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home> news> Car manufacturers> Toyota despite everything fills (most) the blanks on the sports car 2022 GR 86
Even though the sports car market is about to collapse, Toyota will return with an all-new edition of the GR 86 by 2022. Previously, we had a limited view of the pandemic on the sleek small model, but the Japanese automaker has done so. retained at the main points – until now.
It is expected to succeed in U. S. showrooms. U. S. At the end of this year, the most important news is that it turns out that it is a force that accumulates by more than 10%, reducing from 0 to 60 times to just 6. 1 seconds: enthusiasts of saving the manual will be obviously relieved we are informed that the Toyota GR 86 2022 will also retain a manual gearbox , one of the last cars in the segment to do so.
“Every GR car was born on the track, not in the assembly room,” Mike Tripp, Toyota’s vice president of marketing who oversees GT models, said in a preview at the company’s headquarters near Dallas. The GR 86 was “designed through enthusiasts for enthusiasts”, Tripp added later.
As before, the GR 86 evolved as a one-part component with Subaru, a move that helped the two automakers percent and justify the expenses involved in the program (Toyota has taken a similar path to bring the larger Supra to the market. market, components with BMW. )
This time, there are more visual differences between the GR 86 and Subaru’s own BRZ model, even though they still accentuate the same fundamentals and near-specifications.
“If you’re going to be in a declining segment, it’s vital to find a partner,” Tripp said.
Both cars are almost new from the platform, and once the initial paints were done, they all took another direction.
“There will be differences in configuration,” Tripp said, meaning remarkable in the way the GR 86 and BRZ behave, an imperative imposed by Toyota’s president and would be driving force Akio Toyoda.
Toyota and Subaru obviously aimed to deal with the biggest complaint about the original sports car, the lack of growl. The new GR 86 now develops 228 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque, at 205 horsepower and 156 pound-feet of an inch. the original version.
Let’s bet that some potential buyers will be disappointed that the numbers have still gone up, but it’s still a big improvement that can be measured from 0 to 60 times.
With the 6-speed manual transmission, the GR 86 will now take you off the line in just 6. 1 seconds, an improvement of 0. 9 seconds, while the 6-speed automatic will take you to 60 in 8 seconds, a total improvement of 1. 4 seconds.
The power, as nature intended, continues to be directed to the rear wheels, there is no four-wheel set available.
One of the critical objectives of the commission is the mass relief. The GR 86 makes extensive use of aluminum – for the roof, on the one hand – and, to a lesser extent, composites “to keep it soft on your feet,” Tripp said, adding that the new sports car’s torsion stiffness also increases by 50%.
Two trim grades will be presented when the sports car hits showrooms later this year: the standard GR 86 will be supplied with 17-inch wheels with Michelin Primacy HP tires and the Premium with 18-inch wheels with four Michelin Pilot Sport tires. .
The Toyota GR 86 also benefits from major technical improvements, adding a new infotainment formula with “virtual readings inspired by the race. “The 7-inch TFT indicator pack sits alongside a new virtual infotainment demo that integrates Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as a device.
One of the advantages of racing with Subaru is the use of the safety formula of this car manufacturer’s EyeSight camera on the Toyota, combined with Toyota’s Star Safety Sense formula, which includes features such as forward collision warning.
The GR 86 also includes a number of complex driver assistance systems, such as lane departure warning and automatic emergency braking, but with caution, which are only available on versions of the Toyota sports car with automatic transmission.
During a background briefing, Tripp stated that Toyota has more tricks in the workshop for the GR 86 in its life cycle. Some critics have criticized the automaker for not employing the turbo with the second-generation sports car, a resolution championed through Tripp in pointing out the need. to keep costs down. The 2022 style is expected to reach the existing access figure of $31,000.
Evidently, Toyota also needed to invade the more rugged and expensive Supra range.
That said, with Toyota hoping to offer a hybrid option on virtually any model in the long run, Tripp has widely hinted that there is “a technological opportunity to do more” with the GR 86. The undeclared rest of this sentence is that a hybrid option can bring even more power, especially at launch.
Toyota has shown a new “feature” it’s adding to the 2022 GR 86, a one-year club in the National Automotive Sports Association. This may inspire cyclists to take the 2022 Toyota GR 86 to the track.