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What nobody is talking about (actually I think very few understand) is that Honda has totally screwed up the way they are taking orders in Japan. Basically each sales company has been given an allocation of cars for the first wave which will be cars manufactured in this financial year ending...

In Japan this type of wheel is quite popular on vans and what they call "dress up" cars so most shops like autobacs or yellow hat would have this kind of valve stem but I reckon it could be quite rare in other countries. I wish I had the time to translate the video because he talks about a...

There are brake ducts on the outside of the main front grill, can be seen in some photos and there is at least one Japanese video on youtube where the guy is able to get a shot of the outlets on the inner fender. There is also what looks like a fake vent on the outside of the front bumper...

Yeah, I was sad about that for a second and then thought about the weight savings and figured I could live without it! As long as its better than the crap speakers in my GR86...

This is the feature list they showed me. I saw online some dealers were handing out a really simple catalog (like 4 pages) which had basically the exact same list. Very rough translation from Japanese... Safety / Driving Support Functions Drive mode switch (individual mode, sport mode...

For reference I noted down the exterior dimensions to make sure it fits in my garage. 4,595 x 1,890 x 1,405 (mm)

This was a sneaky snapshot of the dealers sales handbook. But its exactly the image they would have in a catalog so I have no idea why they dont just release the numbers... I dont know what the FK8 numbers were but its possible USDM power will be slightly lower than just converting 330ps since...

One of the documents I was able to flick through was the sales training materials. It had the dates for release of the teaser videos and reveal as well as the sales cycle (I assume just for JDM) That document said that catalogs and other details will be released on September 1st. There was a...

There were literally no options. Just colour. The dealer did include floor mats and the maintenence pack which they said I have to get. Once the VIN is assigned I will be able to add any dealer options. That carbon wing is tempting but at 275,000 JPY its not cheap...

Yes, I am telling you its 5m JPY. Not sure if this good enough evidence for you but this is the actual order I placed today. Google should be good at translating but the first line 車両本体価格 is the price of the car 4,997,300.

Order placed. Still don’t know if I made it into the first block of orders but the dealer said the system was super slow so it sounds like there was a lot of orders going in at the same time. that is about as official as you are going to get on Japanese pricing. 4,997,300 for the car 5,510,655...

FK8 was between 4.5m and 5.5m JPY. Manufacture in Japan is a factor but also remember that the yen has depreciated more than 25% in the last 6 months! 5m JPY was 46k USD a year ago. Now it’s 36k….

Dealer told me on Monday that its being made in Japan. I am checking with him now to confirm that it will be made in the Suzuka factory (the home of Type R's) but he wont be able to confirm anything about the rest of the world.

A bunch more information coming out of the Japanese news sites from the Japanese launch event https://car.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1426188.html https://www.webcg.net/articles/-/46679 Few things that stood out to me - individual modes to fully customize all the driving modes - front fender...

Just got a call from the dealer. The release got pushed back to August 1st due to "limited supply of microchips" Orders open tomorrow at 15:00 so I will be there an hour early in order to get the order ready to submit right as it opens and see how we go. This dealer is putting some...

From the article: "Production of the GR Corolla will be fairly limited, as the car is largely hand-built at Toyota's GR factory in Motomachi, Japan. For the 2023 model year, there will be 6500 built, and production won't exceed 8000 units annually in future years." Its talking about how many...

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39714528/2023-toyota-gr-corolla-orders-demand/

Actually all Japan cars come with no infotainment (just speakers and steering wheel switches) so this was an Amazon purchase install by me. Interior looks awesome though. Reminds me a lot of the DC5 Integra Type R that I never should have sold... Actually this purchase was my fallback when I...

The reference to 法人内 (Corporation) would mean that specific dealer network. Like Honda Cars Nagoya or Honda Cars Osaka or something. It would make sense for some of those companies to control who gets to make orders so this dealer is trying to understand if the person is going to make an order...

The allocation for 5 years of FK8 to Japan was around 4,100 so this is already more planned than the whole run. The dealer said Honda was unhappy about the second hand market price inflation so they are trying to avoid it this time around. (Again that’s in the context of Japan where new car...