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first post! i've owned 12 AE86 in the past and have since moved on. i've gone over to the bmw camp for fr rwd goodness as they don't rust nearly as bad as ae86. e30's are amazing things but imo can't beat the nimbleness of an ae86. i've had quite a few cars in my time jza70, bnr32, e30 m3, is300, mazdaspeed 6, 540i, e36 325is, etc and nothing quite compares to the ae86.
anyways, back to the subject. i don't know if you guys are seeing this. but i find the marketing for the ft-86 is quite similar to that of the ae86 back in the 80's for the ae86. japan had the trueno and the levin. north america got the ugly bumper trueno version as the corolla gts while the rest of the world got the levin variant. it seems to be parallel to how things are going on with the ft86. japan gets both versions. north america once again gets the car under a different name with an ugly facelift compared the jdm version. euro, asia and the rest of the world get its modern day equivalent levin twin aka the subaru version.
the is300 was the last toyota i've owned and i refuse to buy anything new made by them. being in canada where scion is almost non-existent, it really bothers me that the ft86 would be sold as one. it feels like toyota/scion are not quite sure they want to achieve with the brand and the car. feels a lot like gm doesn't it? what pisses me off most is the news that the subaru version is euro only. i've been following the news about the ft86 quite closely and when japanese news broke earlier about how toyota was going to up the price, lower the power and move the demo to an older crowd, i immediately placed my bets on the subaru version hoping for a sti powered fr/awd monster. sadly it seems that won't happen either for us here in north america anyways.
i've been asked by my friends why i didn't buy a genesis coupe. i've always told them then 2.0t r spec wasn't sold in canada and that i was waiting for the ft86. but now, seeing how things are progressing it seems that i'll be in for a much longer stay in the bmw camp.
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