Captain_Kirk
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What about the black car with the modded front bumper, fender vents, and ducktail? Was that the test mule for the next 86?A little birdie told me it's still on track for next year.
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What about the black car with the modded front bumper, fender vents, and ducktail? Was that the test mule for the next 86?A little birdie told me it's still on track for next year.
What about the black car with the modded front bumper, fender vents, and ducktail? Was that the test mule for the next 86?
14stu said:So, I'm an instructor at our local track and the track manager is a friend of mine. He told me that Toyota (this is the closest track to their US headquarters) is doing some marketing type stuff at the track in the very near future and that he knows the test driver for the next 86 (he's friends with Randy Pobst, and was a test/development driver for Cadillac back when they were doing the first CTS V).
Toyota is hosting a tech tour at the track on Saturday (it's for the Supra though) and I plan on trying to find out if they have any info on the new 86. My friend couldn't outright tell me anything, but with a wink and a nod he let me know that the new 86 will be at the track doing a photo/video shoot in the next couple of weeks (could have happened as early as this week). I didn't press him for too much info since he was giving me as much as he was allowed to without violating any NDA's.
I've got a few member day passes, I'll let him know that I want to use one on the day Toyota will be there (or just find out more details). He made it sound like the car is pretty much ready to be announced/unveiled and they are just waiting for the proper timing. It seems too late for a 2021, but I would be surprised if the new 86 isn't a 2022 model.
another member did ask 14stu. just waiting for him to report back.Any confirmation on whether Bestcar's render were accurate or not?
With a much improved FA24 turbo suitable for an STI I am curious as well. I hope they will still offer a manual but I suspect a DCT is also in its future. Hybridization across the Subaru lineup including, eventually, a hybrid STI is also likely but who knows if the very next STI will get that treatment just yet.Wondering what the STI will be like.
Why? The launch is like less then a year away.I'm surprised there's a prototype already