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lyonspride said:
Have had a GT86 for 2 days, in fact its on my drive now, about to go back to it's owner......
My impressions???
Brilliant effort from Toyota!
Handles well, feels great, driving position is perfect.
BUT it's an impracticable everyday car, no boot, no leg room, too wide for parking at the shops. You'd need another car to run around in.
Very few are going to buy it as a 2nd car, it doesn't have enough power for a weekend/toy/trackday car, it needs AT LEAST 50bhp more. Otherwise it's going to get squashed by every Audi/BMW/Merc diesel estate on the market. At 197bhp and 1200kg, It's only got some 170 BHP per tonne, which id frankly pittyful when you think that my old Westfield has over 250bhp per tonne on a 40 year old Ford engine. A Lotus Elise would be a better choice for a factory built weekend/trackday car.
They should have just gone for a balls out 280bhp trackday monster, instead they've created a compromise that doesn't fit into any useful category.
It's like they built this great car and then some fool said "hey it's too fast".
On the upside here, there are rumours of a Subaru BZR STI, so perhaps Toyota might eventually get in on that too?? IF they did then I would stand up and call it one of the best sportscars of the decade!!!
Just My impressions???
Brilliant effort from Toyota!
Handles well, feels great, driving position is perfect.
BUT it's an impracticable everyday car, no boot, no leg room, too wide for parking at the shops. You'd need another car to run around in.
Very few are going to buy it as a 2nd car, it doesn't have enough power for a weekend/toy/trackday car, it needs AT LEAST 50bhp more. Otherwise it's going to get squashed by every Audi/BMW/Merc diesel estate on the market. At 197bhp and 1200kg, It's only got some 170 BHP per tonne, which id frankly pittyful when you think that my old Westfield has over 250bhp per tonne on a 40 year old Ford engine. A Lotus Elise would be a better choice for a factory built weekend/trackday car.
They should have just gone for a balls out 280bhp trackday monster, instead they've created a compromise that doesn't fit into any useful category.
It's like they built this great car and then some fool said "hey it's too fast".
On the upside here, there are rumours of a Subaru BZR STI, so perhaps Toyota might eventually get in on that too?? IF they did then I would stand up and call it one of the best sportscars of the decade!!!
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