Aussie price poll
 

Hi all,

Thought I'd put a poll up, since it shouldn't be too long now until we find out Australian pricing.

So what do you think we're likely to see as the price for an 86 here? Please base your estimate on the following conditions:
- Drive away RRP (includes dealer delivery, rego, CTP, etc but excluding any discounts you may be able to negotiate)
- Lowest specification available (so base model)
- Manual transmission
- Metallic paint (yeah, I know, can you believe they still try to charge extra for this?)

I have a feeling it'll be around $38k + orc which means over $40k on road.

Here's the price of a few other cars, for the sake of comparison. (based on QLD drive away prices)

Toyota Rukus: $30,933
Toyota Corolla: $24,238
Mazda MX5: $48,124
Mazda3 MPS: $43,307 (TURBO POWA)
Nissan 370Z: $75,801
Subaru WRX: $44,115 (TURBO POWA)
Subaru Impreza: $27,637
BMW 1 Series Coupe: $52,578
Hyundai Veloster: $27,775

I'm an optimist, so I'm going $38K-$39K, but I do have a feeling that it will start at $39990 + ORC.

In bold

The MX-5 is only a 2 seater and a roadster.. so its not exactly a direct comparison.

The BMW pretty much ticks most of the same boxes only we don't know the 'exact' price points for the 86 and a BMW is a lot more money to up-keep.

I'm only going to buy it if the base is no more then 35 + on road, which I'm doubting that will happen =(

None of those are a direct comparison; I've provided them as a cost comparison only. For a lot of people though, this is potentially the first new car they're going to buy. That list is only so people know what other cars actually cost.

I'm with Nardi on this one. Base Model will be a smidge under 40k before ORC's.

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i call this bullsh17. less than 3 months before launch with pre orders being accepted and yet they don't know how much Toyota Japan is charging????

how could Toyota UK and Scion finalise their price then???

this guy must be on drugs!!! he surely didn't mean under $40,000??? a typo??

yeah right......... don't cry when people line up at Subaru instead!!

I was in Terry Shields Toyota in Parramatta yesterday, and the sales manager there told me they had 13 preorders with "less than $50k" in their opt-out clauses. Meaning that people are willing to give up their $1000 deposit if the car comes in at $49999 and they don't like it.
He also told me that they expect there to be a $70,000 (yes, 70,000 not a typo) prestige model. When I laughed and told him that no one in their right mind would pay that he told me that he had a customer that said he would pay that.
Other tid bits that this guy told me are that if I put a deposit down yesterday, I could expect the car in first quarter 2013, and that Toyota had 300+ preorders Australia wide.
Personally I took it all with a grain of salt, but I thought I'd pass this info on.

He's having a laugh. This whole pricing business has really gone down hill in the last day. I have so much rage from reading this thread that I don't think I'm going to like the end result.

$70k?? Wahahahahaha

It's not even featured in Initial D and it already has Takumi tax??

Im amazed that an mx5 can cost so much. It is more expensive than both a WRX and an MPS which to me completely out value it. Also that salesman at Parra sounds like he's talking so much crap.

He should be selling drugs

I'm all for a good debate, but yeah, I'm getting real disheartened at what dealers are telling everyone. 40k inc ORC is the top of my range, and even then I think I'd consider not buying (I'm actually expecting it to be out of my price range now).

Even though I know there are some stark contrasts, the WRX is fairly good value for $44k.

The MX5 sells because it's still one of the cheapest, if not the cheapest, convertibles. Expensive cars usually have a unique selling proposition that other similar cars don't come anywhere near.

Yeah...right... "cashed-up" like hell i am...geez, took me ages to save up for this car. Still saving because the price has not been released yet. I swear this guy has no idea what his typing. LOL!


Just trying to imagine how many of us is going to bail if its more then 50K. I'll be first to jump the ship. LOL!

I've thought about it and realistically, 47k is probably my limit. 45k I'm ok with. 46 I'm not too happy. 50k? No way!

but there is a brand new black Scirocco R on carsales for $49,990 drive away. 188kw vs 147kw, 330nm vs 200nm..... (yes i know FWD vs RWD).

i was thinking about the Renault Megane last year. Sucks for me cause of my dam P plates. So can't wait till the end of the year :sigh:

Renault Megane RS250 is very hot but resale is so crap it's not funny.

a used car bargain tho.

I really dislike the look of hatchbacks, personally... =(

If this car hits 50K then it doesn't matter how much I want it but I'll bail too even though I pre-ordered last September/October... I'll import an Evo 8 MR instead...

BRZ Ltd.. or 86 GTS...
 

I just put a deposit down for a SWP, 6MT, GTS this morning.
Now that the BRZ prices over in the states are somewhat leaked.. I've been thinking about placing a deposit down for a BRZ Ltd aswell, subject pricing on whichever is cheaper.. hmmmmmm