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CarsLore / Compare / Sports cars / M440I vs BRZ

BMW M440I vs Subaru BRZ

Two sports cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 1 like-for-like measure: the BMW M440I leads on 1, the Subaru BRZ on 0.

Where each one leads

BMW M440I

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 BMW M440I uses 8.1 l/100 km, the 2026 Subaru BRZ 9.6.

Subaru BRZ

Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

BMW M440ISubaru BRZ
Model years in the US safety record2021–20252013–2024
New cars registered in Europe—3,134 (2012–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom—856

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

BMW M440ISubaru BRZ
New York safety inspections failed—1.1%
… against cars of the same year—−31%
US owner complaints11101
Most complaints aboutUnknown or otherEngine
Model year with most complaints2021 (6)2013 (64)
US recall campaigns75
Manufacturer service bulletins1981,824
NHTSA defect investigations2—

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Safety

BMW M440ISubaru BRZ
NHTSA overall rating—5★ (2016)

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

BMW M440ISubaru BRZ
Official combined fuel use, Canada8.1 l/100 km (2026)9.6 l/100 km (2026)
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe—160 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe—159 kW (213 hp)
Average mass in running order—1,301 kg

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).