Toyota GR86 Review | Back to basics
Toyota GR86 Review | Back to basics
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The Toyota GR86 is a rare thing. A simple, inexpensive rear-wheel drive sports car with a manual gearbox and naturally aspirated engine. And it’s all the better for it. But why does this recipe still produce such great sports cars and why aren’t more manufacturers utilising it? James Dennison finds out.
Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
2:43 – Engine
4:58 – Cabin and quality
5:53 – Handling
7:48 – Verdict
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5.64 -> foreign
6.64 -> [Music] to has over a thousand brake horsepower
from its 6.5 liter it may be the baby BMW
14.19 -> M car but the new M2 still weighs in at 1.7
tons more Lotus has announced its Anna tray
21.5 -> SUV will lay over the model S played can hit
zero to 60 miles an hour in less than two
27.49 -> 273.
28.49 -> you've got a choice
39.43 -> sometimes you have to say that enough is enough
too much power too much weight too much cost
46.2 -> the things that when you put them in a car
the result is often technically impressive
51.41 -> but emotionally dead and that's because as
we know the best things in life are often
58.23 -> the simplest
61.98 -> take this Toyota gr 86 for example it's got
a naturally aspirated engine in the front
67.84 -> it's got a six-speed manual gearbox in the
middle and all of its power is sent to the
72.05 -> wheels at the back simple
86.829 -> there was a time when this was the standard
blueprint for performance cars thanks to the
91.34 -> sharp throttle response affordable packaging
and ideal weight distribution for many it's
97.42 -> still the perfect recipe yet so few manufacturers
now choose to use it and for the ones that
103.479 -> do the price tag and curb weight is often
vastly inflated
108.03 -> and frankly who can blame them for tweaking
the formula this car's predecessor the GT86
116.41 -> was sold in the UK at a very reasonable price
for about nine years and did it fly off the
121.649 -> shelves not not really it's only now that
people realize that cars like this are about
127.34 -> to become extinct to the very limited build
Slots of the gr86 fill up in 90 minutes flat
134.64 -> thank you before the additional batch of build
slots arrived in summer 2023 second hand versions
145.519 -> were going for 35 000 pounds upwards and while
that's a hefty premium it doesn't change the
151.519 -> fact that there's no obvious alternative to
the gr86 and what it offers this is a car
157.42 -> that does things differently starting with
the engine
170.31 -> on paper the 2.3 liter four-cylinder Subaru
boxer engine might look underwhelming but
176.099 -> instead it's a perfect example of how much
power you actually need in a sports car a
182.709 -> 231 brake horsepower it's up by 34 BHP against
its GT86 predecessor yet there's never a sense
190.489 -> that you're a slip of the right foot away
from Landing triple figures on
199.93 -> the dash
201.459 -> very different to the GT86 where unless you
were in exactly the right gear at exactly
207.53 -> the right time you could very easily get dropped
by a turbo diesel van I know this from personal
218.26 -> experience
220.76 -> bruised egos aside the GT and gr 86 have never
been about how they stack up to other cars
227.78 -> and they're best enjoyed on quiet empty roads
where you can fall back into your own little
233.819 -> bubble slung low and straight legs your backside
catches the cat size as the car carves from
240.35 -> one Apex to the next while the thin rimmed
smoother silt wheel bristles with every bump
245.959 -> crack and cattle grid that your favorite b-road
has to offer fourth third second the gr86
251.61 -> focuses your every input and gently punishes
small errors with a jolt shutter enough to
258.69 -> mentally chastise your mistake and promise
yourself you'll do better but never so much
263.69 -> as to scare or frighten an over eager pilot
269.78 -> great thing about
274.24 -> what there's all the same sense of dread in
the back of my mind in case things go pear-shaped
279.54 -> and I'm not scanning the road ahead nervously
looking for bumps or potholes that could rip
284.729 -> off a 5k splitter and I know for a fact that
I can enjoy all of third gear without worrying
291.27 -> about the boys in blue sometimes I used to
go under the radar that's certainly the case
299.13 -> with the gr86's cabin forget your hyper screen
or passenger information display it's about
305.15 -> as Back to Basics as you'll find in the car
sold in 2023 and as a result some of the switches
312.229 -> and buttons are well downright cheap seemingly
dredged up from the very bottom of Toyota's
318.83 -> parts catalog and while I'm on the subject
of being critical the rear seats are tiny
324.919 -> the boot is Bijou and the levels of Road and
wind noise are high even for a performance
330.8 -> car don't think for a second that this is
the Silver Bullet when it comes to everyday
336.15 -> sports cards there's a reason that heavier
more expensive Rivals have stood the test
342.16 -> of time you don't just like the idea of a
car like this you have to really really want
350.67 -> it you know this thing reminds me of the phrase
you can't drive a house but you can live in
358.28 -> a car this is compromised but you know that
time money and resources have all gone on
365.729 -> making it as fun as possible that was the
priority over the GT86 body rigidity is up
375.49 -> by 50 the center of gravity is lowered by
1.6 millimeters and sent 0.05 further to the
384.09 -> rear of the car what's more the ride height
has been dropped by 10 millimeters the driver
389.09 -> sits five millimeters lower the overall weight
is down by 10 kilograms and the wheelbase
394.259 -> has been stretched by five millimeters these
are noticeable changes and they wouldn't have
401.759 -> been cheap to develop Toyota could have left
the handling in the chassis the same as it
405.73 -> was on the GT86 and they could have spent
more money on the cabin and as tacky as some
411.19 -> of this is I'm really rather pleased they
didn't it's Tighter and faster than its predecessor
416.979 -> yet there's still a brilliant balance between
speed capability and fun and because they
423.5 -> put a proper set of tires on it this time
the dips to oversteer feel way more natural
429.33 -> than they did before
434.699 -> break change down turn in squeeze the gas
and wait for the rear to bite down and send
439.99 -> you towards the red line rinse and repeat
as you want because the more you learn of
444.53 -> this car the more you get out of it shes Estates
and even some SUVs will go faster but none
452.69 -> will put you front and center of the process
quite like the gr-86 in a field filled with
458.9 -> Firepower its light still shines bright and
defines the joy of a simple sports car better
464.68 -> than pretty much any other always be room
for wild multi-million pound supercars but
472.83 -> sometimes it pays to just go back to basics
because if there ever was an antidote to the
478.389 -> idea that driving can't be fun anymore but
then this thing is it
483.07 -> [Music]
484.07 -> [Music]
485.07 -> thank you
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