Toyota Debuts All New GR 86 - North America Release / Info!

[Jegan_V]

For those of us in Canada, Toyota Canada released pretty much the same press release:

https://www.toyota.ca/toyota/en/abou...d-every-corner

The only noteworthy thing for us however is near the end. December 2021 is when we'll be seeing them, so it looks like America will get them a month before us.

[Sasquachulator]

dang the december date sucks.
Was hoping to be able to see one when i go into the dealer for my first service in octoberish.

[Razorwing]

Originally Posted by Jegan_V

For those of us in Canada, Toyota Canada released pretty much the same press release:

https://www.toyota.ca/toyota/en/abou...d-every-corner

The only noteworthy thing for us however is near the end. December 2021 is when we'll be seeing them, so it looks like America will get them a month before us.

We also don't get the NASA membership.

[Ghost of Akina]

Originally Posted by Razorwing

We also don't get the NASA membership.

Yeah that was clearly geared towards USA, although the rest of the world has racing associations they should have tried to work with multiple countries.

[Razorwing]

Originally Posted by Ghost of Akina

Yeah that was clearly geared towards USA, although the rest of the world has racing associations they should have tried to work with multiple countries.

But I guess they didn't do anything lol.

[Ghost of Akina]

No and why really, the US is their largest sales market.

[StE92ve]

Originally Posted by dragoontwo

Toyota dropped this into their press area today: https://pressroom.toyota.com/all-new...-every-corner/

They really tout all the improvements over the Gen1. Wonder if this is how the first gen was, there would be have been many more sold.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by StE92ve

They really tout all the improvements over the Gen1. Wonder if this is how the first gen was, there would be have been many more sold.

Doubt it. Maybe they would have sold faster if this had been a mid-cycle refresh rather than having sales slowly decline but in the end T/S sold every one they intended to build/sale. It's not like there is a parking lot full of unsold units somewhere.

[Yoshoobaroo]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

It's not like there is a parking lot full of unsold units somewhere.

This. Tcoat has said this for years. They sold all the cars they intended to make.

They sold over 120k in the us alone. That’s almost the same amount of cars that Porsche sold between the 911 and the Cayman/Boxster in the same period.

[Brz-123]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

This. Tcoat has said this for years. They sold all the cars they intended to make.

They sold over 120k in the us alone. That’s almost the same amount of cars that Porsche sold between the 911 and the Cayman/Boxster in the same period.

US , then Japan and then Australia were their super successful markets. Followed by the UK to a fair extent. That's about it. It did not sell much in Europe or Asia.

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[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Brz-123

US , then Japan and then Australia were their super successful markets. Followed by the UK to a fair extent. That's about it. It did not sell much in Europe or Asia.

But, that's primarily because they didn't intend to sell them in those areas. It was pretty limited distribution.

[Brz-123]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

But, that's primarily because they didn't intend to sell them in those areas. It was pretty limited distribution.

Not quite sure that is true. Europe is a crazy sports car and a hot hatch market and Toyota has good presence. They did not get traction and always had stock.

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[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Jegan_V

For those of us in Canada, Toyota Canada released pretty much the same press release:

https://www.toyota.ca/toyota/en/abou...d-every-corner

The only noteworthy thing for us however is near the end. December 2021 is when we'll be seeing them, so it looks like America will get them a month before us.

Interesting feature they mentioned (that I recall being on the first generation too). "Smart Stop Technology" activates when both the gas and brake are pressed at the same time, and seems to affect the throttle. Notionally it's a safety feature (that the Prius idiots that cannot tell gas from brake...), though it sounds like certain low grip driving conditions have triggered that feature on gen1.

[Stonehorsw]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Interesting feature they mentioned (that I recall being on the first generation too). "Smart Stop Technology" activates when both the gas and brake are pressed at the same time, and seems to affect the throttle. Notionally it's a safety feature (that the Prius idiots that cannot tell gas from brake...), though it sounds like certain low grip driving conditions have triggered that feature on gen1.

This is called BOA (brake over acceleration) and is set to prevent accidents in case of stuck (or defective) accel pedal. Lesson learned from Toyota case.