The 2022 BRZ has been revealed

Subaru has finally revealed the 2022 BRZ, and here are the key details on what the car will have:

- 2.4 Liter N/A engine

- 228 hp and 184 lbft of torque

- 50% increased torsional rigidity

- 60% increased front lateral rigidity

- 13.5:1 steering ratio

- It will weigh less than 2,900 lbs

2022 Subaru BRZ

For our initial impressions this is a fairly safe shot right down the middle of what we expected Subaru to do. As awesome as it would have been for the car to get more power from a turbocharged engine, these key details still show something important. That is a continued refinement, from bumper to bumper, of this platform.

Subaru is giving the BRZ more power and torque, and with the increased displacement, I'd guess that the amount of useable power that the car will now have will feel like a much bigger increase than these numbers would seem to reflect. On big question that we have about the engine is whether it is fully direct injected now? Or does it still have the port and direct injectors? We'll have to wait for this car to actually land to find out perhaps.

The increase in chassis rigidity is something that Subaru has consistently done, so it shouldn't be much of a surprise, but this is a big improvement to say the least. It really is a good sign that Subaru would put this much energy and engineering into the chassis itself, when the starting was all ready so good. This coupled with the quicker steering shows that Subaru knows that handling is one of the hallmark's of the BRZ, and they are going to keep pushing the performance and handling of the car forward.

Lastly, there is the weight of the car. To add all of this, plus some other safety refinements like Subaru's Eye-Sight and still keep the weight nearly unchanged from the previous model is very significant. As platforms continue to develop, they often times end up adding weight at each iteration. What this again shows is that Subaru is well aware that how this car feels to drive is what draws people to it, and they know that keeping it light is an absolute key piece of what makes this car work.

Overall, we didn't get the forced-induction power plant that we wanted, but Subaru gave the BRZ all of the improvements that the car needed to make the 2022 BRZ a worthy successor to the first one.

And if you want to get a sense of how the car feels to drive, take a look at the video that Subaru put out with Scott Speed taking the new BRZ for some laps around Thunderhill Raceway. It is well worth a watch.