Toyota's New Special Edition GT86 Is Here To Tempt You
Toyota has announced a new special edition GT86 called the Club Series Blue Edition. It might sound a bit like a hotel TV adult movie pass, but it actually brings some important upgrades if you tick the Performance Pack option box.
To kick the elephant in the room square in the baby-maker, no, there’s no more power from the 2.0-litre flat-four engine at the front. You still get a sweet, zingy and rev-hungry 2.0-litre unit with 197 hard-earned brake horsepower.
The car takes the GT86 Pro as its base for equipment. That nets you a limited-slip differential, cruise control, automatic headlights, heated front seats, the Touch 2 media system and dual-zone climate control. Sweet.
After that, standard on the basic Blue Edition pack is Electric Blue paint and black details, a black leather and Alcantara interior, and a black boot spoiler. The aesthetics-only version costs £29,980 in manual guise; £1945 more than the equivalent standard car.
Add an extremely reasonable-seeming £475, though, and you can take the Performance Pack. Sachs-tuned suspension with high-spec Sachs dampers – one of the things that made the Renault Sport Clio 182 Trophy such a legend – are joined by larger Brembo brakes with red calipers and new 17-inch wheels. You’d be mad not to take the Performance Pack, with manual cars starting at £30,455.
It’s on sale from 1 June across the UK Toyota dealer network. The Blue Edition follows an Orange Edition special, but the Blue’s optional handling upgrades make it the one to have.
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I’ll have the performance epuipped version with a side of Manual, please. oh, and can you do the inevitable and bring decent amount of horsepower? Just asking politely… p.s. I have nothing against the 86, I still love it.
CTRL-C, CTRL-V
Hey, if you’re gonna steal, steal from the best.
STILL NO POWER UPGRADES
Considering the age of the gt86, you would think Toyota would’ve added sufficient power to the car. But hey, I guess this is pretty cool.
Here is a new special edition GT86 yet no turbo. Toyota more people will buy the gt86 if u add a turbo
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/a-turbocharged-gt86-isnt-possible-without-a-new-platform-toyota-says/
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/toyota-should-never-turbocharge-the-gt86-and-heres-why/
António José (JDM Squad 🔰) (audibros)
You know what would really compliment bigger brakes and a better suspension? POWER!!!
Aaaaaaand the power output isssss… the same.
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Not really
For all those people who are like it doesn’t have enough power blah blah blah
I think the problem is with the 86/BRZ having too much weight over the MX5 and as the Duo are Turbocharged, the cars do tend to run of grunt a bit too early and may want some people to want more from the engine
A toyota camry V6 is faster ffs
Frs/Brz lacks torque and has a huge dip in the midrange. It’s not the horsepower number per se that leave people wanting more.
The exact same people also say the MX-5 is also too slow/under-powered. At least the MX-5 (soft top at least) is much lighter so the performance is similar.
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