Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 10:23pm
A purist’s delight in a crossover world
In a car market dominated by bloated crossovers and increasingly complex performance machines, the 2025 Subaru BRZ tS feels like a throwback. It’s not fast by today’s horsepower standards, it doesn’t have torque-vectoring all-wheel drive or a trick hybrid system, and it doesn’t even come with adaptive suspension or a head-up display. But after a week of driving this light, low, two-door coupe on back roads, highways, and city streets, one thing is clear: it doesn’t need any of that to be a blast.
The BRZ tS is all about the joy of driving. It’s Subaru’s only rear-wheel-drive car, and the only one built specifically with performance in mind. Even with just 228 horsepower, it has the kind of balance and feedback that make you want to drive just for the hell of it — and that’s exactly what makes it such a gem.
