Subaru is reducing the price of the
BRZ
in Britain by £2,500. Brilliant, £25K always seemed a little steep, didn't it? But at £22.5K is becomes far more viable.
Except for one small thing. Subaru doesn't actually import the £24,995 BRZ SE currently, so the discount applies to the SE Lux, which costs £26,495. But then £23,995 is still less than a BRZ SE would cost, even if it's not the great saving it perhaps initially appears. And who wouldn't want heated leather/Alcantara seats?
Colours other than WR Blue are available
Subaru's reasoning behind the price cut is to put clear space between the BRZ and the new
WRX STI
, the cars now separated by £5,000 rather than £2,500. If it could just find a way to drop that WRX engine across...
Anyway, now that the BRZ is cheaper than its GT86 twin, surely it's the Toyobaru of choice? Don't forget the Subaru is taking longer to be delivered, and will Toyota respond with an incentive to match Subaru?
For those after a used bargain, this BRZ is £18K with less than 5,000 miles recorded. But there are nearly three times more GT86s for sale than BRZs on PH (27 v 10) and, oddly, they seem to be holding their value better. For the same £18K and again being privately sold, this GT86 had twice has many miles as the Subaru. How will this new price reduction change things?
