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'Basic model' GT86 for £16k

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  • #2
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Capri wrote: »
    Back to basic, ideal for 'Austerity-land' http://www.pistonheads.com/news/25155.htm

    Great idea to cater for people who will customize it from close on a bare shell.


  • #3
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Not unheard of at all. When the DC2 was new Im fairly sure that even the radio, clock and carpets were optional extras.

    That model GT86 makes perfect sense for someone who plans on putting on a bodykit and upgrading the wheels.


  • #4
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Wasnt this news around when the car was released, I guess the pricing is new, you can do a lot with that extra 10kGBP you save. Will this be available in Ireland and if so will it actually be much cheaper than what the full spec costs.


  • #5
    Caliden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,982 ✭✭✭Caliden


    No diff or air con and only 40kg lighter?

    Those poverty seats must weight a bit.


  • #6
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Great basis for a track car etc!


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  • #7
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,405 ✭✭✭Dartz


    I.... rather prefer that actually. Although it does highlight just how large the 'bumpers' are on modern cars.

    Nobody makes cheap, fun cars anymore. They make fun cars cheaply - but charge through the nose for them.


  • #8
    Tea 1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    Dartz wrote: »
    I.... rather prefer that actually. Although it does highlight just how large the 'bumpers' are on modern cars.

    Nobody makes cheap, fun cars anymore. They make fun cars cheaply - but charge through the nose for them.
    They have to. The Bean counters run the show, the stock exchange dictates how "good" your company is, not the product. The product is only the tool required to become a "good" company on the stock exchange! So the shareholders need to be happy.
    Toyota CEO says "I want to make a fun car again" and the shareholders frown and ask "What will that mean to our bottom line...." So it's up to the CEO to find a way to make it work for the bottom line!
    Shame, but that's what greed gets us!


  • #9
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Subaru UK are dropping the price of the BRZ to £22,495.
    http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=30772


  • #10
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Loss of the limited slip diff is a bit baffling....I mean I would expect buyers of this model to be wanting to mod it up to the 9's so not having that seems a bit odd. It's all about the cost reduction I guess...


  • #11
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    Subaru UK are dropping the price of the BRZ to £22,495.
    http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=30772

    They looks odd sitting so high from the factory. Maybe that's just due to the trend in having everything lowered these days...

    A cossie BRZ? Yes please!

    http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=30084


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  • #12
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    They looks odd sitting so high from the factory. Maybe that's just due to the trend in having everything lowered these days...

    A cossie BRZ? Yes please!

    http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=30084

    No a 2jz ft86 :)

    Gatebil 2013 - Fredric Aasbø drifting his 2JZ pow…: http://youtu.be/SSZ1FhPNMp8


  • #13
    H3llR4iser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,028 ✭✭✭H3llR4iser


    Capri wrote: »
    Back to basic, ideal for 'Austerity-land' http://www.pistonheads.com/news/25155.htm

    Is it me or are there holes left in the dashboardeek.png? I mean, I understand the missing radio etc. (maybe also a missing passenger airbag? Looks like it...), but at least put a cheap thin plastic cover on the holes? Maybe tinfoil? Crayon coloured paper? No? biggrin.png


  • #14
    Tea 1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Loss of the limited slip diff is a bit baffling....I mean I would expect buyers of this model to be wanting to mod it up to the 9's so not having that seems a bit odd. It's all about the cost reduction I guess...
    With all the tuning houses in Japan, they're probably fitting their own upgraded LSD anyway!


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