Toyota GT86 facelift details
Lower price, more models and new options for Toyota's MY15 GT86
Sort of. That price is as a result of a £500 'early-bird' discount from Toyota on the 'Primo' GT86 (nice to see naff Japanese trim levels haven't disappeared). After the unspecified early-bird period has finished that car will cost £22,995.
Toyota describes the Primo as a 'pure-bred' GT86. It is manual only and lacks the regular car's rear spoiler (probably a good thing), push-button start (a key? How primitive) and is on 17-inch wheels rather than 18s.
The 'classic GT86', as Toyota describes it, remains as before at £24,995. Further equipment gains from the Primo include cruise control, climate control and automatic headlights.
Annoyingly Toyota hasn't yet released an image of the GT86 Aero yet. This isn't a turbocharged front-wheel drive special (one for the Saab fans) but instead a GT86 with a bodykit and different wheels. Hmm. You certainly won't miss it when the Aero does arrive, Toyota describing the bodykit as 'striking' with a large rear spoiler and skirts all round. The wheels are 18-inch OZ Ultraleggeras in a dark anthracite finish.
Not distinctive enough? Toyota has a solution in the shape of the GT86 Giallo. Yes, that's Giallo as in yellow. Again without pics but the prospect is, er, bold. Just 86 will be made with a black side decal and no-cost extra stripes on the yellow paint. There are some leather seats too. And you thought the GT86 TRD was an odd special...
Both the Aero and Giallo cost £27,495 with the automatic gearbox a £1,000 option on all models bar the Primo. Orders are being taken now with the first cars due over here in January. Used early versions of the GT86 are at £17K if you're tempted. Now feel free to discuss how it's not fast enough!
I know anecdotes do not equal data, but I still see very few of these around. Maybe I've got the wrong impression, though, and they're not struggling for sales.
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What the hell is this crap??
Why are we being sold rehashed baloney all the time with these stupid cars.
Toyabaru please just give us the damn STI/Supra version with a 2l turbo boxer engine and a 2l diesel option and be done with it.
Noone wants your sporty looking city car.
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I know anecdotes do not equal data, but I still see very few of these around. Maybe I've got the wrong impression, though, and they're not struggling for sales.
http://www.motorinolimits.com/2014/10/13/toyota-gt...
IMHO, perhaps part of the problem is that they are broadly competing with hot hatches, Focus ST and Golf GTI and similar, which are all much more practical as an everyday car.
The likely buyer of one of these is probably buying it as their only car, and perhaps it fails as too impractical as a daily (poor rear seats) and not special enough as a weekend car (too many seats, too much roof).
Also, at the higher end of the £20k's, its way too tinny compared to the competition.
I think many people will walk on by and order a new MX-5...
Japanese guys built a car by british recipe - RWD, light and with reasonable power and great steering feel.
What Americans (who allegedly go for power, big engine size, big car size and SUV) do? they buy this car in big numbers and having fun driving it.
What Brits (who allegedly know more about steering, use of light weight and cornering) do? They whine a lot, talk about power and continue driving FWD hatches that understeer like barge.
Sometimes I wonder, who actually knows more about having fun and (possibly) about driving. So far those journos that drove it praised it for what it was from the beginning. But seems like general public in UK and so-called pistonheads don't.
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