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been lurking for ages; as a BK/GenesisCoupe 3.8 owner, thought i have reply here!
First of all, i don't think from a technical point of view that a FT-86 vs GenesisCoupe is a valid comparison, heck just look at the difference in size! (MotoIQ's article). Both clearly aim at different segments, being RWD coupes doesn't make them direct competitors. Pricing blurs things up, but still i don't believe they should be compared.
heck, no body cared to put the Gencoupe against the MX-5 when it first showed up. Ofcourse the Ft86 going to be nimbler, its 500+ pounds lighter but also nearly half the torque ripping the rubber. It was designed that way. The BK was designed with different objectives, it was designed over the basis of a E46 M3 as a G35 killer. I bet they didn't even benchmark it against likes of MX-5.
The weight, the wheelbase, the height. heck you can feel that too from the interior. Minimalist, purposeful and cheap vs. trying to look luxurious.
Also i have to mention one point about the BK's chassis. By the numbers it is one of the stiffest. The term is Torsional Rigidity (in Nm/deg), the GensisCoupe is around ~22,500 Nm/deg, which is nearly equal the Lamborghini Gallardo's (23k).
Back to FT86, i think its only interesting -and valid- competitor in production is the MX-5. The FT86 excels the MX-5 in every possible way i look at it, thats why am planning to get either the S/C'ed TRD FT86 or the STi. 200hp is quite low. Gonna decide as more info is released, but maaaan that STi concept looks awesome!
And no am not swapping my GenCoupe for it, like no way in hell! that's there to stay!
p.s.: screw ANY FWD. it can be so fast, it can do all the WHP/WTQ's in the world..but an FWD is just off-point
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