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Originally Posted by themadscientist
No, they can call it that if they want, but it's just a marketing ploy. It's as dumb as if they called the real 86 a 27.
The car should be called a Levin, if they want to tie it into that line of cars. It's even worse than that. The real 86 didn't have a goofy Subaru engine.
Look where I live. You don't need to explain the car to me.  |
It always has been a marketing strategy... I don't doubt that. That's how they sell cars.
Why would this car be called a Levin? They didn't call it a Trueno... 86 is 86, marketed to refer to its light-weight FR platform. I'm pretty sure we can all understand why they didn't have their own Toyota engine in there and why they went with Subaru instead. (It's the modern age now, tech evolves and corporate shares instead of having to "invent" a new engine)
I respect that you live in Japan, and with all due respect... it doesn't mean just anybody living in Japan knows everything... That's like saying because I live in Canada, I know how to build igloos (I don't, lol)...
I've owned an AE86 for 5 years, and I've been in that scene for a while myself waaaaay before the 86/BRZ were even in concept stages. In fact, it was my first car ever.