Toyota GT86 confirmed for Brazil

"BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion" (pbs) 02/20/2014 at 18:02 • Filed to: None

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Color me surprised, I never thought Brazil had a market for affordable sportscars and... what? It'll be priced at 150 thousand? Well fuck.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:07

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How much is that in real money?

Really, 150 thousand of what? Coconuts?

Brian Silvestro > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:07

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There goes that affordable sports car dream of yours. What is that supposed to compete against at that price?

Sir Halffast > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:08

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Wasn't there a Jalop in Suriname that got one? How is there a market in Suriname and not in Brazil?

. . > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:09

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Crikey. I don't know how does anyone drives cars in Brazil with prices like that.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:09

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R$ 150,000?! Brazil needs to fix their prices asap. For the cost of a Corolla in Brazil, you can get a decent BMW in Canada or USA.

EL_ULY > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:11

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wow, that is one hefty price

Son's of politicians with love them though

Textured Soy Protein > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/20/2014 at 18:18

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BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/20/2014 at 18:21

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Around 70 thousand dollars, give or take a few grands

Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:23

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Brasil ta foda porra

"affordable"

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:25

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Wow, that's a lot of paper, M4 and RC-F should start around $70k, too. Any idea why is it that much ?

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Brian Silvestro 02/20/2014 at 18:27

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Beats me. Both the Kia Koup and the VW GTI, two of the few "similar" cars that come to mind, cost between 80 and 90 thousand. The Civic Si will cost around 110, if I remember correctly, and a Camaro goes for around 200, so I guess there's no competition at all...

Maybe they took the GTI as a starting point and are charging extra for stuff like a trunk and RWD.

Brian Silvestro > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:28

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Guess what! They're gonna sell a bunch!

(that is, if Brazil's car buyers are anything like American buyers)

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > EL_ULY 02/20/2014 at 18:29

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True... I was gonna crack a joke about Eike Batista's sons as well but they probably couldn't afford being made fun of anymore

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Brian Silvestro 02/20/2014 at 18:31

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Well, Brazilian car buyers are scared of things such as Turbos, DOHC engines and anything larger than two liters, RWD must be absolutely terrifying for us

Brian Silvestro > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:33

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Oh, since you told me that you guys get snow, then Brazilians are probably as ignorantly scared as Americans when it comes to RWD. Maybe they won't sell any.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Brian Silvestro 02/20/2014 at 18:37

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Well, we don't get enough snow in enough of the country for that to ever be a problem, the Chevy Opala is to blame on this one. It was so poorly tuned and unstable Ford and VW both used FWD as strong selling points when introducing their competitors, the Corcel and Passat, in the Brazilian market. We haven't had a major selling RWD car in the market since.

Brian Silvestro > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:38

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Those must be dark times in Brazil. I miss Senna.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Sir Halffast 02/20/2014 at 18:46

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Oh I bet they'll manage to sell a couple down here, just not to the kind of people that would buy them in the US. Down here, it's going to be the poorman's Porsche, or maybe a midlife crisis mobile

oldirtybootz > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 02/20/2014 at 18:47

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According to Google, 150,000 Brazilian Real comes to $63,251. That is insane.

Pockets > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/20/2014 at 19:21

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Brazil has huge import taxes.

Incidentally, it's only America where the M4 will be about $70,000. In most of Europe it would be a little over $100k.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Pockets 02/20/2014 at 19:38

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Never guessed that crossing the ocean can make a car 30 grand, cheaper.