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Originally Posted by airjonny
So let me get this straight Toyota....
A faster 86 can't be done because it'll be too expensive....yet that doesn't stop you from pushing out a 14r60 in Japan worth $60k and several special editions over 30k. Fine I said...
The next excuse was that there would be no market for it...yet I see a $40k Focus and Golf do well and I see folks putting orders on non special edition Mustang/Camaro's in Corvette/M2 price territory. Fine I said...
Then I heard that a faster 86 would mess with the identity of the car being fun pure lightweight sports car....but then they try to push the idea of a hybrid 86 that'll add hundreds of pounds with a glorified Logitech shifter as a transmission?
Really Toyota?? You're running out of excuses.
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...but really how many people have purchased cars like the Focus RS and Golf R? the twins reached 100,000 quite quickly (less than 3 years) whereas the only Focus RS sales figure I was able to find mentioned they sold 3,500 units in the first 6 months..and to think Ford will be cutting production on it soon..and I doubt the Golf R sells any better. Mustangs & Camaros have too much "America!" cachet for anyone to expect the twins to take over their spots..
either way, clearly all the folks who wanted a faster 86 just needed to wait for the "supra", they'll get their 4 cyl turbo with the base model for $40 K
nothing is wrong with this hybrid 86...it isn't even called an 86! they are merely previewing potential next gen tech with a chassis they already have, I don't look at this as anything more. if the automatic only supra rumors turn out to be true, personally i hope this concept's gaming shifter makes it to the supra