A New Toyota GT86 Is Happening, And It'll Be Here By 2019

It hasn’t exactly been a runaway sales success anywhere in the world, but that hasn’t stopped Toyota confirming a replacement for the GT86.

Toyota Europe boss Karl Schlicht said “The GT86 is at the stage where it’s being decided on the next one…The car serves a big purpose,” Autocar reports. And jolly good news that is too - fun, rear-wheel drive sports cars are in short supply, particularly from Japanese brands.

But how might the car - which Autocar reckons will be on sale in 2018-2019 - take shape? It’s all rather unknown at present, although Subaru’s involvement is seen to be likely. “For the concept to carry on, with the low engine, we’d have to do that. There are a lot of reasons to continue with Subaru,” Schlicht said.

So, we’d probably be looking at another naturally-aspirated boxer four. Sadly, a more powerful turbo variant might be tricky to position, since the GT86’s successor will sit under the new Supra. We can but hope…