Toyota 86 price $29,990!

[Shonky.]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

I want...



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not low enough yet

c'mon ricers you can do it

[falconnut]

and then get low from nfsu started playing in my head :p

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by crymoarpls

there are usually x amount to sell of every car.

No, they normally sell as many as possible. read previous posts to understand..

[nipper575]

Originally Posted by shonkymofo

so clever

they have a limited supply anyway so they are using the opportunity to conduct market research on buyer preferences and online behavour

and creating an enormous amount of interest in the brand via the radical strategy

if the number of units they are permitted to sell is actually that low there is no risk by having some fun with the sale of them

^This. We already buy everything else online. Would be good if this translates to a smaller markup, I doubt it though.

[irish2]

Originally Posted by SteveJH

Its out to 2014 now? :(

@Flappist, I seem to remember the Factory its built in has a capacity of 60,000. With only a single factory making them......

Ford only planned to sell 40,000 Mustangs in the first year but eclipsed that in the first day. When demand it high production will follow.

[roberts]

a cheap ad with a d1 driver wont make this car an ae86, now if initalE comes out and some naturally gifted tofu delivery driver driving an 86 can become supream leader champion of the mountain beating r35 gtr's and evo 15 lancers then sure should sell well, but seriously japanese sports cars had 147kws in 1992 20 years later its a hairdresser car plan and simple

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by roberts

a cheap ad with a d1 driver wont make this car an ae86, now if initalE comes out and some naturally gifted tofu delivery driver driving an 86 can become supream leader champion of the mountain beating r35 gtr's and evo 15 lancers then sure should sell well, but seriously japanese sports cars had 147kws in 1992 20 years later its a hairdresser car plan and simple

What is this rubbish?

Wont sell eh.... kidding yourself.

[Bossxr8]

Nissan are rumoured to have something similar in the build, and are aiming at a RRP of 10% cheaper. Using the turbo 1.6 from the Juke, so it will actually have some useable torque, plus better modability a turbo engine provides.

Its not a Silvia/200SX either.

[roberts]

Originally Posted by DJM83

What is this rubbish?

Wont sell eh.... kidding yourself.

this rubbish is what helped toyota become one of the biggest car manufactor in the world, a simple man can see that they called this car an 86 to try to bring back some of its heratige from the ae86 very big shoes to fill, that is why they use a d1 driver in the add do you follow? If this car sells in great number i will be very suprised (I have 5 years working for toyota)
hence my hairdresser comment, although i should claify hairdresser car to me means a person that is an early adaptor, somebody that want's to feel cool when they have the sunglasses on and show off this new slightly diffrent from what is a normal car.
So yeah hairdresser car and even if you not a haidresser your still a hair dresser in this one, at least order in red and blend in with the hyundai tribions on the road

[roberts]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Nissan are rumoured to have something similar in the build, and are aiming at a RRP of 10% cheaper. Using the turbo 1.6 from the Juke, so it will actually have some useable torque, plus better modability a turbo engine provides.

Its not a Silvia/200SX either.

see this is somthing to be exited about, if toyota are going back to its root, so should nissan, rebirth of the nissan bluebird series 3 1.6 turbo 12ookg small 4 door sports car

[Nikked]

Yeah, non- selling hairdressers car...stupid kids and their InitalD fanboyisims....










...Funny thing is, a few hairdressers i know in town own things like a HSV GTS, Focus XR5, WRX, R33's etc....

[roberts]

Originally Posted by Nikked

...Funny thing is, a few hairdressers i know in town own things like a HSV GTS, Focus XR5, WRX, R33's etc....

got to love easy fiance, helps to seperate fact from reality, although this list off cars screams hairdresser and 10 years ago i drove a r33 gts-t would I today, no its a hairdressers car
and your pics are the point of my ramblings, this thing will desimate all after $15.000 over night parts from japan

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by roberts

got to love easy fiance, helps to seperate fact from reality, although this list off cars screams hairdresser and 10 years ago i drove a r33 gts-t would I today, no its a hairdressers car
and your pics are the point of my ramblings, this thing will desimate all after $15.000 over night parts from japan

So my focus is a hairdresser's car now? And a GTS. Whatever your smoking it must be good. You havnt posted anything decent in this thread yet. And just because you work at Toyota means nothing, you probably assemble camrys.

[wrongwaynorris]

Originally Posted by roberts

a cheap ad with a d1 driver wont make this car an ae86, now if initalE comes out and some naturally gifted tofu delivery driver driving an 86 can become supream leader champion of the mountain beating r35 gtr's and evo 15 lancers then sure should sell well, but seriously japanese sports cars had 147kws in 1992 20 years later its a hairdresser car plan and simple

Obviously you havent driven one yet , and is English your second language ?

