Today has been a full day of ordering and preparing: new all-season tires to replace the stock summer ones; duplicate micro fiber clothes, tire pressure gauges, ice brushes, a K&N air filter-- alas, I'd never owned three vehicles until now! And, washing the two older cars in preparation for what you see below.
I came up with the idea of doing a "Gran Turismo 7 'scapes' photo mode", but in real life! Why not, after all, since I actually own three cars in the real world, which in fact are fairly well correlated with each other-- being all famous contemporary Japanese performance cars with small engines and outsized personalities?
Without further ado, some specs and then some images! Please do click on the pictures to get lovely high resolution versions.
| 2014 Subaru Impreza WRX Base | 2023 Toyota GR86 Base | 2023 Toyota GR Corolla Circuit Edition | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | 2.5L Boxer-Four | 2.4L 4-Cyl Boxer-Four | 1.6L Inline-Three |
| Aspiration | Turbocharged | Natural | Turbocharged |
| Layout | FAWD | FR | FAWD |
| Transmission | 5-Speed Manual | 6-Speed Manual | 6-Speed Manual |
| Bhp | 265 (mfg) | 256 (est) | 300 (mfg) |
| Torque (lb/ft) | 244 (mfg) | 220 (est) | 273 (mfg) |
| Curb Weight (lbs) | 3241 | 2838 | 3269 |
| Standing 0-60 (sec) | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| Standing 1.4 Mile (sec) | 13.9 | 14.0 | 13.3 |
| 300-ft Skidpad (g) | 0.87 | 0.98 | 0.94 |
