[alienrx17]

for example like...
age
career
sex
ethnicity
married
I'm guessing no kids
car trim
car color
Location
Are you planning to use it all year as a daily driver
current car:
weigh/height :

ME
age : I'm 20
career/work : I do maintenance work
sex : male
ethnicity : latino
married : hell no
I'm guessing no kids: no
car trim : limited brz with the interior light kit manual
car color : dark gray or whatever subaru's calling it
Location : Chicago area
Are you planning to use it all year as a daily driver : If possible yes (snow can be a *****)
current car: 1999 Toyota corolla
weigh/height : 165/ 5'7

I'm just curious to see if this car is a mid life crisis car or a young persons car

 

[DavesBRZ]

I'm 29
I'm a CPA working in public accounting
Fairly often thankfully
White - 6' 185
Single, no kids
Dark grey limited, and yes it will be my only car

 

[Vis101]

I think you'll find your answers well documented in other threads. There was even one specifically discussing data already captured from the Japanese market. But like your list of questions, the data is incredibly topical and does little to help us understand with any depth, "what kind of people are going to buy... " or have bought the BRZ.

Being engaged in this forum should give you a moderate understanding of folks' respective character and lifestyle. Meeting fellow BRZ owners in person will give an even better perspective.

Since you're taking a census, I'll play along and add a couple questions of my own:
age: 30
career: Engineer/project lead in aerospace industry
sex: male
ethnicity: caucasian, raised in South East Asia
married: soon
kids: nope
car trim: Limited
car color: satin white
Location: Tucson, AZ
Video game player: Yes. Currently waste most of my time on Battlefield 3.
Current car: 2007 WRX
Hobbies: woodworking and RC helicopters & planes
Are you planning to use it all year as a daily driver current car: Yes.

 

[Dixit]

age: 37
career: Working with biosecurity
sex_ male
ethnicity: white
married: no, no kids
car color Subaru Blue
Location: Denmark
Are you planning to use it all year as a daily driver: yes
current car: Alfa Romeo GTV

 

[pele_rojo]

age: 23
career: US Army Bomb Squad
sex: male
ethnicity: White
married: no
kids: no
car: limited WRB 6mt
location: NE, KS
daily driver: oh yes, and when i deploy at the end of this year, its going to the shop to get some help from handing to power, in that order
current car: 2001 Celica
video games: yep
hobbies: does blowing things up count? and also driving

 

[wbsrazzle]

^ What's your gamertag? I play BF3 too. (Not highjacking thread) But maybe we should start a new thread about bf3 and people's rig setup!

 

[sportsguy83]

age : I'm 28
career/work : Engineer
sex : male
ethnicity : latino
married : yes
I'm guessing no kids: 1 kid, less than one year old
car trim : limited brz auto dim mirror
car color : Galaxy Blue Silica
Location : Miami
Are you planning to use it all year as a daily driver : Yes
current car: 2010 Toyota corolla

 

[Matt]

age: 33
career: web content publisher for webmd
sex: male
ethnicity: white
married: no
I'm guessing no kids: none that I know of.
car trim: limited
car color: satin white pearl
Location: Atlanta
Are you planning to use it all year as a daily driver: yes and no. yes at first, but I've got a beater/dd
current car: buying a 99 miata tomorrow. sold an 07 TL type S last week.

 

[Astonm12]

Age: 21
Career: commercial real estate agent at Huff Partners
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Married: No
I'm guessing no kids: No
Car trim: 6MT Limited
Car color: Satin White Pearl
Location: Dallas area
Are you planning to use it all year as a daily driver: Yes
Current car: 2009 Audi S5

 

[wbsrazzle]

23
Sales Executive
Male
White
No
No
6MT Limited
Galaxy Blue Silica
Northern VA
No, weekends
Mazda Protege

 

[LyssasBRZ]

What's interesting is the BRZ full colored brochure that the dealer gave me shows this data. I found it kind of interesting. It seems to me that the car would appeal to a pretty large demographic but I would have thought specifally a younger one. I am 21, work in Auto/airbag manufacturing, am engaged, a female and currently drive a 2004 Cavalier LS Sport. It's a cute car, white SS stripes, metallic blue in color, chrome wheels, sunroof, 5 speeed manual, and has done a good job and been very reliable. I have never owned a new car and the BRZ will be my first.

