The 860 Is Another Limited-Edition Toyota GT86 With No Added Power
Last week, Toyota promised to shake up the hot hatch world with its Yaris GRMN. With a power output of 205bhp from its supercharged 1.8-litre engine, it didn’t take people long to point out that this figure is a smidge more than the GT86. Not only that, but with Toyota claiming it’ll have class-leading acceleration figures, it’ll probably be a second or so quicker to 62mph.
A jumped up Yaris that’s quicker than a rear-wheel drive sports car from the same range. That’s a bit awkward, isn’t it? You might think this newly revealed 860 Special Edition 86 provides an answer in the form of more power, but no.
It’s another one of those special edition 86s (it’s for the USA, hence the lack of ‘GT’ in the name) that’s little more than a trim fiddling exercise. But hey, even though we clamour for more power, we all know deep down the Toyobaru isn’t about that, and it does look pretty awesome in this exclusive ‘Supernova Orange’ finish with racing stripes and a black spoiler.
It’ll also be available in Halo White, with 860 cars made in each finish. All cars get black 17-inch alloy wheels, black leather trim, heated seats, a push-button starter, dual-zone climate control and a 4.2-inch display for things like a lap timer and a G-meter.
Does this orange (or white) slice of 86 sound appealing to you? It’ll be in dealerships later this month, priced at $29,155 for the manual or $29,875 for the automatic.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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The G meter will measure how much griping the owner will do when they realise that they bought the wrong Toyota.
Likely candidate for comment of the week
TOYOTA Y U NO POWER INCREASE???
It doesn’t need one tho
860? Might as well call it the baby yaris
I got this one.
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You the guy, Ian.
YARIS be Like
that is one long link
The term “special edition” is really getting stretched lately.
People will buy it though because given its bad sales figures on a good enthusiasts car they’ll all be snapped up to make a profit in 6-10 years.
because these engineers all they think is that “nahh, just leave it 200, people can slap a turbo on it, its modifiable though” like that.
Welp time to by a Yaris
*buy
I think the only thing which is less likely to happen than a power gain for the GT86 is a Prius racecar.
Oh wait a second…
I’d say this would be the top comment
CONFIRMED: The new GT86 will have more power.
Whilst it’s fair to say the GT86 doesn’t need more power (i agree), neither does the Yaris for that matter!
Rebuttal:
‘A jumped up Yaris that’s quicker than a rear-wheel drive sports car from the same range. That’s a bit awkward, isn’t it?’
‘…..yes, yes it is.’
I think if the GT86/86/BRZ were to get a power boost in the future,I think 230hp would be enough…
Make it 250 with wider tyres