Toyota GR86

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Score: 10 / 10
“The Toyota GR86 is a bargain sports car that’s both usable and thrilling.”
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Score: 10 / 10
“In the GR86, Toyota has all but perfected the already very good sports car that was the GT86, while keeping true to that car’s values. The only trouble? Getting one is easier said than done, and it’ll soon disappear.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“If not as fast as a hot hatch, the GR86 instead delivers the feedback and rear-wheel drive balance keen drivers crave in a package more focused and serious than the Mazda MX-5 you might also consider for this money.”
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Score: 9 / 10
“The Toyota GR86 is a sports car to take more seriously than its predecessor was, for better and for worse. It goes harder, turns in more crisply, carries speed more securely and wants to engage that bit more with the revs and the noise and the whizzing adrenaline of speed. It’s less about accessible fun at low speed and more about fun at any speed.” (Matt Saunders)
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Model reviewed:
Score: 9 / 10
“The Toyota GR86 is an involving, transparent, joyful and appreciably serious driving tool that’s usable daily, classically attractive and doesn’t cost the earth. We need more cars like this, not fewer, and it’ll be a quiet tragedy when the GR86 takes involuntary retirement in 2024.” (Richard Lane)
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Score: 10 / 10
“This is a great sports car, period. And apart from making the 86 a greater entertainer, the evolution into the GR has made it more well-rounded and usable, too. A long journey in the GT86 could leave you drained but thanks to the stiffer structure and liquid-filled engine mounts, refinement has improved greatly.”
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Score: 8.6 / 10
“The GR86 is perhaps the best affordable sports car you can buy… That is, if you can get hold of one.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“If you ironed out a Toyota GT86, you’d get the GR86. It improves on the old car without losing any of the original’s charm.”
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Score: 10 / 10
“To drive, some of the GT86’s strong character and charm have been sacrificed. That said, measured by any metric you care to choose, the Toyota GR86 is a faster, fitter and more roundly rewarding steer, hence its second-place finish in evo Car of the Year 2022, coming out ahead of the incredible Ferrari 296 GTB and McLaren Artura as one of the finest performance cars on sale today.” (David Vivian)
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“2.4-litre engine provides more power than GT86 predecessor.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“The Toyota GR86 is a great sports car. It’s a refreshing blast from the past – a reminder that as well as electrifying our everyday future, manufacturers should still serve the needs of those wanting a fun plaything for weekends. The GR86 offers beautifully judged performance without being profligate.”
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Score: 10 / 10
“The Toyota GR86 is a driver’s car that’s much harder to find fault with than its predecessor – especially for the price. It’s hard not to drive it with a grin on your face. The fact that it acquits itself pretty well in other areas, and should be reliable too, is simply the cherry on top.” (Alex Robbins)
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Score: 8 / 10
“As a driving machine it’s without rival at the price and also at the relatively low speeds at which you can enjoy it.”
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Score: 9 / 10
“The Toyota GR86 is one of 2022’s very best cars. The antidote to overpowered, overweight, overcomplicated so-called sports cars, it’s like a sanitised, weatherproof Caterham. Able to deliver real-world giggles at an affordable price, but improved in key areas over the GT86 – the torque, the looks, the on-the-limit handling.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“The GR86 offers the most excitement for the price when compared with its main rivals, but refinement and interior quality are not quite up there with the best.”
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