Hyundai, Mazda and now Subaru provide us with three genuine sports-car options under 000. We test the Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand Touring vs. Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T R-Spec vs Subaru BRZ Premium to see which rear-drive sports coupe comes out on top. Read the full road test and see more photos here: bit.ly
the gen is just fast. it will only win in a straight track
hahahahahahahahahh. hahahahahahhahahahahahaha.
The Gen coupe in my mind makes up for the flawed execution of the Sonata. I would buy it over either of these two in a heartbeat. Hyundai has yet to build a better car than this.
This may come as a surprise to you, Speed Racer wannabe, but not everyone knows how to drive a stick. And for those who don’t you have to give them some kind of choice.
if you can’t drive stick, then you should go back to your coloring book loser.
LOL 200hp jap ricers vs a REAL sports car…
Hyundai…
It was SO bad…
Sometime what once was is better than what is. The sad truth is I do resent not having the twins because people who like cars deserve choices. The Miata being the only car left in a segment represents a lack of choices. Pontiac and Saturn were far from perfect but they at least had something to offer people who didn’t want to drive the same car everyone else was.
Pontiac/Saturn were SO bad they’re now gone.
Doesn’t make it a good car. It just makes it the only choice left in a segment.
pontiac is extinct; mazda ain’t. you lose
I rather get the power than a small ass engine!!
then how come it loses on race tracks against its competitors? like civic si im willing to bet a civic ex would match its lap time or beat it.
i saw an FRS with a mangled front fender at tim hortons
almost brought a tear to my eye
Just got home from a deployment to a BRZ in the driveway. Can’t stop thinking about getting back out there and driving it. Fun fun fun
There is a fastidious road test of the BRZ here:
definitiveautoreview . com/road-tests/subaru/13-subaru-brz/
RX8 is much sexier car my opinion over the FRS.
À 4:16 on voit qu’ils ont tous essayé de faire la même calandre que Mazda mais Mazda a des brevés alors leurs calandre ça fait un peu du n’importe quoi!
If they come out with a STI version, I’m buying one!
Excellent review, driving experience is #1. You can throw all the HP you want into a car, but without a refined chassis and phenomenal response the car is nothing more than an engine with wheels. The BRZ/FRS/GT86 is a car for drivers, not HP junkies.
If the BRZ was twin turbo charged, it could be bad ass.
To me the Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky twins are infinitely cooler than the Miata will ever be. Miata only has a stranglehold on the market because no car competes directly with it anymore.
Say what you will about the Miata, but it’s still one of the best driver’s cars to have ever hit the road.
Its pretty gay looking from the front.
Hyundai doesn’t build a lot of cars here that offer a stick shift to start with. I don’t gripe about the stick shift mostly because i don’t know how to drive one without stalling. The ’013 Gen does offer an 8-speed automatic with two forms of manual shifting. I wouldn’t go near an MX5 because it’s still a chick car and it doesn’t have enough space for me to do anything with. I chose the Genesis because of its looks, performance, features, and level of comfort relative to its competitors.