I mean, I wouldn't say he's a total idiot.
He's right that the BRZ has more potential as a track car. He's also correct that stock for stock a BRZ will be faster in most autox situations. He's incorrect that it will be faster in most track situations, as it has no powah.
CarEnthusiast, I know it sounds weird to say that not all 200 hp is created equal or whatever, but when I got in my stock GTI after driving a stock FR-S it literally was a rocket ship. Just look at the dyno graphs. The good news for you is, your Civic could destroy both.
But we all know the gti has more than 200hp stock. VW has always underrated their engines. My 1.8t dyno'd close to the 180 crank number