FT-86 to be named FR-S...

[chino]

You saw it here first .. on PF

Why LHD cars?

I think Subaru may just kick themselves with delaying the BRz launch - they are going to miss out on so many impulse and hype driven orders... For me, I've arranged a test drive for next week - if it is more enjoyable to drive then I'll be putting my name on the wait list.

[[SPESHAL]]

Just means they have no idea and they don't want your business.

Absolutely. Also tried to tell me its a completely different car to the Toyota....

[neil_se]

Just got back from the local dealer. He has no cars yet but has a Blue GTS manual I can buy. They have 2 other GTS coming in Red and White but they are both auto and 3 manual GT's.
I interrogated him fairly hard on options and he expects to see some wheels and suspension (TRD coil overs?) boxes you will be able to tick apart from just the aero kit. When I asked about option prices he could not answer me but said he would send me an email in the morning with what he could find out from Toyota AUS.
I won't be handing over any cash till I drive a car either way.

The guy I've been dealing with wants one himself but doesn't know any more than the public, he's got a test day in Brisbane tomorrow though so he should come back with an answer.

He just dropped off my contract, $34113.20 on road including metallic paint ($400). My deposit is still refundable pending finance and a test drive, they're not really fussed if I pull out as they'd be lucky to have the extra car from allocation.

[smellytofu]

Why LHD cars?

It was the test mule with all the checked stickers which was LHD. The other car was RHD.

[Babalouie]

Fuck that extended warranty is expensive.

IIRC the extended w'ty on my Tarago was $1k.

[smellytofu]

I've been quoted $1.7k for my runabout that's only done 15,000km in the past 3 years. I just think it's such a rip off.

[rollin7]

dont know why you would bother with extended warrenty, surely you guys are going to mod them, and track them, and thus loose warrenty

[MR 1JZ]

You saw it here first .. on PF

I actually giggled my ass off watching that...one of these things decked with sick wheels, chinese rubber on the back and heaps of camber and stretch will be a bucket of fun to thrash through industrial estates in the wet

[Boxer]

Fuck that extended warranty is expensive.

That will buy you one extra year at Porsche

[rj_astra]

I think Subaru may just kick themselves with delaying the BRz launch - they are going to miss out on so many impulse and hype driven orders... .

Or incredibly smart... all the desperate people who were too slow to get a FT86 they want will then jump in quick to secure a BRZ.

[smellytofu]

Or incredibly smart... all the desperate people who were too slow to get a FT86 they want will then jump in quick to secure a BRZ.

So in other works, it's a smart move for Subaru to pick up the scraps that Toyota cannot "fulfil" given both come out of the same factory.

[Jim]

I bet subaru is holding back and hedging their bets to see if it flops here or not. I get the impression Subaru Aus has not been interested in this product from day one. The website reads like they are slightly embarassed by it.

[Captiva Fan]

The website reads like they are slightly embarassed by it.

Wossit say?
"Here's the car we're rebadging, judged more interesting than anything we've been making in the last 15+ years and it's made by Fridges Incorporated" ... ?

[smellytofu]

I bet subaru is holding back and hedging their bets to see if it flops here or not. I get the impression Subaru Aus has not been interested in this product from day one. The website reads like they are slightly embarassed by it.

Well, we haven't seen Nick Senior and his loud mouth cry foul again so I reckon you're spot on.

[[SPESHAL]]

http://www.carsguide.com.au/site/new...=lateststories

Subaru won't match the Toyota price.