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Old 10-18-2021, 10:44 AM   #42
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The marketing for these cars is and always has been virtually nil. You are currently participating in the bulk of the marketing they will do just by watching the “review” videos and talking about the car.

The BRZs and 86s are built at the same time side by side on the lines. There is no “build first” plan. The variations in availability times will have much more to do with their different pipeline systems and shipping schedules than manufacture dates.

You think the bulk of the delay on the GR86 is because Toyota wanted to change the car’s handling last minute? I’m still not convinced that’s not a marketing narrative being pushed, but being this behind on orders vs Subaru seems like quite the marketing commitment.
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