Toyota 86 – All New 2012
The Toyota 86 is 2 door, 4 seaters, front engine, rear wheel drive sports coupe. By rear wheel drive coupe, means drifting in some of our mindset. After all, we can’t get a way from the well drifting action done by the Toyota AE86. The front fascia is complete newly design by Toyota. The LED integrated headlights comes with HID with auto leveling function as standard.
The dashboard is very driver oriented and gives have much visibility and clear view of the gauges & switches. Having said that, the don’t expect much gizmo gadget like the Lexus LFA as this is still an entry level sports car. Gear stick and handbrakes are easily reachable, standing by for the driver to use them to do some actions.
Customers will have 2 variant to choose from, a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed auto transmission with pedal shifters on the steering wheel. Also included it’s the aluminium sports pedal to encourage driver to floor the pedal to get most out from the 2.0L boxer engine. The engine coded as D-4S is a joint development with Subaru. It produces 200hp and 205Nm torque.
The Toyota 86 is given a sets of 17″ rims, specifically design only for the Toyota 86.Specially fine-tuned for the chassis and suspension of the Toyota 86. The Toyota 86 is designed with low centre of gravity and optimize for best front and rear weight distribution. All these contribute to better handling.
Fitted with Alcantara leather material to semi bucket seats to give the driver more support to take on the G-Force when cornering. The keyless entry with push-start button is also included with the car.