100,000 Units Annual Goal for BRZ/FR-S/86 Announced by President of Fuji Heavy Indust

[xrs]

Exclusivity? The more the merrier I say!

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by cyde01

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/19/s...-86-and-scion/

quoted on autoblog. once again the automotive journalist world comes to us for their frs/brz news. congrats ft86club, we have officially beat auto journalists at their own game.

No offense to the op of the thread but the autoblog article should really reference and give credit to the original yahoo article since that is the original source. http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...06-fsi-bus_all Poor journalism on their part. If anything they should have given credit to the yahoo article and cross mentioned it being posted here.

[Esoteric]

Some of this information may be skewed... From the other posts in the last few days, we are hearing that the new Impreza will be built on this line. I think optimism is the word here. The capability to keep up with demand mey be information in between the lines.

Whew... if there was a 22k FRS... many people would skip the Civic Si type cars.
How cool are you at 16-20 years old with this car at school?! I remeber when the WRX came out- a 6 month wait.
Thats was a super cool car to have here in the north east back around launch (that was 01 right?)

I think its clear they make a nice chunk of change on this car (that helped them sell this "slow sports car with warranty void writen all over it" to the board members of both companies. I'm sure they want to sell as many of these as possible.
If the MPG is stellar on this little bugger, you will see a lot of sales!... Still waiting for that info.

[Kiteless]

Originally Posted by 86'd

I could give a rat's @$.$ about exclusivity. I want this car to be on every street corner.

I could not agree more!

-- Jason

[Dionysus]

So how many are coming to the U.S.?

[Zgrinch]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

So how many are coming to the U.S.?

That is the the $64,000 dollar question. We don't even know price yet, so my guess is this question will remain unanswered until we get beyond the price issue and even then it may remain vague so dealers can stick with the "rare" mantra.

[Buggy51]

Yeah, just holding off on the order for Prem/Ltd based on lack of price :/ and well... discounts lol

[86fanatic]

I don't understand NOT wanting these cars on every street corner. If this car can succeed we'll have more people entering the market and competition is always a good thing that makes the cars better and better.

[Capt Canuck]

Originally Posted by 86fanatic

I don't understand NOT wanting these cars on every street corner. If this car can succeed we'll have more people entering the market and competition is always a good thing that makes the cars better and better.

I agree completely :-)

But for the sniffy type that like to talk about "true driver's car", it you don't get it there is something wrong with you, it's for purests, etc... having it be less common than other cars is part of it's appeal.

[subatoy]

Originally Posted by blackmist27

i don't think its that good to hear... i was looking forward to owning a more exclusive car

an exclusive Scion????

[86design]

Originally Posted by mines13

Totally do not care how many people are driving this car. I do not care if you have the same color, and live on my block. Others owning an identical car will not effect my enjoying my ownership of said car. If these are the kind of things that truly bother you, you need to look at yourself and not what others are doing.

i couldn't agree with you more...I felt the same way when i got my evo 10...I didn't mind seeing them everywhere....actually was pretty cool cause i would always throw a peace sign at them...

[n2oinferno]

Originally Posted by 86fanatic

I don't understand NOT wanting these cars on every street corner. If this car can succeed we'll have more people entering the market and competition is always a good thing that makes the cars better and better.

Exactly.

Mazda and Nissan might be thinking "Hey, the FRS/86/BRZ is doing well. Let's green light and fast track the new RX/Silvia before we miss this boat."

Maybe Honda will take notice too and we'll get a worthy successor to the S2000, rather than a "sports car" CRZ that flops on its face.

Meanwhile, if this is doing well and the market shows that people want more, Toyota might be more interested in bringing back the Supra at a somewhat reasonable price point for its segment.

Maybe Mitsubishi will resurrect the Eclipse as a RWD platform with an updated Evo engine?! Wait, no, that's a pipe dream and will never happen.

[tranzformer]

Originally Posted by n2oinferno

Maybe Honda will take notice too and we'll get a worthy successor to the S2000, rather than a "sports car" CRZ that flops on its face.

Shhhhh, neutron256 will hear you.

[KaliKev]

I like to use the FJ as an example, an average of 25-30k a year has been sold since 2006 in the US and although not rare, they are not extremely common yet there are enough to create a huge aftermarket for them.

If they sell the same amount it would be perfect, and it sounds like that will be the case.