Has anyone experienced differences between the initial batch and final batch cars? While looking to buy, I recently drove one of the last delivered (Dec 2023) cars, having previously driven a first batch. The earlier car felt different, had a lighter, more sensitive throttle, lighter clutch, and lighter steering. No mods by previous owners. Later car had a few thousand more miles. Of course, could be just tolerances, but felt the differences. Were any software or other changes made to later UK cars? Thanks.
GR86 Differences between batches?
- Thread starter kwuk
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In short there are no noted differences between the batches for us. It’s not particularly clear as Toyota GB don’t know and its lunatics like me who search google Japan to find out but in the UK we only received the ‘Type B’ model run.
Type A
Initial release until May 2022
Type B
May 2022- Sept 2023
Type C
Sept 2023 – July 2024
Type D
July 2024- present
The Type C cars were the ones that started to introduce changes, eyesight was fitted onto the manual cars and had a more linear throttle map, the type D had another throttle map, ditched the non latching indicators stalks, electric steering changes, and had a different damper setup.
The only difference that’s been picked up over here is a handful of the very first cars into the UK had the radio volume control knob on the right hand side, the rest had moved over to the left.
Type A
Initial release until May 2022
Type B
May 2022- Sept 2023
Type C
Sept 2023 – July 2024
Type D
July 2024- present
The Type C cars were the ones that started to introduce changes, eyesight was fitted onto the manual cars and had a more linear throttle map, the type D had another throttle map, ditched the non latching indicators stalks, electric steering changes, and had a different damper setup.
The only difference that’s been picked up over here is a handful of the very first cars into the UK had the radio volume control knob on the right hand side, the rest had moved over to the left.
GRistopher
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I'd take a compulsory drill to the temple to avoid a car with eyesight though