I ordered:

Premium model with 6 speed manual trans.
Crystal Black Silica w/rear spoiler
Interior Dark Gray

Here is what Subaru states on the brochure about their target market:

Demographic group size: 9.8 Million
Median Age: 47
Median household income: $89,000
30% Have a post grad degree
46% Have a bachelors degree
67% have a Executive or White-collar jobs
64% Male, 36% Female
68% married
39% parents with children at home

A few other interesting things they say about their target market

Target Customer is: adventurous

Target customer is Culutred and refined
Art Festivals
First Fridays
Art Museusm Clubs

Target Competitors:

Mazda MX-5
Honda Civic Si
Hyundai Genesis Coupe
Mini Cooper S
Scion FR-S
VW GTI
Ford Mustang (Secondary)
Chevy Camaro (Secondary)

So you can see Subaru has put some time into researching it's target audience to come up with such specific ideas about who will want this car, their age, education, and career interests. I think it's off a little personally especially if you read who's posted so far. Doesn't exactly match what they are projecting. All I know is the car had me written all over it. That's all that matters.

 

[Roadie Rob]

I can see that most of those stats are leaning towards the daily driver crowd in non-AWD locations.

Myself, along with a few others on this forum, fall into a different target which Subaru is balancing nicely so far (...I have not been offended yet by anything "age-biased" from them yet). For us, this car will be an occasional, good-weather car to enjoy a couple thousand miles per year and put away when the snow flies either through casual or Auto-X driving.

I'd guess maybe 15-20% of total buyers will fall into this group with slightly higher percentages in colder climates. At my dealer alone, I know 2 of 10 allocations this applies to.

 

[Gizmo]

20
Chef
Japanese
no kids
no wife
6MT Limited
White pearl
NOVA
DailyDriven
rsx type-s

 

[alienrx17]

I did some minor changes I added height and weigh
very interesting to see the age group from 20 to 37 so far pretty cool and also a girl! last girl I met that took an interest in cars didn't know what a muffler was... haha

 

[Matt]

I did some minor changes I added height and weigh
very interesting to see the age group from 20 to 37 so far pretty cool and also a girl! last girl I met that took an interest in cars didn't know what a muffler was... haha

It sounds to me that she didn't really have an interest in cars, but had an interest in a dude who liked cars.

 

[everettpa1]

I'm the old **** so far at 43. Red limited 6MT, interior lights, rear mirror w/compass, underspoiler. Married to a great girl, 2 kids, professional in finance, white, 6' 1" 170. I drive a Mercedes E550 and have driven Mercedes since 2005. I'm looking for a fun third car to drive in the nicer weather. I've had other 3rd cars including a convertible and have realized I don't like open tops. Something about this car struck a chord as soon as I heard about it back in November. This will be my first manual and I have no idea how I'm driving it home from the dealer yet.

 

[Gary Ball]

Well I guess I will add my info which will surely upset the demographics applecart.

age: 61 (old but not dead and refuses to act my age and chooses to act how I feel)
career: Retired Phoenix Police Detective
sex: Male
ethnicity: White
married: Yes
kids: yes, grown with five soon to be seven grandkids
car trim: Limited AT
car color: White
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Are you planning to use it all year as a daily driver: Yes
current car: 2010 Subaru Legacy Limited 3.6R
weigh/height : 230/6’3”

 

[sesmls]

This will tilt the demographics some more:

age: 53
career: In-home care service CEO/musician
sex: Male
ethnicity: White
married: yes
kids: yes, grown
car trim: Limited AT
car color: Dark Grey Metallic
Location: Oceanside, CA
Are you planning to use it all year as a daily driver: Yes
current car: 2005 Subaru Baja Turbo, 1995 Subaru SVX LSi, 1988 Subaru XT6
weight/height: 168/5'10"

 

[DaveOC]

Time to move the anchor at the far end of the scale:

age: 62
career: Retired Computer Geek
sex: Male
ethnicity: White
married: Yes
kids: yes, grown (3 grandchildren)
car trim: Limited 6MT
car color: Silver
Location: SE Wisconsin
Are you planning to use it all year as a daily driver: No
current car: see signature

 

[Groucho]

Revenge of the old farts. Without getting into too much detail... I'm 40, married, two kids. This'll replace my '08 STI as my daily driver. Nice summer days when I don't need to drive the kids sees my in an old Lotus Elan. The BRZ'll be our sixth Subaru. I am a huge rally fan but I also like sports cars, and after 11 years of WR blue turbo Imprezas, I'm ready to "change gears" and get into a very different car. Being a Lotus fan, I really appreciate the lightweight nature of the BRZ, which combined with our love of Subaru makes the BRZ a pretty easy car to get excited about!

FWIW, my wife's car is "only" an Outback but she has made it known that she wants to drive the STI a few more times before it goes away, and I'm sure she'll be eager to take the BRZ out sometimes!

Oh yeah - the BRZ - it'll be a gray Limited, manual, first in line at one of the biggest dealerships in the USA!