Toyota's affordable rear-drive sports car is back. It might be the best car you never get to buy... GR86
. Its newfound passion - marshalled from the very top of the company - is infectious. And, if you’re prepared to forgive it for not building enough cars, wonderfully inclusive.
Accordingly, the manufacturer has considered their misgivings at length. The GR86, as you’ll know by now, is a typically thorough riposte.at length last year, so we won’t dwell on them here except to say that the new model is very marginally lower, lighter, wider, and, architecturally speaking, considerably stiffer than the car it replaces. And most significantly, of course, it features a newly developed 2.
All of which brings you to the moment of truth. For which you are not made to wait. The changes to the engine are easily fundamental enough for it to evince a different character from the first moment. Brass tacks, the GT86 couldn’t hide the amenability shortfall inherent in a NA unit that didn’t give-up its modest peak torque figure till 6,600rpm; with 33lb ft more available from 3,700rpm, the GR is plainly more tractable.
The fundamental components of its superlative performance were already present in the GT86. The supreme balance, the obvious benefits of comparative low weight, a brazen willingness to pivot - even the unassuming control surfaces. But Toyota hadn’t successfully harnessed them in a way that seemed rewarding across the board; the car was nice to drive either normally or sideways.
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