I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the biggest fan of the Toyota GT 86. I used to be, but my joy soured over time due to what I felt was a lack of initiative from Toyota's to make the GT 86 a more performance-oriented sports car. The closest Toyota came was with the TRD-enhanced GT 86 Griffon Concept that was unveiled at the 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon. Well, it may have taken some time, but finally - oh, finally! - Toyota now has a production GT 86 that can live up to its sports car name.
The model is called the GT 86 14R60 and it's everything the GT 86 was supposed to be - and then some. It still doesn't have any performance upgrades, but I've all but given up hope on seeing anything on that front. Instead, Toyota decided to build around the limitations of the GT 86's 2.0-liter four-cylinder boxer engine and build a car that was light enough to the point that its performance capabilities wouldn't be defined by its 200 horsepower and 151 pound-feet of torque output.
Toyota injected plenty of lightweight materials into the car to not only cut down it weight, but also improve its aerodynamic performance. There are, after all, more than a handful of ways to make a car faster without any performance mods on the engine.
That's the good news. The bad news is that the car will only be available in Japan at a price of 6.3 million yen, which is close to $60,000 based on current exchange rates. That's more than double the price of a standard GT 86. Ouch.
Click past the jump to read more about the 2014 Toyota 86 14R60.
Toyota GT 86 14R60 originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 10 October 2014 08:00 EST.
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