Anyone else have their eye on the FT86?

[l SIC l]

Hey, Firefly - On top of the 42 (or 46k) it cost to buy the car, did you also have to pay 15% GST and on-road costs? Just curious

[Firefly_NZ]

Nah the $47K included GST, but there were some ORC added on.

[l SIC l]

Oh ok, I thought it was excluding GST! Pretty exciting stuff. All the reviews are great so you know you're going to be getting a fun car

[Firefly_NZ]

If you're not up to much next Thurs avo, you should pop over to NST with Ares & I to pick her up

[l SIC l]

If you're not up to much next Thurs avo, you should pop over to NST with Ares & I to pick her up

Yup, keen

[l SIC l]

What time will this be plOx, as I need to do my hair

[Firefly_NZ]

Touchdown at 1:10pm, so probably around 2:30pm by the time we get over to the Shore. I'll get Ares to get in touch with you anyway (he's my chauffeur!)

[l SIC l]

Sounds good! See you guys there

[TTEETT]

Have finally had the call to come for a test drive

I am told if I want one there could be a bit of a wait though

[Kittah]

I've just registered my interest, so hopefully they get in touch soon for a test drive at least. I'd not be interested in buying one until at least the new year though, so a wait isn't too big a problem for me.

[duddley]

They had an 86 parked outside toyota on Lincoln rd yesterday but it looks like its already gone.

[YeMs]

18months wait... they all sold before they hit the shore

[l SIC l]

18 months? For the next lot or for this current lot? They said the next wave of 86s will hit our shores in January

[1I1]

Yeah its about Jan if you want a GT. Kinda stink they ran out of manual GT's. We ended up only able to get a base spec for a demo :/

[xsspeed]

Got figures on models sold? Marketing campaign/hype can be ticked off as a success.

[Stott69]

Any demo models in welly?

[.:O4AGTZ:.]

LOLZ

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/7560815/Pensioners-sports-car-buy-irks-journo

[Lith]

Hahaha nice - you beat me to it

[1I1]

Pretty much - anyone is able to buy one. Why should age matter!

[l SIC l]

Posted that on my Facebook a few days ago lol... I want it after her :p Though the new Supra looks like it is about to start going into production, so might just wait it out! I'd assume it will be based off the Supra anyway because when asking the lead designers (of the 86) of a potentially new supercar/sports car the other day, they said something like "We are developing a new car now, something of a different level [to the 86]" So keen to see this go into production too as they reckon it won't be too long before it's released!