09-23-2021, 09:13 AM | #561 |
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You can call it whatever you want but Toyota calls it a duckbill: Design Handles sharp. Looks sharp. With its refined aerodynamic profile, GR 86 returns with a sleek new design, inside and out. An aero stabilizing front bumper and available rear duckbill spoiler help it slip through the wind while keeping your connection to the road a little tighter. Inside, a 3-mode digital instrumentation panel and leather-trimmed touchpoints highlight GR 86's driver-focused cockpit. The fold-down rear seats make room for extra passengers or extra track tires. |
09-23-2021, 09:26 AM | #562 |
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Well it looks more like a ducktail than a duckbill to me.
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09-23-2021, 10:00 AM | #564 |
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Gen 1 styling was a nod to the past e.g. Toyota 2000GT.. e.g. at the 2012/13 intro Toyota originally displayed the Gen 1 along side an original AE86, the 2000GT, and the Sports 800 |
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09-23-2021, 04:04 PM | #566 |
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Spot on, styling of a 2000gt, boxer like the sports 800, affordable RWD like a AE86. I remember following the project like a mad man
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09-23-2021, 08:11 PM | #567 |
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I think toyota made a great starting spot for a sports car.
I dont think it really looks like any of those past cars, perhaps hints of each, but the lines were pretty different. Its a different era now. |
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Looks more like a Daffy Duckbill spoiler to me. Toyota probably couldn't call it that for copyright reasons.
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Plus getting rid of the fake-vent for a real one is always a win. |
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Looking at those numbers it makes a pretty compelling argument to upgrade. Only thing stopping some people is they might not like the look of it.
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(and for those that think it looks great, I'm glad you like it)
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and didn't like it in red in particular when I saw it in the online configurator (there were very few photos in red). And yet a red '17 BRZ is the car I decided to buy when I saw it in person for the first time. The GR 86 has been reviewed by so many YouTubers, I think the car in those videos looks a lot closer to reality than in the static "plastic" renders in the online configurator. |
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