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SUBARU BRZ FIRST IMPRESSION 2

Video: Subaru BRZ first drive impression by Kota Sasaki
SUBARUSUBARU BRZ FIRST IMPRESSION 2
誰もが「新しい次元の走りの愉しさ」を堪能できるBRZ。
その真価を問うべく、スバルのレーシングドライバー佐々木氏にBRZの第一印象をきいてみました。

SUBARUの優勝請負人 佐々木孝太
2005年SUPER GTチャンピオン、2008年SUBARUに加入後、インプレッサ1勝、レガシィ3勝と全ての勝利に関わるレーシングドライバー。
1600ccのSUBARU水平対向エンジンを搭載したFJ1600でレースデビューし、数々のカテゴリーのレースで活躍する。2011年はSTIよりニュルブルクリンク

­24時間レースに参戦。初出場ながらクラス優勝の栄冠を勝ち取る。

http://subaru-brz.jp

 

 

Transcript:

"Hi, I'm racing driver Kota Sasaki
Want to do impression on everyone waited for BRZ
It's a coupe so door is made solid
Steering wheel can go backward and forward. Also up and down.
Fitness of the seat is very nice. It holds it well
Don't feel squished. Don't have the "Compact Car" feel, but has solid driving feel to it.
It has high sight view. Hood have been lower, so I can see the front really well.
Ground feels so close. It has the feeling of racing car that gets me hyped
First impression when start driving is the push of the engine. Response is great. It doesn't feel like 2 liter NA engine response to it.
Usually it has the image of the inner side tire get lifted when you're in the corner. But this car's outer side drop, so don't have any uneasiness.
In this corner, tire stay on the road. Even after that corner and don't have any uneasiness.
For personal thing, I really like how thick the steering wheel is. It's really easy to grab, so don't need to put unnecessary strength and easy to drive.
Going to pace up lil bit
I drive the GT car of this car, but it's really stable. While you're turning and braking is really hard, but the car doesn't lift at all and it's really stable.
Steering feed is really great.
Let's turn off the VSC system
Let's move it around lil bit
Ah~ it's great!
I turned off the VSC, but the limit of this car is extremely high
Doesn't slip at all and it's really stable (he meant as unexpected slips)
This traction really have sense of stability
Bucket seat style seat is really nice. Even you lean on it, it doesn't have any uneasiness. Don't feel any G to it.
Enjoy how compact it turns
Really enjoy this push/power
Also this car is really light. Response really sharp. Response of the engine and the chassis match really well. Don't have any weight of the car.
This is really fun
Steering wheel response quickly
Do love the shifting feeling. You can really feel the shifting and short shift
Man, this is getting really fun
Some of you wanted to know "How it feel to run in the circuit?", but this car made well
This BRZ's gear ratio, engine response, & chassis you can take on any corner. Even with tight corner and worry if engine have enough power to push it through, it'll push it through. Even with slowing down corner engine respond to it and follow through with it. Or like S turn corners, rigidity of the chassis and steering wheel respond will cover it through. It could go to any circuit and run great
I really like this car. I wanna run Nur w this car.
Man~~~ this is great! It's really fun!
Greatness of Boxer engine. This car bring out the boxer engine's greatness to the maximum
Boxer engine started out with low CoG plus low height sports car... but drop more CoG, so that greatness is really showing
It has the feeling of AWD. It has the stability of AWD"

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