« Reply #994 on: 19 July 2012, 19:09 »
What are people's thoughts on the new Toyota GT86, suspecting not a huge interest but I quite like the look of it and what it's about?
The reviews have been very poor and not about the lack of power that most would expect, more on the lack of feel and it's not the drivers car it was said to be.
Jim
Really, what reviews have you been reading 
http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/276016/toyota_gt_86_review.html
Glowing review from what I can gather.
Guessing there are more badge enthusiasts on this site than general car enthusiasts.
In EVO magazine 170, there was a very thorough 25 page write up of the Subaru BRZ (similar car to the Toyota) in a group test after five full days of testing.
They gave it 3.5 stars out of 5 in that test which is weird when you see the link above
Basically they said it has great handling but has one big let down - it's engine - which has very little torque.
The figures are :-
197 bhp at 7000rpm
151 lb ft at 6400-6600rpm
I think the high rpm at which those peak figures are achieved tells the story.
The preface to the mag says - On first impressions the BRZ feels sublime. However it's a car that edges further away from greatness the longer you spend time with it.
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