No factory turbos for GT86 says Karl Schlicht (Toyota Motor Europe VP)
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Great news for early adopters who don't want to be forced to upgrade.
Bad news for the people who are waiting for the supposed turbo version. |
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The way I see it is if you want a turbo 86 just buy one and choose one of the many kits already out. I just don't see the point in waiting and hoping, when it may never even happen and if it does who the hell knows how much it will be. This way you can choose what power level and type you want as well. :iono: |
So...I and many others were right all along. GG.
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Smart man.. Now time to stop the Brz Sti...
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We have had this info for more than 2 years....post some thing new.
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How about the GT86 being a one-off car? It's not as crazy as it sounds. The contract between Subaru and Toyota ends in 2015. What happens then? Unlike Subaru, which has by all intents and purposes, has essentially treated the BRZ as a one-off car (low volume and sales expectations, no marketing, RWD in a all-AWD line-up), I'll be VERY interested to see what Toyota will do. The fact is, the car is assembled at Fuji Heavy Industries using their primary suppliers. Once this contract ends, for Toyota to build a new-gen version of it, would require not only creating an assembly line for it, but would essentially have to re-design and re-engineer the entire car from scratch, which was the whole purpose of finding a partner company in the first place. Now with the report that sales expectations have not been met, I wouldn't be surprised if the car is killed after 2015 to focus resources on getting the FT-1/Supra into Production.
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And yeah, they said all along that there wouldn't be a turbo. But that doesn't mean there won't be an increase of power through larger displacement or other means. |
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With a turbo, the price would be pushing 40K.
you're approaching bmw 2 series and lots of other nice cars with that money. |
The only power increase I anticipate is somewhere in the +20-30 bhp range. Which can be easily accomplished with a tune, header and some fiddling with the CAI. TOYOTA and SUBARU WILL NEVER TURBO IT. Why would Subaru make a car that would directly compete with their beloved WRX? Answer, they would not because that would literally make no sense. Moreover, Subaru was expecting to not sell many BRZ's, hence why Stevens Creek Subaru still has the same 6 BRZ's sitting on their lot for the past 3 months
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even with a turbo in the brz, it would not compete with the wrx.
awd and 4 doors vs rwd and 2 seater. a turbo brz would compete with the bmw 2 series. |
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