Subaru BRZ Secures Fifth-consecutive Car and Driver 10Best Award

Subaru of America, Inc. announced today the Subaru BRZ was selected by editors at Car and Driver for its annual 10Best Cars honor in 2026. This is the coupe’s fifth consecutive award, with editors noting its performance and value among higher-priced competitors.

“Everything benefits from the Subaru BRZ’s light weight: steering fidelity, the eagerness of responses, and a veracity to the driving experience that shames plenty of cars that cost far more and generate better performance stats,” said Car and Driver Testing Director Dave Vanderwerp.

The 10Best Cars of 2026 nominees consist of all-new vehicles, significantly updated vehicles, and 10Best winners from 2025. All must cost less than $115,000 in base configuration and be on sale no later than January 31, 2026. After a week of driving every new car that meets those criteria, the editors voted on a scale from zero to 100, discarded the high and low votes, and averaged the remaining scores to arrive at the 10Best Cars.

“Being honored by the experts at Car and Driver for the fifth consecutive year is a tremendous distinction,” said Jeff Walters, President and COO of Subaru of America. “Their recognition of the BRZ’s pure driving feel and outstanding value reflects the passion for performance and engineering excellence at Subaru — a passion that continues with the BRZ Series.Yellow.”

The 2026 BRZ is powered by a 2.4-liter (naturally aspirated) 228-horsepower SUBARU BOXER® engine paired with a six-speed close-ratio manual transmission or a six-speed electronic direct-control automatic transmission. The Subaru BRZ is available in three trim levels for 2026: Limited, tS, and new Series.Yellow. The Subaru BRZ Series.Yellow is a limited run of 350 units based on the tS trim level with a special edition “Sunrise Yellow” exterior, matte black wheel finishes, and yellow interior accents.