Who said sports cars weren't popular? The red-hot new Toyota GR86 has sold out its entire two-year UK allocation in just 90 minutes!
This is still a modestly sized coupe, at a whisker under 4.3m long and 1.8m wide. interior: it won't win any prizes for creativity and the plastics are still on the sturdy side of plush - but you somehow just know it'll put function over form, even without having experienced it first-hand.
Our road tester James Taylor noted: 'It's still full of hard plastics but it's less dated looking than the GT86, and the bits your hands and elbows touch are padded, softened and upped in quality. There's a touchscreen mid-dash which is small-ish but legible, and doesn't dominate your view.'The coupe segment has been shrinking globally, but Toyota spotted the potential for brand-building and excitement generation with the GT86.
The new GR86 is again twinned with the latest Subaru BRZ , but this time the Scooby won't be offered in Europe. The economies of scale are what enable a relatively modest-selling sports car to make it to production - and will also mean that the Toyota benefits from tech such as Subaru's Eyesight safety systems and a choice of manual or automatic transmissions.
Here's hoping the GR86 lives up to boss Toyoda's mantra for its predecessor: 'If it’s not fun to drive, it’s not a car.' Amen to that.
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