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Where Toyota screwed up is in not giving this car a factory turbo. It could have been just 200hp with a turbo and it would have been a huge improvement. Even if it bumped the MSRP or grand or two it would be worth. Japanese tuner cars cars are all about forced induction. It would be like Ford not making a V8 Mustang.
Now when you buy one of these cars and you pay $5-6k + to add a turbo or supercharger you are in Mustang GT or Camaro V8 price territory. If it had a factory turbo you can bump the boost or even get a bolt in replacement turbo for far less than the cost of doing it all for scratch.
IMO opinion the reason the BRZ/GT86 is as hamstrung as it is it that Subaru doesn't want to steal any thunder from the WRX and STI. I figure Toyota probably paid for the development and Subaru get a free car they sell and make a little money on the side, but they don't want to kill their main line up.
IMO these cars are going to be like FD RX7s 10 yrs down the road where there are more with swaps than with an FA20 in them.
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