Another Subaru BRZ update!

Subaru fettles here and tinkers there with Boxer, Rear Wheel Drive, Zenith in Japan - expect the changes here soon

Even as ardent fans of the GT86/BRZ duo, even we cannot pretend this latest update of the Subaru coupe is comprehensive. As previously seen, most notably with the 2017 refresh, this new car is the result of continuous tweaking and refining to incrementally improve on the much lauded coupe.

Fundamentally this is still the same car that made its debut in 2012, so look elsewhere for drastic measures. Indeed even by the standards of refreshes this is modest but, rather like you'll look for every last social media update from that one particularly special person - even the really boring ones - so we'll keep abreast of the latest BRZ developments.

Ready? This BRZ now boasts "fins to suppress the turbulence of air at the rear of the body to the rear wheel arch part", plus further optimisation of the dampers tuning. The Japan only RA Racing gets a roll cage and new seatbelt and... well, it really isn't much, is it?

Still, for a lot of people the BRZ/GT86 didn't need much improvement. The sports car that many detractors want is never the one that Subaru and Toyota will make, because more power means more weight, which means heavier components and very quickly a significantly altered car. It's been suggested that this facelifted car won't be in the UK until 2019, without anything official announced yet. Should, however, you be content to have a BRZ without the very best rear arch fins that Subaru can find, early cars are now available for less than £15k; broaden that search to include the more common GT86 and the price gets ever temptingly closer to £10,000...