Subaru and Toyota know what you're planning for your new 86 or BRZ: drop the stock wheels in favour of something lighter and bigger, swap the bumpers out for a track-focused option, tear out the insides and get racing.

For Japanese buyers, that mission is now a little easier, with new Purist versions arriving with a lower price - and a lot less kit.

The exterior differences are clear: steel wheels will get the car from your house to the workshop, and in the case of the Toyota 86, there's unpainted bumpers, mirror caps and door handles. Likewise, there are no fog lights and no rear spoiler.

The brakes are all a basic 380mm disc package - still ventilated at the front, but solid at the rear - and the torsen diff has been tossed for a mechanical unit.

Inside, you'll find these items missing: air conditioning (and its compressor), audio system and speakers, the knobs from the hand brake and gear shifter, the stainless-steel door sill plates, door lamps, floor mats, door lamps... and the leather from the steering wheel.

All of this makes the car 40kg lighter, but how much lighter the Purist will be on the hip pocket (or if it will even be an option in Australia) is unclear.

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  Dave says,
  3 months ago

  Wow, that's very accommodating of them. That should at least take 8-10k off the price. Fair bit of money to spend on aftermarket parts.
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  m says,
  3 months ago

  i bet its gonna be just little cheaper - argumenting how much time they saved you with this... bring the value for bla bla bla bla
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    Dave says,
    3 months ago

    Doubt it, if that's the case people would just buy the standard base model, take the parts off and sell them to recoup the cost.
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  Cranston says,
  3 months ago

  Hahahah id just buy one of these and keep it as is. how sleeper are those wheels!
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  MattJ says,
  3 months ago

  Point of this version in Japan will be for Drifting and Racing. Same how the EVO's and WRX's were sold in Japan for Rallying.... no duh! Add roll cage, seats, racing wheels and tires and a body kit/spoiler and your set. Australian's can't be that silly not to know!?!
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  5 valve per cylinder says,
  3 months ago

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  Toyota and Subaru are absolutely on the mark here, they've already read in advance the minds of all tuners' and have simply answered their needs.
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  gt86.com.au says,
  2 months ago

  Toyota & Subaru are on an absolute winner with these.. I think their will sell out in the first 3 weeks. Hope Australia gets a decent supply, cause the demand worldwide for these beauties will be absolutely massive!