-litre naturally-aspirated flat-four engine that puts out 147 kW of power at 7000 rpm, and 205 Nm of torque at 6600 revs. Though 200 horsepower is nothing to be sneezed at in a car like this, the engine feels much stronger than the numbers suggest. That’s partly due to the highly responsive nature of the engine and the fact that it’s willing to nudge the redline without the slightest of fuss.
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