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The probability of them using foreign tracks to test right now is remote though. Everybody seems to think we are back to normal but all the auto companies still have travel bans in place so any testing will be close to home. One of the LAST places I would expect them to be approving unessential travel to would be Texas. Maybe they can stop by in Florida and California on the way?
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If by some weird chance they are next gen mule shots then the minor changes they would indicate go back to the question of just how much needs to be different to warrant the term "next generation"?
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Eh I don’t care if they call it a new generation or a 2nd facelift.
That said, Covid got bad very quickly. It’s entirely possible that certain prototypes were already doing international testing in ~March. Subaru and Toyota both have engineering and test facilities outside of Japan, where non-Japanese people work. I admit I’m speculating, but assuming the timeline is anywhere near on track, test mules have been out there. I don’t know much about the Japanese design cycles, but German cars can be spotted in camo up to 3 years before release. Edit: Looks like the BRZ test mule was first spotted just 19 months before first deliveries, so maybe the Japanese just don’t test as much outside their facilities. |
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I have always thought that many "spy shots" started with a call from marketing that went something like "Hey, if you happen to have your camera by the track on this date..." It isn't the spy shots that get me so much it is the total lines of crap that people totally make up to go with them. That BRZ one was a blast since people were saying it was positive proof there was a turbo coming since there were fender vents. What they did in the past is in the past. https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...the-nrburgring
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on a side note, you guys do know that Toyota now has their own private testing track. the same track that was used to test the 2021 Lexus IS. which there also wasn't any spy shots of the final product before the unveiling. |
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i have also mention that track many times in the past. (see on the countless other 2nd gen 86 threads). |
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Another forum is not a way to verify things said on a forum. A forum is often the very least reliable of the sources of information no matter how many times they appear to be "right". People just ignore the thousands of posts with wrong info and point at the right stuff and say "see they knew".
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From your observation of any 86 test mules and lines under the camo, does the car appear to resemble those red MagX renders that seems to suggest is sort of the final design for the car. |
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I'll post anything I'm not specifically asked not to. I'll also find out when the next gen will be at the track for the photo shoot/ad thing and do my best to make it out there (as long as there's not a work conflict).
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