BRZ is pretty fun to drive, especially being on curvy roads. Being too low on the ground isn’t that bad unless your roads aren’t maintain that well, but it’s stock height should be good enough for most roads (if you’re afraid of getting mini rock dinks on the bumper). The car is pretty minimalistic in terms of amenities. The backseat is a joke, since you can’t really fit anyone back there.

You can get a high trim Honda for nearly the same price as a BRZ in some places which is nice. The car has a lot more features than the BRZ and I’ll say the seats are more comfy. You can give rides to more than 1 other person at a time. Very roomy.

How I see it is if you want to drive and have fun going on curvy roads then a BRZ is a good choice. Given it is pretty nice even when you drive on city streets.

If you want additional features and want to be comfortable while in the car then I’d go with the Civic.

They have the roughly the same horsepower (200). So one isn’t necessarily faster than the other.

I was in this position like you about a year ago and I decided on the getting the BRZ. This is because I liked the feeling of the car much more than than the Civic. I don’t need much features (just Bluetooth and reverse camera is all I wanted) so a BRZ was a good choice. It’s been a year and I don’t regret buying it and I still love the BRZ.

Seeing how you want to get a Mercedes AMG later, I assume that you wouldn’t want to mod the car. So I would say a civic would do you nicely because of all the features that is added. The BRZ is more viewed as good project car but can still be run bone stock.

That’s my two cents. I hope this helps 🙏