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Looks like 2020 models are ending production officially.
https://www.torquenews.com/1084/suba...t-coupe-closer and the Subaru of Japan web page it quotes: https://www.subaru.jp/brz/brz/ |
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At least there is an actual official statement this time!
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No 2021 model
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Subaru very rarely announces a new model until much of the older model inventory has been sold. They are also very good at hiding their test mules in plain sight, like the new engine in another model, or the previous gen model...no one looks twice.
Reminds me of a story from Nasioc... In 2004 a Subaru enthusiast on Nasioc noticed 2 plain looking 2004 Legacy's at a hotel in Alaska with their hoods up and 4 Japanese fellows frantically working under the hoods. He walked up to see if they needed help and found both cars fitted with 2.5L turbo motors, he snapped a few pics before they hastily closed the hoods and left...turned out they were test mules for the 2005 Legacy GT Turbo's. A option Subaru didn't mentioned was coming until the actual unveiling of the new Legacy & Outback models.
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Yeah I guess it makes sense that they clear out the remaining 2020 stock before marketing for the 2021 model starts. Guessing it can’t be too far away.
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Considering that most dealers can’t keep them on the lot for longer than a week the stock should dry up quickly now. |
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So, I'm an instructor at our local track and the track manager is a friend of mine. He told me that Toyota (this is the closest track to their US headquarters) is doing some marketing type stuff at the track in the very near future and that he knows the test driver for the next 86 (he's friends with Randy Pobst, and was a test/development driver for Cadillac back when they were doing the first CTS V).
Toyota is hosting a tech tour at the track on Saturday (it's for the Supra though) and I plan on trying to find out if they have any info on the new 86. My friend couldn't outright tell me anything, but with a wink and a nod he let me know that the new 86 will be at the track doing a photo/video shoot in the next couple of weeks (could have happened as early as this week). I didn't press him for too much info since he was giving me as much as he was allowed to without violating any NDA's. I've got a few member day passes, I'll let him know that I want to use one on the day Toyota will be there (or just find out more details). He made it sound like the car is pretty much ready to be announced/unveiled and they are just waiting for the proper timing. It seems too late for a 2021, but I would be surprised if the new 86 isn't a 2022 model. |
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You guys went from the real info that the orders are closed to taking pictures of the guaranteed final version at a track in Texas in record time! No wonder there are so many that believe the clickbaits. I will believe it when I see it but have serious doubts we will see anything yet at all.
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