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Re: Miniature Madness – Gachan Racing AE86 Sprinter Trueno

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Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Pierre Arnaud E — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:34:58 -0000

I love this car as well ! But price is a bit more than 25k here in Europe. In France/Belgium/Germany, you can't get it for less than 40 000$. And for that kind of price, or even waaay cheaper, you could get a 1 serie BMW.
I know, it's ugly and so, but go ahead, explain people here why a Toyota is half the price more of a BMW...

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Azlin Kassim — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:50:14 -0000

Hehe my bad, yes 6 speed auto. An agent from Toyota tempted me with a "used demo" TRD 86 (with full TRD bodykit) at US30,000... Still couldn't afford it :(

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Shervin Gohari Moghadam — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:02:32 -0000

I love the 86/BRZ, it´s perfect in every sense but you are a bit too radical. Specially when bashing Ford, Hyundai and Nissan. They are still cars. Nissan is still developing one of the most amazing cars to come out of Japan the R35 GTR, they are still producing and updating the Z, they are helping out private race teams, they are getting closer to Nismo. The Mustang is not the most exciting car on the planet but it is still an iconic american car, that is still after all these years being produced. Ford could have ditched the Mustang many years ago. Hyundai has come a far way with the Genesis, remember where the company was five years ago? Today tuning companies offer packages for their cars, teams build drift cars and car journalists praise the Korean company for their achievement.

The 86 is amazing and one of the best cars to come out of Japan in a very long time, I will never forget the launch. The car is perfect in my opinion but we can´t bash all the other marques.

We are all car enthusiasts, we love cars. A true car enthusiast can see something good in every car, unless it is a total piece of crap and the car enthusiast has a very good reason to hate it.

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Emin Köklü — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:39:26 -0000

Just the fact, that this car has been designed to be at least as good as the AE86 is a selling point for me. Number of cylinders, weight, balance and ability to be modified. The engineering compared this car with the AE86 throughout the development. But...

I kinda don't like the tone of this article. When the haters are on one side of the coin, you look like to be on the other side of the same coin though. But there is no doubt truth in it.

People complained about the auto industry for not listening to the drivers. Now they listened, Toyota in particular brought back an RWD rocket, a car, which is an actual car and not a computer, and they complain about it again. This car is made for fun (especially sideways). While the US is building bigger engines to go faster and faster, while being death traps, building small, light cars with small engines does actually work.

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Alvin Mateo — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:42:36 -0000

The auto is actually a 6 speed, not a 5 speed :)

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Peter Yang — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:51:44 -0000

SPIRAL 86 ABFLUG BODYKIT!!!!!!!!! DO WANT!!!!!!!!!!

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

mikkoxB — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:04:20 -0000

umm you went off sounding just like any other internet troll you were talking about in this article

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Juliette Remfrey — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:03:24 -0000

The last statement rang so true with me. I was Nissan at heart, I've owned 5 and nothing else. Then the 86 came out and caught my attention. Then the BRZ came out and I knew I had to have one. They are simply sublime to drive. My BRZ arrives in April after waiting since August.

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Juliette Remfrey — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:03:13 -0000

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Azlin Kassim — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 23:04:56 -0000

Adam I could not agree with you more. In fact I would like to add one more; It has a 5 Speed Auto that doesn't suck! Sadly, the only thing that is holding me back is the price. At the moment where I'm from, due to availability and brand the cars are way way overpriced, costing US 34K !!!! I had to take a pass on the car but I picked a used auto RX-7 to tide me over.

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Richard YourHero Bauer — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:57:40 -0000

Great write up Adam! Have to agree with what you saying! I wish Nissan would pull their socks up and do something about the S16, but like you say, it may just be to late for them... I praise Toyota and Subaru for taking a leap of faith and giving the car nuts something we want...a car that is RWD and as customizable as your imagination allows. There will always be the haters, but thats ok, we need them, just to prove to them how wrong they really are!

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Kevin NoRemorse Trocard — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:31:55 -0000

I really hope that lady did not take a hammer to the windshield for real....

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

petitepounder — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:00:05 -0000

"A Mustang? Overweight pile of American rubbish that can only go in a straight line and doesn’t understand what a corner is. The Genesis coupe? A flaccid, notchy, poorly built, uncommunicative Korean excuse for a “sports” car. Keep trying Hyundai… you “might” get there one day."

With that paragraph, you destroyed whatever credibility you had. You tell everyone to get their collective head out of their asses, and then you go and pull that out of your ass. Good Job.

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Lily Wan Yin — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:56:43 -0000

Adam Zillin your article written was far more childish than speedhunters, or any other automotive journalist. a professional journalist would not use the words like "bollocks", "bitching", "stupid".. etc etc. very rude.. you should head back to elementary correct your proper english and learn to respect. this is why "7Tune" untill today didn't gain robust popularity.

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Allen Lim WenJia — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:54:14 -0000

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Joaquin Lanusse — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:33:01 -0000

Loved your note, still I wish in my country they were that affordable. Toyota official price tag in Argentina for an 86 starts at 48800 USD. One day, one day we will have the country flooded on RWD turning beasts.

Re: EDITORIAL – WHY EVERYONE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND TEST-DRIVE AN 86 OR BRZ

Andy Arnott — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:59:42 -0000

Cool little cars, when we start to see them push 300+ BHP and the used values come down I could be tempted.

Re: FEATURE – 2013 TOKYO AUTO SALON OVERVIEW

7Tune — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:16:51 -0000

But you now have a baby girl to educate in the true ways of JDM, y0!

Re: FEATURE – 2013 TOKYO AUTO SALON OVERVIEW

Rholfi Eis — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:31:14 -0000

These awesome pics and writeup makes me even sadder to have missed attending this year so BOO...but then again, this post makes it seem like I was right there along side you guys so THUMBSUP!!

Re: FEATURE – 2013 TOKYO AUTO SALON OVERVIEW

7Tune — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:23:11 -0000

Can't believe you haven't been to one yet! You'll never be the same after a TAS event ;)

Re: FEATURE – 2013 TOKYO AUTO SALON OVERVIEW

7Tune — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:22:33 -0000

It was a lot bigger than previous years but that's a good sign!

Re: FEATURE – 2013 TOKYO AUTO SALON OVERVIEW

andyarnott — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:30:31 -0000

Looks like it was really busy this year, hope to make it over for the next one.

Re: FEATURE – 2013 TOKYO AUTO SALON OVERVIEW

Armanda Zukic — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:25:11 -0000

Absolutley GREAT write up Adam. This excites me about TAS that I might want to go next year. And thanks for the pic of the Work Booth, they are my favorite ;)

Re: FEATURE – THE BEE-R ROCKET BUNNY BRZ

Slobodan Cvijetić — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:00:25 -0000

Exelent read and photos. the whole team is awesome on all levels :D