2017 Model Year Improvements

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Summerwolf

I kinda like it, honestly. Looks kind of like the older lexus style to me. If that's what the front looks like, good job Toyota.

Originally Posted by WRBrzRX

honestly this ugly whale face refresh just makes me love what I've got that much more

I will reserve judgment until there are actual photographs. What we see there is probably pretty close but the highlights used in the rendering may be throwing things out of proportion. If some of those angles are not as sharp as they appear it may be great.

[ichitaka05]

Take that photoshop as a grain of salt. That front bumper is mostly 3D printed and camo is hiding a lot of things... so for them to render that, don't expect much. But few things are pretty close for sure.

[funwheeldrive]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I will reserve judgment until there are actual photographs. What we see there is probably pretty close but the highlights used in the rendering may be throwing things out of proportion. If some of those angles are not as sharp as they appear it may be great.

Agreed. Shoot, even the official pictures might be deceiving. A lot of Toyota's new cars aren't very photogenic, but they look pretty sharp in person.

Isn't there some auto show coming up where Toyota will probably reveal it?

[spicyricecake]

For the record, the BRZ STI concept looked dope, so maybe Subaru is upping its design game... which means the BRZ refresh COULD look better.

[Veloist]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

Agreed. Shoot, even the official pictures might be deceiving. A lot of Toyota's new cars aren't very photogenic, but they look pretty sharp in person.

Isn't there some auto show coming up where Toyota will probably reveal it?

Geneva is right around the corner, last year it was during the 1st-2nd weeks of March.

[Packofcrows]

Rear lights (tails) are ugly. I just had my coffee and noticed them. eww... I call for REDO!

[Turbo95eg6]

Originally Posted by spicyricecake

soooo where's the BRZ refresh?

You can count on there not having fangs, that's for sure.

I expect it to look cleaner and more simplified, I hope it keeps the mustache since I like it.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Packofcrows

Rear lights (tails) are ugly. I just had my coffee and noticed them. eww... I call for REDO!

Again... Just a rendered guess on somebody's part. Could be accurate could not be. If accurate then a lot of guys will love them since so many swap to something similar already. But then again as soon as they become stock the guys that loved them as aftermarket will hate them just because they are stock. Same goes for rims usually.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6

You can count on there not having fangs, that's for sure.

I expect it to look cleaner and more simplified, I hope it keeps the mustache since I like it.

Actually the fangs are one thing that show clearly in the camo pic. Now they could be two pieces of scrap taped on under the camo wrap just to mess with people's heads...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by spicyricecake

soooo where's the BRZ refresh?

Originally Posted by spicyricecake

For the record, the BRZ STI concept looked dope, so maybe Subaru is upping its design game... which means the BRZ refresh COULD look better.

WARNING: SPECULATION ALERT!
These comments made me go back and look for any badging on the camo mules. There are none that I could find and not sure how much impact there would be if there was anyway.
Just gonna throw out there that this could BE the BRZ and not the 86. Everybody sort of presumed that it was the 86 but not sure that this was confirmed officially by Toyota and/or Subaru.

[spicyricecake]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

WARNING: SPECULATION ALERT!
These comments made me go back and look for any badging on the camo mules. There are none that I could find and not sure how much impact there would be if there was anyway.
Just gonna throw out there that this could BE the BRZ and not the 86. Everybody sort of presumed that it was the 86 but not sure that this was confirmed officially by Toyota and/or Subaru.

OH NO WHAT HAVE I DONE

[WRBrzRX]

on the plus side the winglets on the spoiler look much better than the the original one they pulled off a 90s Grand Prix

[df.dima]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

WARNING: SPECULATION ALERT!
These comments made me go back and look for any badging on the camo mules. There are none that I could find and not sure how much impact there would be if there was anyway.
Just gonna throw out there that this could BE the BRZ and not the 86. Everybody sort of presumed that it was the 86 but not sure that this was confirmed officially by Toyota and/or Subaru.

I could be wrong, but previously it was the Toyota's car who sported a particular license plate number. Subaru could use Toyotas plate, but I doubt it, its probably Toyota people testing Toyota car.


Overall Im not impressed with render, but I doubt its going to be exactly that. I do hope for the best. At same time, if I don't like it, I have one more reason to be happy with my FR-S (not like I was looking to trade it for latest and greatest anyway).

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by df.dima

I could be wrong, but previously it was the Toyota's car who sported a particular license plate number. Subaru could use Toyotas plate, but I doubt it, its probably Toyota people testing Toyota car.

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Ahhh yes, now that you say that I do recall someplace in this or another thread that somebody pointed out that was the standard Toyota Mule plate. I doubt they would screw around with that just to try to disguise things.


The front bumper and garnishes in the render just looked so BRZish that the guys BRZ comments got me wondering. Certainly not a theory I am passionate about and figured I would just throw it in to the mix.