Sure, it’s a Toyota GR86 with a turbocharged engine and all-wheel drive, and no, you may’t have one. Toyota is winding us up with the GR86 Rally Legacy idea, a automotive that proves that it may construct an final GR86 if it wished to.
“The GR86 Rally Legacy Idea is a testomony to Toyota’s enduring ardour for rally racing. We did this construct for our GR and Toyota Rally followers — it’s a fantasy automotive come to life, our manner of celebrating our previous achievements and the opportunity of the World Rally Championship making a return to america,” mentioned Mike Tripp, group vp, Toyota Advertising.
Is the First-Time ‘Corolla Engine’ an Improve?
Toyota says that “grumblings of the return of the World Rally Championship to america” impressed it to have a look again at its early ’90s rally historical past. And it seemed again on the Celica GT-4 automobiles, or Celica All-Tracs as they have been badged right here, that took house virtually two dozen World Rally Championship occasion wins after they have been at their greatest.
It begins with the 1.6L turbo-three from the GR Corolla and GR Yaris. The engine makes 300 horsepower inventory, however Toyota mentioned that due to a brand new ECU, new intercooler, and upgraded oil cooler there was headroom for extra energy by means of tuning.
The onerous work wasn’t becoming the inline-three beneath the hood, although it does look humorous to this point ahead within the engine bay. It fitted the spindles and axles from the GR Corolla within the entrance and added the automotive’s rear axles within the again. It required new subframes and engine mounts, particular coil-over shocks, and customized management arms.
Toyota Remembers Rally Historical past as Fondly as We Do
Toyota’s Halo White paint with the inexperienced and crimson stripes, which it wore within the ’90s as a part of the staff’s Castrol sponsorship, seems to be nice on the trendy GR86.
To indicate that it’s actually rally-ready, the cabin has been stripped out, and Toyota dropped in some Sparco racing seats and a full cage.
After all, now we all know that Toyota can do it, it’s time to start out pushing them to make it so. The GR86 and its 2.4L boxer 4 with 232 horsepower makes for a great-driving automotive. However all-wheel drive, 300 horses, and a GR-4 (or STI for Subaru’s BRZ) badge would simply be the icing on the sports activities automotive cake.
