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Originally Posted by Sasquachulator

So the whole Boxer usage was all PR drivel.

Pretty much like everything about that car.

It just worked out so perfectly to PR speak all the 86 references and the reasoning for certain things. (Boxer engine because low CoG and heritage use in the sports 800, the 86 is an homage to the old AE86 corolla, the 86x86 bore/stroke throwback to the 86 moniker, 86 here and there mumbo jumbo, design throwback to the 2000GT, etc). It was nothing more than a modern take on the 90's Japanese sports cars and they 86'd the ever living crap out of it because they could.

I would also wager a guess, at the time a 100% Toyota 86 would definitely prove his theory correct. However I wonder if his theory NOW is different with TNGA underpinning everything? I mean if he were to create a next gen 86 NOW, the chassis should be there, the engines are available (maybe not a sport tuned one, but they have a potent one in the dynamic force 2.5, and the 2.0 don't seem to be a slouch either). I bet that lopped off a ton of the R&D and would make it easier to get the point of entry where the 86 currently is.

PR hype yes. PR drivel no. All of the benefits of the boxer are real. Of course marketing is going to use whatever they can to catch people's attention. They set out to make a certain car and the choice of using the boxer was an important part of meeting their design goals. Nothing wrong with that.