It may not set the road on fire by today’s standards but the 197hp (200PS) BRZ remains a fast rear-wheel drive sports car with Subaru officially quoting a 0-62mph (100km/h) sprint time of 7.6 seconds and a maximum speed of 143mph (230 km/h).
Unsurprisingly, most people who buy a sports car like the BRZ have a little devil hanging over their shoulder shouting “test it” “test it”, which is exactly what YouTube user “Speedracer38” from Jason Thorgalsen Photography did once he completed the recommended 1,000 mile break-in time.
Here’s what he wrote on YouTube:
“At the end of May I got a call from the Subaru dealership telling me my 2013 BRZ Limited had arrived and was ready for me to take delivery. After a grueling 1,000 mile break-in period I was looking forward to see what the car was capable of.”
Naturally, since there’s no public road in the U.S. where you can legally top out the BRZ, Speedracer38 did what any law-abiding car nut would do: (cough-cough) he shipped the car to a place called the…autobahn.
“I shipped the car to the autobahn to do some high speed runs in the car and attempt the top speed. The car is limited by its aerodynamics unfortunately so I had to get a good stretch, which favored the car which allowed me to get up to 147 MPH.”
Needless to say, don’t expect to see any surroundings of the magical autobahn in the video that follows.
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