Yeah the outgoing 86 looks worse than the first model.I really disliked the outgoing Toyota front end. It looks like the car just spat out a lemon, and the flipped angle of the opening makes the front corners awkward, both OEM and aftermarket.
The BRZ always looked better and more cohesive to me; a happy face for a happy car, and the "mouth guard" was almost like a legitimate bumper.
Amazing how not gigantic it looks even in that forced perspective. Of course I know it's not a big car, but that's an impressively flattering side-by-side when compared to other photos of modern cars and their predecessors or older cousins.Man I love this picture.
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Yeah the outgoing 86 looks worse than the first model.
Man I love this picture.
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Real photo mate.This is CGI? You could tell me that I was looking at GT Sport and not question it.
Amazing how not gigantic it looks even in that forced perspective. Of course I know it's not a big car, but that's an impressively flattering side-by-side when compared to other photos of modern cars and their predecessors or older cousins.
I was putting serious consideration towards replacing Ryoko next year with a Coxster, but this shot up to the top of my list to be honest. It's much more impressive of a refresh than I was expecting. Something about it (I think it's the really low beltline and hood height/front fender valley) just feels like a C4 that they sliced half a foot of overhang off the front; or an FD3S. Like they took the body and melted it around the drivetrain, with nothing on the car that wasn't necessary to fit everything in it. That level of compactness isn't something I think the original car looked to have even though it was basically identical in size:The BRZ/86 has always been just about perfect in size. And the low engine and modestly sized wheels have enabled them to achieve greenhouse to hip line proportions more similar to 90s cars than today's. To be honest...I'm getting pretty tempted. I've always said that the BRZ would be nearly perfect with another half-liter of displacement and better exterior/interior styling. This is pretty much exactly that.
You did say there was something reminding you of an FD.Wait. I hate that molded section on the front bumper for a front plate.
The original FD didn't have that hideous goiter on the front.
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I would get the thing I bought for my Cadillac, which mounts to the lower valance and has the plate float in front of the the front bumper:Where would a side mounted plate go?
Great, now this model reminds me of the old rx8 from the 2000s.
From those two pics, the BRZ is happy face and the 86 looks more kabuki angry face.