Toyota’s first sportscar in six years is already a sell-out success in Australia, where more than 400 fans have ensured that demand will exceed initial supplies of the all-new 86 Coupe.

With just over a week to go before the 86 is officially released (next Monday, June 4), Toyota Australia has confirmed the first shipment is already accounted for and that buyers who place a deposit now will have to wait at least two months for delivery.

Spokesman Mike Breen told motoring.com.au that Toyota Australia has secured enough vehicles to initially supply each dealer with at least one 86, with two going to some large metropolitan retailers.

http://www.carsales.com.au/news/2012/sports/toyota/ft-86/toyota-86-already-sold-out-30503

Oh wow, when I first saw this I thought it was going to be a $100+ car. No idea it was a 30-40k car. That completely blows cars like the RX-8 out of the water.

I also didnt realise this was that affordable. Looks great.

Not surprised, it is a pretty sexy car.

has top gear done anything on this?

not sure if it was top gear but there is a mag currently out with the cover saying the 86 beat a porsche..

Piss and Vinegar.

I've been asking dealers (Suby for the BRZ and Toyota) locally for months about it, and heard sweet f*** all in response.

Kind of annoyed that there wasn't even word that they were taking orders as yet either...

Did it actually launch at the $40k price point? coz I was half expecting it to be closer to $50+ given all the extra taxes/tarriffs the Aus Govt lumps imported cars with...

I said I'd never buy a 'new' new car... but the 86 is such a welcome change to the rest of the s***e out there (CERTAINLY at it's targeted price point).

As for the underpowered element, I'm sure the next developments from the likes of the Jap Tuning companies out there is going to be a bolt on hair dryer kit with a chip tune to get some better figures out of it...

Did it actually launch at the $40k price point? coz I was half expecting it to be closer to $50+ given all the extra taxes/tarriffs the Aus Govt lumps imported cars with...

From the article

However, that now appears to have been designed to pave the way for a lower-than-expected admission price for the most anticipated new Toyota in a generation, with motoring.com.au dealer sources confirming the 86 will be priced from the mid-$30,000 region, at about $35,990 for the entry-level 86 GT. Expect the flagship 86 GTS variant to cost about $45,990.

Edit: just as a reply to the power, i wonder considering from all reports and youtubes of them driving on testtracks people say that the paper number doesn't really express well the real life numbers in how they easily smoke their own tyres up, launch hard and pull beautifully. They corner a charm and are a lot of fun.

As for bolting on mods, i'm in no way inclined to say that they won't happen, but i do wonder, if toyota has been pushing this engine as far as it can safely to it's limit, is there much room to do easy mods? If they're getting this power from ignition advance and high compression, then supercheap mods aren't exactly going to bolt on without big dollars to manage it.

Still if there's a market there will be a way. Obviously the exhaust if anything can be modified without much fear :P

Edit: as a reply to directly below me and your article

Supercharging is also a key competence for TRD which has been offering this kind of forced induction as an aftermarket kit for Toyotas since 1998.

The 4ag in the original 86 had a model variant called the 4agze. The z was for supercharged. That means they've been offering it since at least 1986 from my knowledge :P the 4agze engine obviously being a better tuners car as the internals were stronger. I don't think it actually came out for the original trueno, but other cars had it.

I don't think it actually came out for the original trueno, but other cars had it.

No it was in the mid 80's AW11 MR-2 tho, and that was a weapon (considering it's size).

Interesting post Olx, I'm curious as to why the option wasn't sought after initially (perhaps because the current 'car manufacturing game' is nothing like it used to be pre-financial crisis, let alone when Toyota USED to make North-South RWD sports cars)

The Hi-Ace D4-D's have plenty of torque (for what they are) and with the turbo don't make massive power, but do pull very well.

tetsuuuuoooooo!!

I'm sure the next developments from the likes of the Jap Tuning companies out there is going to be a bolt on hair dryer kit with a chip tune to get some better figures out of it...

I dunno, its a subaru engine after all..
/flame

bout time something like this was released, i was getting a little over the "hot hatches is the new affordable sports car guys, now believe us and buy the damn shopping carts, its got a spoiler and mp3 bluetooth!".

147kw is still 190 hp in a 1200kg vehicle, 0-60 time of 7.0 seconds would be achievable while staying P plater friendly. I wonder how hard it would be to drop a tuned EJ boxer engine in it.

Yeah - the fact this has so much P:W and a low price point, combined with being rear-wheel is going to see so many of these wrapped around power-poles - particularly in the wet by "omg lukatmah fullysik FT and iken doit fine bro cuz Ican drive unlike joos." types :/

who cares about the power, if it drives nicely and is fun to drive then it's worth the money to some

An MX5 is 40k too and it's a wonderful car to drive despite having bugger all power.

Anyway, on the topic, 'sold out' isn't such an amazing claim when it's only 400 cars! I mean, over 4000 mazda 3's are sold every month - obviously not a comparable car but it puts the numbers into perspective.

This car is cheap enough to be a modders dream... Interested to see what the modding community will come up with.

That's a concept model that was shown ages ago. The release model looks like:
http://www.carsguide.com.au/images/uploads/toyota_FT-86_1_w.jpg
http://www.aussiemotoring.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/toyota-86-rear1.jpg

concept is close to real thing,

lines are the same, and side mirrors and lights would have been changed to make them usable (really thin side mirrors look good, as do tiny head/rear lights, however they are not very good)

but i'm saying not much has changed, lets look at what is different

door handles you can use
wing mirrors you can see out of
headlights that light s*** up
rear light that others can see,
and a front bar that lets you drive into a driveway, or over a speedbump/cat
the vent over the front wheel has a smaller light


and if you look hard, the wheels are the same as the concept

door handles look fine (similar design to current R35 GTR)
Wing mirrors look sex and are probably fine
headlights are fine
rear lights are fine
I agree with front bumper looking low so it's not practical but f*** it looks way better. could redesign to make higher.
I already said the wheels are s*** on both cars (including spoiler)
The photo of orange 86 above, what in the butt f*** is with the air duct thing in front of the side mirror on the fender. This section on concept car looks s*** loads better.

also rear bumper, boot lid and side skirts are all different.

so there aren't a lot of changes, but the changes are VERY different.



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