Toyota GT 86/Subaru BRZ chatter/NEWS here!!!!!

[Scoobydoo]

 TURTLE']

As the stock ecu\'s will be so easily modified to allow for power-ups an aftermarket ecu won\'t be required for big powerups like turbo/superchargers

[quote name='calibre said:

Pretty clever decision imo leaving it n/a, avoids any warranty issues for Toyota/Subaru up to these 3rd parties, I\'d say there will be so many b]power up[/b] options available shortly, the problem will just be choosing which one.

Seriously, is this what kids are calling it these days.

Too much Mario Kart.

Too much Old Man

[calibre]

^^haha. \'aggressive tuning\' options, there you go.

[newsuba]

Hmmm....

So more GRRRRRR than DUH ?

;D

[Jesus]

Drove one Saturday. Was fun. Cute. Reminded me of an MX5 bred with an RX8; In need of a bit more urgency and left me wanting to style hair.

[GC8E2DD]

How do you think it would compare time-wise with your Legacy at Manfeild?

[MercuryFree]

 GC8E2DD said:

How do you think it would compare time-wise with your Legacy at Manfeild?

STM\'s stock gt86 did a 1.26

[newsuba]

Was it really stock ?

Motor magazine recently tested one and it was 2sec a lap slower than a Golf GTI around Sydney Motorsport Park.

;D

[MercuryFree]

 newsuba said:

Was it really stock ?

Motor magazine recently tested one and it was 2sec a lap slower than a Golf GTI around Sydney Motorsport Park.

;D

Supposedly - as a baseline for future mods

[GC8E2DD]

 newsuba said:

Was it really stock ?

Motor magazine recently tested one and it was 2sec a lap slower than a Golf GTI around Sydney Motorsport Park.

;D

Haha, I bet you have that one cut out and stuck on the garage wall =P

[Scoobydoo]

 newsuba said:

Was it really stock ?

Motor magazine recently tested one and it was 2sec a lap slower than a Golf GTI around Sydney Motorsport Park.

;D

Golf GTI is turbo though, yes? Aaand has about an extra 30kw on it? And it was only 2 sec faster?

[newsuba]

 Scoobydoo']

Golf GTI is turbo though, yes? Aaand has about an extra 30kw on it? And it was only 2 sec faster?

Golf has only 8kW more plus 75Nm and carries an extra 120kg, so 2sec is pretty good.

[quote name='GC8E2DD said:

Haha, I bet you have that one cut out and stuck on the garage wall =P

You know it.

Copy to my local Toyota dealer too ?

[94 Leone]

BRZ releases in nz tomorrow

[Old Skool Subbie]

I wonder if Subaru will have one on display in Christchurch for people to look at?

[MercuryFree]

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/jeremy-clarkson-car-of-the-year-toyota-gt86-2012-12-7

[Scoobydoo]

They should use it as the new reasonably priced car

[newsuba]

Clarkson wouldn\'t know a good car if it ran him over...

:

[GC8E2DD]

I get the impression that a good car in your estimation would be the one that ran him over.

[Marky]

Waits for the flood of muppets to go OMG SUBARU HAVE COPIED THE GT86

To be fair ball was dropped massively in having one released 6mths before the other

[newsuba]

 GC8E2DD said:

I get the impression that a good car in your estimation would be the one that ran him over.

;D

[MercuryFree]

 Marky said:

Waits for the flood of muppets to go OMG SUBARU HAVE COPIED THE GT86

To be fair ball was dropped massively in having one released 6mths before the other

Released the same time in other markets iirc so yeah just subaru nz cocking about

[94 Leone]

Yeah: but those in the know, know. ya know?

So let the muppets think it, because they\'re muppets. It doesn\'t particularly matter: although very irritating.

[tebbyj]

Clarkson gets run over by GT86! NOT ;D

Just him testing it, From the DVD "Top Gear: Worst Car in the History of the World"

EDIT:

Was taken down by BBC (dam them) will see if i can post some where else and re-link..

[grim]

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2013-subaru-brz-premium-long-term-test-review?spr_id=1458_5811371&src=spr_FBPAGE

[newsuba]

 tebbyj said:

Clarkson gets run over by GT86! NOT ;D

Just him testing it, From the DVD "Top Gear: Worst Car in the History of the World"

EDIT:

Was taken down by BBC (dam them) will see if i can post some where else and re-link..

That\'s one of the worst videos from TG.

They get nowhere near the worse car in the history of the world.

[Old Skool Subbie]

I heard today on the radio the the NZ auto engineers or etc ( cnt remember wat they were called) voted 86 the best car in nz