Autocar GT86 First Drive

[SUB-FT86]

It's ok looking.

[old greg]

Originally Posted by yayforaddison

Anyone else notice that 40.9 mpg at the bottom of the page?!

UK gallons =\= US Gallons.

That's ~33 mpg to us

[dalli]

im the only one hating on this wing...

[Jezza_hr]

If you're in the US, I wouldn't get too worried by the price. We're ripped off here in the UK, we can expect to pay a lot more on a car than you're likely to. Someone brought the Chevy Camaro to me as an example this week. The US price? $22,000, the UK price when it's launched here next year? £34,000. That's £20,000 ($30,000) difference!

[yayforaddison]

Originally Posted by dalli

im the only one hating on this wing...

I'm not the biggest fan either. I'm actually really curious where that big Subi wing went

[Jezza_hr]

Originally Posted by dalli

im the only one hating on this wing...

You're not alone, I hope it's not the same on all models. That thing has got to go.

[iff2mastamatt]

I thought the 40.9 mpg was getting my hopes up... but 33 isn't bad either. I was hoping for 35 highway, but I guess we will find out once the official figures are released.

[old greg]

Originally Posted by Jezza_hr

The US price? $22,000, the UK price when it's launched here next year? £34,000. That's £20,000 ($30,000) difference!

$22k US is the price for the V6, the UK price you quoted is for a V8. Granted, $33K US is still less that you guys will be paying, but since the Camaro is "American" a good bit of that price difference will come from the import tariffs and transatlantic shipping costs that we don't have to pay for.

[yayforaddison]

Originally Posted by iff2mastamatt

I thought the 40.9 mpg was getting my hopes up... but 33 isn't bad either. I was hoping for 35 highway, but I guess we will find out once the official figures are released.

I feel ya. I don't really mind either way, but lord if I found a sports car that I like that gets 41 mpg, I just may have shat a brick.

33 is still better then any other car I've owned tho. Don't mind that

[Jezza_hr]

Originally Posted by old greg

$22k US is the price for the V6, the UK price you quoted is for a V8. Granted, $33K US is still less that you guys will be paying, but since the Camaro is "American" a good bit of that price difference will come from the import tariffs and transatlantic shipping costs that we don't have to pay for.

Aha, you see I thought I was being quoted identical models, I should have looked into that a bit more. Either way, the price to import a car standalone shouldn't be much more than £500 (well, that's the price it was when I was looking to import from Japan several years ago now). But, if they're converting it to a right hand drive, it might be more justified.

I remain optimistic that the pricing elsewhere will be more reasonable and even the autocar price is an estimate at this point. Hopefully all our concerns will be laid to rest in two days.

[Kazama]

STOP CRYING!just got the price from the norwegian toyota office and the price hear will be 76000k dollars . Stupid country whit stupid tax! But still i give them my money. FRUSTRATION!i shoud just move to the us for 2 years and take it back here taxfree.one good thing whit beinG Half american and half norwegian..

[torquemada]

Originally Posted by Buggy51

Should I buy one?

Despite this, at its best, the driving experience is a match for the likes of a Porsche Cayman, and accolades don’t come much higher than that. That it can’t reach those heights across as broad a range of conditions as the German-built car shouldn’t detract from its overall success, because the fact that it can even get close is a minor miracle.


eh?

ok, explain it for a german, the driving experience is nearly as good as a Cayman? Only 20 mph and a second from 0-62 mph slower?

at this price Subaru or Toyota won´t sell more than 100 cars per year in germany

[old greg]

Originally Posted by torquemada

at this price Subaru or Toyota won´t sell more than 100 cars per year in germany

That price is up there with the STI, 370Z, Scirocco R, 135i M-Sport etc. I'm just not seeing that kind of value for the money.

[RRnold]

Talk about spoiler alert!

Forget about the countdown to the Tokyo Motor Show huge release day...


btw-not too bad in red enough with the UK test drives, I want to see the US ones.