[tezxr8man]

Its not a toyota its an na boxer powered Subaru, You can put all the toyota badges on it in the world, but if another car company actually did all the work its not really theirs. I look at it as kind of cheating, It hasn't got the soul of an AE86 either more like the soul of a VW Beetle

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by tezxr8man

Its not a toyota its an na boxer powered Subaru, You can put all the toyota badges on it in the world, but if another car company actually did all the work its not really theirs. I look at it as kind of cheating, It hasn't got the soul of an AE86 either more like the soul of a VW Beetle

lol





I thought this thread was back on track, but its seems the mind numming trolls have reported back in for duty...

[madmatty]

Originally Posted by DJM83

What is this rubbish?

Wont sell eh.... kidding yourself.

just because it sells well at first doesnt mean its a great car

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by madmatty

just because it sells well at first doesnt mean its a great car

Where did I say it was a great car?

Has to be half decent though looking at the sales.

[madmatty]

Originally Posted by roberts

got to love easy fiance, helps to seperate fact from reality, although this list off cars screams hairdresser and 10 years ago i drove a r33 gts-t would I today, no its a hairdressers car
and your pics are the point of my ramblings, this thing will desimate all after $15.000 over night parts from japan

Instead of spending 15 grand on a car that cost 35 grand why not buy a better base car ie 370z, megane,wrx etc

[nstg8a]

These rumors of a Nissan competitor are intriguing , nothing like a runaway sales success to get the attention of the competition.

Win/win for the consumer.



How about it ford? Rwd focus sized coupe with the n/a coyote. No fi, just all motor goodness. There's ya GRWD.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Nissan are rumoured to have something similar in the build, and are aiming at a RRP of 10% cheaper. Using the turbo 1.6 from the Juke, so it will actually have some useable torque, plus better modability a turbo engine provides.

Its not a Silvia/200SX either.

Originally Posted by flappist

I suspect they will improve the availability as others are watching and the FT86 is not the only RWD coupe available in the world. Hyundai have a T4 V6 and V8 ready to go.....

The Nissan one based on the Juke platform was in yesterdays paper. They called it a 'Mini Z' by nickname...

$22K base price (I gues that is USD) and it looks horn. Looks a little more squat and muscular with a central bonet air intake....

Will try and find an article / picture. It has at least half a page in yesterdays Telegraph.

All the articles online have what looks like a coupe looking Micra or a weird concept car as the image... I wonder what was in yesterdays peper then??? Whatever it was... it looks great.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/17/n...rz-fr-s-rival/

http://www.leftlanenews.com/nissan-mini-z.html

[XplosiveR6]

Originally Posted by madmatty

Instead of spending 15 grand on a car that cost 35 grand why not buy a better base car ie 370z, megane,wrx etc

Exactly, 35grand imo is alot of money to modify a car and throw away the warrenty, reliability and resale . Id rather spend a little more in the first place and not have to molester to have decent power.

[blueoval]

If that's the case why are some here modifying xr6t falcons and throwing away their warranty when they could get a f6? And the argument goes on....

People mod for different reasons. Usually to make a car personal. Just because they do what you wouldn't (as far as cars are concerned) doesn't make wrong but rather, unique. Would make life a bit boring on this forum if all we had were the same cars in different colors only.

[roberts]

Originally Posted by wrongwaynorris

Obviously you havent driven one yet , and is English your second language ?

well I was born in australia and so was my family for the last 200 years but no Im not english, I dont have english heratige.

[flappist]

Ok ENOUGH.

From this point every mention of "hairdresser" in a derogratory manner or any other deliberately argumentative post with no substance will attract a 20 point warning.

[Auslandau]

Originally Posted by madmatty

just because it sells well at first doesnt mean its a great car

And does it matter in the eyes of a car company?

All it needs to do is tick some boxes which would include ....... relatively cheap, look good, go reasonable well, have some cup holders, look modern, look good, economical and look good.

Then they can sell them to who ever and make some money. They might not be the fastest thing 0-100, have 400kw's but the price does reflect this. The car companies making these know they are not 'the best' but they ticked the correct boxes, did their research and then they can sell them and make some profit. That is what is all about. Not winning traffic light races and 1/4 mile sprints. Guessing that 90% of the market wouldn't give 2 hoots about this. Hence, being the greatest or even close to is a moot point. Profit is what's it all about.

[nstg8a]

Saw a silver brz wearing dealer plates in wynnum today, went round the block to try and get a pic but it was gone when I got back.


Looked very good. Especially From the back.

[Nic85]

Saw a BRZ (Impreza Blue) at the dealer when we picked up out Polo GTi this week. Salesman who sold us our car (VW salesman admittedly) said he had a strap in it the other day. "Lovely car", he said, "Just needs an engine." He also commented on how stiff it was on the road which I found intriguing considering the Polo GTi is certainly no Rolls Royce.

[Shonky.]

down the shops just now and saw an 86

was taking a couple of pics when the owner came out....shame :(

she was lovely though and showed me the car and told me how great it was

told her the pics were for my ricer mates

so here you go:












the rest didn't turn out much chop cause unfortunately my camera makes phone calls too

[Auslandau]

Was she complaining that the torque was disappointing or that it didn't hit 5 seconds to 100 ....... or that it attracted random blokes with cameras?