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11-30-2011, 06:46 PM | #1 |
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I've seen the GT86 in the metal and...
It more than lived up to my expectations!
Toyota GB have one in the UK for their annual dealer event and I was invited to see it by What Car magazine as part of their "Reader Test Team" feature. All I can say is wow! It exceeded my expectations, it felt sporty and you could tell it was built by engineers, rather than accountants. My initial thought when they pulled the cover off was that it was a bit small, kind of like a 95% scale model, but up close & certainly inside it was more spacious than I was expecting. I sat in the back for a good 10 minutes and it was OK, getting in and out the back was no different to my girlfriends Fiat 500 (not difficult, but not dignified either). The attention to detail on things like the diameter of the exhaust pipes being 86mm and the AC controls shaped like nuts (although they did feel a bit plasticky on this preproduction model). The driving position felt sporty, not too different to my MX-5. If you have any questions ask away, I have some pictures, but need to upload them tomorrow evening. We didn't get to drive it, but it did get fired up and I can confirm that it has a very nice exhaust note! |
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Lucky!!
How far forward were the front seats when you sat in the back? How much leg room? |
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Pictures of you in the back seat would be great. No one has shown that yet.
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There was someone sat in the front seat, they were able to open the glovebox so not crammed right into the dash. They could have moved the seat back a notch and tilted it back a bit too as my knees weren't even touching the seat (I'm 5'8). One of the journalists was sat in the back and he is 6'2. So much better than I expected and certainly no worse than any other 2+2 I've been in.
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I've got short legs & I'd probably have to move the seat forward a notch or two for an adult to sit behind me. I don't think you would be travelling very far with 4 adults in the car.
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From the pictures I had seen no one could've sat behind the drive. |
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I really don't give a crap about the back seats...makes insurance cheaper, and gives you a place for stuff..
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+1. Even if the four seats can fit everyone fairly comfortably, that only represents half of my personal clan, so yea for some of us, a 4 seater, that only seats two will not do... If it wasn't important, I would already have a 370z in my driveway.
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Thank you, I just need to make sure my 2 kids can fit in the back seat is all. Sounds like the will fit with no issues.
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