I dunno, the odds of seeing a "rare" car go up if you take 3,800 of them and then place them in the 103,737 square miles of New Zealand.



So, how about this:

http://jalopnik.com/5932907/first-tu...278-horsepower

A shattering 278whp.

 

here's 400whp... sounds like sh*t thought...


here's a pretty quick one...

 

I don't know about NZDM quantities, probably not a lot (if any) because new car buyers here would likely rather put that amount of money into a slightly used JDM import (you could likely get a Skyline GTT, EVO etc for the same or less).

When they dropped in price, importers bought them in by the boatload because people were going nuts for them because of how cheap they were and how good the car was. Same thing happened with EVO 4s, we have loads of them here.

 

my original statement stands, its a limited production model thats pretty rare overall

 

It may be rare in a country that has it's own motor industry but in a country that is over 80% Japanese imports and a fair few of those being used imports it is not the case.


Back on topic:

I went to see the Toyota 86 Coupe at my local dealership. They have one model available for demo. Bare bones base model with auto trans Turns out however the GT86's only extra that isn't aesthetic is the larger front disc and ventilated rear, so...meh. A lot of the features make the vehicle sound great but are things I'm not going to get excited about. The wheel arches that enable you to see the position of each wheel from the driver's seat, that might help me if it was the first time I was driving it but not really that great if I owned it. The pipe on the intake that channels the engine noise into the cabin - no comment. And a handful of other things make me think that those who don't like a the vehicle are not in the target market (looking at you Smike). Our pricing, 86 MT $42K (add $1k for AT and $5k for GT model).

I am going to make my way back to the dealer in time to drive it.

What caught my eye was the TRD edition that is being offered. It is essentially a Toyota 86 that has been modified, the vehicle even gets the modification certification plate that is required for certain mods here in NZ. An initial run of 20 is being built and further models will be built to order, all individually numbered. Brembo 6 pots up front and 4 pot rears, a full aero kit, two twin tip mufflers and a few other aesthetic additions. Not sure if they all add up to the $20k increase in price though. Further TRD accessories are available for fatter wallets.

More (including TRD stuff): http://www.the86.co.nz/

 

Body kit and BBK for 20k more? And of all the things this thing needs...brakes were not one of them.

No kids have that sort of cash unless they deal crack. And crack is bad for you.

 

^--- Crack is good for you if you're lazy

 

I can't believe they're already trapping 114mph.

 

...and to put it all into perspective, many people feel I'm driving an overpriced Golf which is a $5k premium over the top-model GTI

$5k for AWD, body kit and different brakes, interior and wheels doesn't seem so bad in comparison now --- lol

 

the accelerated performance one was at Milan Track (the second video at the track), i heard from some friends of mine that were there that the it was pretty quick.

 

best mph of the day was 121

 

Here too with track records as well...

 

Woot.

At NASA Nats right now.

 

Here's something new the BRZ/FR-S can claim that other comparable cars might not: Both have received the IIHS Top Safety Pick. Smike, I know you don't give a flying **** about this but it's very important to the parents of the demographic this car is aimed at.

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=750
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=751

 

This thread is testament to why I don't get into discussion with BRZ/FR-S owners at my job. I just say "The car is great for what it is." While I agree that the car is slow, I'm certainly happy it exist because there was a void in the cheap car market for RWD cars.

Maybe, just maybe lower end base cars will start seeing rwd drivetrains w/ honda being the exception; I love how they make FWD work.

P.S. I wish Ford would bring the Focus RS here as that car makes FWD work very well too.