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Originally Posted by McCoder
one of the reasons ITR is such a fun car is that there is no electronics to nanny you except for the ABS, you can feel everything that happens, i SO hope that Toyota/Subaru understands that.
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Amen. Hell, my MX5 doesn't even have ABS, never mind TCS, DSC, launch control, rev matching, etc.
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Originally Posted by McCoder
I want a nimble drivers car without having to buy an Elise/Exige. I've lost faith in Honda, the Crz is crap (imho) and the EDM Civic Type-R feels too heavy and detached from the road, at least compared to the ITR, and i'm affraid that the FT86 will be the last chance for that nimble drivers car.
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I'm hopeful that the FT will be the jack-of-all-trades car I've been waiting for: classic sports car feel in a (somewhat) practical body style. Even before the recently leaked specifications, these direct quotes from Tetsuya Tada (Chief Engineer) had me optimistic:
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"We did a lot of research. We talked to owners, fanatics, real buyers of sports cars around the world. They told us: Speed isn’t everything. If it’s just an incredibly fast car, they don’t really want it. What they want is a sports car that is small, compact, light, and that handles just the way they want it to handle.”
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“From the beginning, the concept was to put the driver back in the driver’s seat, and to eliminate computers as much as possible today. Powerful sports cars use a lot of computer technology so that anyone can drive and handle them. We decided not to go down that road.”
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