BRZ US Debut at NAIAS?
 

I swear I saw a thread/post right before the site crashed with a link to Subaru stating the world debut at TMS and then the US debut at NAIAS? If so I'm flying to michigan but want to confirm first.

Well now that the site is back I found it in the photos/media forum :)

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2268

You are correct my friend, at the bottom of the site
Keep connected to SUBARU BRZ.

NOV. 30, 2011 - TOKYO MOTOR SHOW
Tune in for the global reveal of the production SUBARU BRZ.
JAN. 9-10, 2012 - NORTH AMERICAN INT'L AUTO SHOW
U.S.-spec production SUBARU BRZ makes its debut in Detroit.
ON SALE—SPRING 2012
The SUBARU BRZ takes the road.

I like the last one...subaru takes the road :thumbup:

Wow, thats awesome, less than two months away for a U.S. debut! I bet we will start seeing final numbers for the car (possibly even a price) before then.

My guess, specs released in tokyo, but concept is displayed. NAIAS will have production ready version, but same specs as released in tokyo.

I really hope not.

Either way I'm flying to Detroit for NAIAS (and finding other things to do up in the snow we never see here :) like a snow mobile race the weekend after I goto the autoshow) to see the US Spec version in person :)

I'm guessing they release the international production models at TMS and then the U.S. spec BRZ and FR-S at the Detroit show. At least taht would make sense to me, but I'm not a big wig at Toyota or Subaru...

I agree. They should release US spec at Detroit Auto Show if they want it to be at the dealerships in Spring.

Hmm. This probably means we won't get firm pricing until January. I wouldn't be surprised if Toyota did the same thing since Scion is a US-only brand.

If both the Subaru and Scion are there, I'm making the drive from Toronto for sure. Seems unlikely that it's only Subaru, but if that's the case I might still go. I'd really like to see it in person and get my hands on a brochure, just to have. We can sync and be bffs =p

Do you think they will let us sit in it?

I wonder who will be the first owners of an FT or a BRZ be kinda cool if the cars were numbered. But Im sure that will jump the price I can't wait to see the production cars.

They will be numbered.

VIN :bonk:

The first couple VIN numbers will sadly belong to pre-production cars that will probably have to be scrapped :(

I'll be at the NAIAS as usual. What day[s] are you considering going?

It's looking like near the end of the show. Planning on arriving on the 19th (morning) and going the 19th and maybe 20th. That weekend I want to head up to Caro for the snowmobile races. Then probably fly back to Florida on Monday morning/afternoon unless I stay for the redwings game monday night.

Anyone want to do a NAIAS meet? I'm sure at least 5 of us is going :)

Yeah I'm sure there'll be a few of us for sure. I'l be flying up with another car friend too since he's interested in the FRS/BRZ also (he's not into forums though). So that's at least ~4 people already.

NAIAS is the detroit auto show right?

Yessir.

Public show is Jan 14th-Jan 22nd.

http://www.naias.com/

damn detroit for being so far away.

First day is probably the day they'd be handing stuff out (if at all), right? 19th/20th is optimal because I wouldn't have to take time off work though.

Press days for sure I'd guess, then there's a charity day. I just hope they have enough brochures and stuff to last the entire show.

19/20 is Thurs/Fri so I'm hoping lines and such won't be too bad by then :)

I've never step foot in Michigan, Im sure we can all meet for food or something before the show. What day should this be planned? and I wonder if Hachi will be around too ahaha

Doh, I was looking at this month instead of January, so 14th is perfect for me

If they are giving out anything special grab an extra :) I won't be there until the 19th :(

on sale in spring is what I like, previously it sounded like summer. I have no car so sooner the better:party0030:

I think myself and one of our engineers will be making the trip over there! We should do a meet while we are all in Detroit.


Justin Grimm

I will definitely be at the Detroit Auto Show. I live in Michigan and it's only a couple hours drive away :D

Can't wait to see the production version in person. Almost indefinitely picking up a BRZ in the spring.

How's the Zoo? :)

Confirmed my trip details today, need to purchase tickets tonight. Flying up thursday monring the 19th, going to the car show on the 19th, maybe the 20th if it's worth going back, then going up to Caro to see some snowmobile racing (we don't race those down here in florida :) ).

Dave, have you booked a hotel yet? Consider looking into one of the nicer hotels in downtown [as close to the Renaissance Center or Cobo Hall as possible]. If you're not familiar with Detroit, there's a halo of ghetto surrounding downtown, while the tight downtown is nice and the metro area past 8 Mile.


A pre-release meet sounds good! :) Since I live here, I can put together a dinner and/or cocktails location; there are tons of fantastic restaurants if you know where to look. Let me know how much local color you want and the budget that works for everyone.

I planned on trying priceline later for both downtown and dearborn (not sure how ghetto dearborn is though). I'm originally from Toledo so I know some parts of Detroit's ghettos but I'm far from having any in depth or current knowledge so your input on areas to stay in is extremely welcome. Might as well post suggested areas in here in case anyone else is planning on coming into town and booking rooms.

Thanks!

I was there recently staying downtown in a buddys apartment on woodward (near grand) and got some breakfast at a place in a hispanic part of the city :) He moved to Columbus Ohio though so can't stay there :(

Dearborn is fine...there are some nice hotels within sight of Ford's Glass House HQ, especially the Ritz-Carlton.

In downtown Detroit, the Westin Book Cadillac and Marriot at the Ren Cen I can personally vouch are legit nice; and within walking distance to Cobo. Keep in mind that it'll be super ridiculously cold and a blizzard, just like every year during the auto show, so pack and bundle up accordingly.

After that, you'll end up waaay out of Detroit up in the 'burbs like Southfield, Madison Heights and Warren.

I would have to say that Kzoo hasn't changed all that much lol. However it's Michigan, so the weather is starting to turn crummy.

I read a few post down that you were originally from Toledo, how familiar are you with Kzoo?

A buddy of mine lives in the zoo. I've been there a couple of times over the years but not for awhile.

Flights are booked. Downtown hotel bids rejected on priceline so far, I'll try again tomorrow night/thursday. Might not have great luck due to the autoshow itself of course :P

OK finally got a priceline deal on a hotel in downtown.

Westin Book Cadillac for $95/night.. for any coming in try that for name your own price, 4 star, downtown detroit. NAIAS also has a deal for the Marriot and Ren Center for $149/night that has easier access to the People Mover (in the ren center instead of walking a block) but I'd rather save the $55...

Not bad pricing for downtown for sure. I will just drive over for the day and then back to Kzoo. What I should do is plan the Auto Show around a Red Wings game :D

What day you planning on going to the show?

Red wings game on the 23rd that I'm planning on going to :)

I'm going on Thursday the 19th at least, and maybe the 20th depending on how the 19th goes.

Against the Blues, should be a great game.

hmmm not sure when to go if I want to hit up a Wings game. Saturday the 14th against the Blackhawks would be awesome, but the show would be so packed. So Monday January 16th against the Sabres would be the most logical choice to go to the Auto Show and finish it off with a Wings game :D