RE: Subaru: Stripped-out BRZ heading for UK
Discussion
Best news I've heard all day, I just hope they keep it close to £16k... Even if Toyota offered the GT86 RC here I'd take the BRZ anyway because I'm not too interested in aftermarket bumpers and that. A white or maybe blue BRZ on bronzy-graphite coloured modestly sized Watanabes, yes please!
0a said:
They should do one with windey windows.
And a cassette player. It would be exactly like driving a car from the 1980's. Or the early 2000's, in the case of Ford.I'm glad we're getting a stripped down version of this car. I was a bit funny when I found out the UK market GT86 will have a reversing camera as standard.
I can see the market for a stripped-down roadcar - and by 'stripped-down' I just mean bereft of pointless s
t like ICE, electric moving things, aircon, cupholders, sound deadening, carpets and that sort of useless nonsense.
I'm not sure of the point of a car which needs an LSD fitted to work properly - that's surely a bit specialist? - a 'crate' proposition for tuners and race teams and not a showroom model??
Windey windows rock tho - there's almost no reason to put electric windows in a coupe (and no reason to put electric mirrors in ANY car unless you are billy no mates!!)
t like ICE, electric moving things, aircon, cupholders, sound deadening, carpets and that sort of useless nonsense.I'm not sure of the point of a car which needs an LSD fitted to work properly - that's surely a bit specialist? - a 'crate' proposition for tuners and race teams and not a showroom model??
Windey windows rock tho - there's almost no reason to put electric windows in a coupe (and no reason to put electric mirrors in ANY car unless you are billy no mates!!)
EVO report that for a fully equipped BRZ Subaru may charge around 5k more than Toyota's base model version that's priced at 25k. I doubt they'll take 14k off of that price just because the aircon's deleted.
The price difference between a Cup/non Cup RS Clio or RS Megane is only a grand.
I'm guessing 22k + on roads + LSD + alloys + sports seats as a minimum.
Golf GTI, RS 250 Cup, 1 Series hatch/coupe money.
The price difference between a Cup/non Cup RS Clio or RS Megane is only a grand.
I'm guessing 22k + on roads + LSD + alloys + sports seats as a minimum.
Golf GTI, RS 250 Cup, 1 Series hatch/coupe money.
davepoth said:
cossey said:
If the stripped out one is the same as the Japanese one then it doesn't have a LSD. the idea is that drifter/racers would put an aftermarket plate diff in rather than the OEM torsen diff
I suspect they'll offer the torsen diff as an option here. Can't see that the stripped out version wouldn't offer the same options, especially in the performance oriented stakes.
cheddar said:
EVO report that for a fully equipped BRZ Subaru may charge around 5k more than Toyota's base model version that's priced at 25k. I doubt they'll take 14k off of that price just because the aircon's deleted.
The price difference between a Cup/non Cup RS Clio or RS Megane is only a grand.
I'm guessing 22k + on roads + LSD + alloys + sports seats as a minimum.
Golf GTI, RS 250 Cup, 1 Series hatch/coupe money.
Auto Express say £26k.The price difference between a Cup/non Cup RS Clio or RS Megane is only a grand.
I'm guessing 22k + on roads + LSD + alloys + sports seats as a minimum.
Golf GTI, RS 250 Cup, 1 Series hatch/coupe money.
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/...
Which is £1005 more than the GT86.
And I'd be more inclined to agree with them - Subaru couldn't justify £5k on the price for a car with virtually the same spec.
davepoth said:
cheddar said:
EVO report that for a fully equipped BRZ Subaru may charge around 5k more than Toyota's base model version that's priced at 25k. I doubt they'll take 14k off of that price just because the aircon's deleted.
The price difference between a Cup/non Cup RS Clio or RS Megane is only a grand.
I'm guessing 22k + on roads + LSD + alloys + sports seats as a minimum.
Golf GTI, RS 250 Cup, 1 Series hatch/coupe money.
Auto Express say £26k.The price difference between a Cup/non Cup RS Clio or RS Megane is only a grand.
I'm guessing 22k + on roads + LSD + alloys + sports seats as a minimum.
Golf GTI, RS 250 Cup, 1 Series hatch/coupe money.
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/...
Which is £1005 more than the GT86.
And I'd be more inclined to agree with them - Subaru couldn't justify £5k on the price for a car with virtually the same spec.
Still means they'd need to chop 10k off of the price to reach this mythical 16k purchase price and they're not gonna do that.
Lose a/c. alloys, slippy diff, elecy bits = 3k discount?
That's still 23k + ORC.
New or used the competition's fierce at that price.
Well done Subaru UK, 16k would be great 
For that I'd be quite happy if it only came with a drivers seat, pedals, gearstick and a steering wheel (and maybe a seat belt so you can drive it home to replace the seats with side mounts!!)...loose the rest and keep the price ludicrously low. No ice, no electrics, no air con, maybe a heater box to demist in the rain, or better still a heated front screen and no heater. No airbags, no arch liners...make it so!!
For that I'd be quite happy if it only came with a drivers seat, pedals, gearstick and a steering wheel (and maybe a seat belt so you can drive it home to replace the seats with side mounts!!)...loose the rest and keep the price ludicrously low. No ice, no electrics, no air con, maybe a heater box to demist in the rain, or better still a heated front screen and no heater. No airbags, no arch liners...make it so!!
cheddar said:
I agree.
Still means they'd need to chop 10k off of the price to reach this mythical 16k purchase price and they're not gonna do that.
Lose a/c. alloys, slippy diff, elecy bits = 3k discount?
That's still 23k + ORC.
New or used the competition's fierce at that price.
The £10k difference is based on what Toyota Japan are doing with the GT86 - actual prices were posted up in another thread. Still means they'd need to chop 10k off of the price to reach this mythical 16k purchase price and they're not gonna do that.
Lose a/c. alloys, slippy diff, elecy bits = 3k discount?
That's still 23k + ORC.
New or used the competition's fierce at that price.
Well done Subaru UK, 16k would be great
For that I'd be quite happy if it only came with a drivers seat, pedals, gearstick and a steering wheel (and maybe a seat belt so you can drive it home to replace the seats with side mounts!!)...loose the rest and keep the price ludicrously low. No ice, no electrics, no air con, maybe a heater box to demist in the rain, or better still a heated front screen and no heater. No airbags, no arch liners...make it so!!
For that I'd be quite happy if it only came with a drivers seat, pedals, gearstick and a steering wheel (and maybe a seat belt so you can drive it home to replace the seats with side mounts!!)...loose the rest and keep the price ludicrously low. No ice, no electrics, no air con, maybe a heater box to demist in the rain, or better still a heated front screen and no heater. No airbags, no arch liners...make it so!!
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