The now-iconic Toyota 86 is celebrating an impressive sales milestone, surpassing the 20,000 mark in Australia. To mark the occasion the local arm is launching a bright new Apollo blue colour option. Hitting the milestone, the Toyota 86 is the first sports car from the brand to pass 20,000 units […]
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2018 Toyota 86 performance kit announced in Australia
A special performance kit for the 2018 Toyota 86 has been announced in Australia, giving buyers the opportunity to enhance the acclaimed sports car with factory backing. Firstly, there are no engine modifications, if you were wondering. Instead it retains the regular 2.0-litre naturally aspirated boxer engine, producing 152kW. What […]
Toyota 86 performance pack edition on sale in Australia
Toyota Australia has announced a new limited edition performance package for the 86 sports car, bringing in some unique highlights and a striking orange paint colour. Based on the GTS, the new limited edition is a bit like the previous ‘Tada’ prototype edition. It features Sachs sports dampers, Brembo brakes, […]
Stock Toyota 86 breaks longest continuous drift record
A South African journalist in a mostly standard Toyota 86 has broken the world record for longest continuous drift, with Guinness certification imminent. The record is 165.04km, or 102.5 miles. To sustain a drift of that magnitude, Jesse Adams spent five hours and 46 minutes on a wet skid pan, […]
Subaru BRZ STI teased, finally a performance model?
The Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ twins are widely loved by the enthusiast community for their handling balance and fun, but ever since their 2012 inception, cries for more hardcore versions have gone unheeded. That could be about to change with Subaru USA’s Twitter account showing a BRZ, brandishing a […]
Toyota 86 gets quad-turbo 1GZ-FE V12 engine conversion (video)
The driftalicious Toyota 86 (and Subaru BRZ) has been the subject to many, many engine swaps in its five year existence. We’ve featured 2JZ inline-sixes, the VR35DETT from the R35 Nissan GTR, V8s and even a Ferrari 458 Italia donk. We have to say this one takes the cake, though. […]
Harrop announces supercharger for Toyota 86 (video)
Are you part of the chorus of folk who love the Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ but just wish it had more grunt? Well Harrop Engineering has the solution for you. The firm’s development prototype is fitted with a state-of-the-art supercharger and some other goodies and develops more than double the power […]
2017 Toyota 86 GTS review (video)
How many times do we have to tell you, the Toyota 86 is the best sports car you can buy for under $50k. Well, it seems not even Toyota believes this, so it made some revisions to the powertrain, tweaked the handling, and updated the interior for 2017. Has it […]