Next Toyota GT86 Arrives Summer 2021 With 260bhp Turbo Engine

Leaked details purportedly from a dealer conference give us some important details about the next 'GR86'
Next Toyota GT86 Arrives Summer 2021 With 260bhp Turbo Engine

It’s all change for the next Toyota GT86. The coupe will be much more powerful, use a turbocharged engine, and won’t even be called GT86 - in line with the Japanese’s company’s more recent performance cars, it’s expected to adopt the mantle ‘GR86’.

Key details for the car have been divulged via a presentation slide and other details purportedly leaked from a dealer conference, as posted on GR86.org. According to this new information, we’re looking at an output of 256bhp (260hp) from a 2.4-litre boxer engine.

As with the current GT86, that engine will be supplied by Subaru, which will make its own BRZ-badged version of the GR86. That matches the output of the recently developed 2.4-litre ‘FA24’ found in the Ascent, an engine we’re anticipating to be the starting point for a 400bhp boxer designed for the next WRX STI.

Complain all you want about its lack of power and the torque hole, but the naturally-aspirated 2.0-litre boxer with its 7000rpm peak power mark is one of the GT86’s USPs. The FA24, in contrast, develops its output at 5600rpm. Hopefully, it’ll be tweaked to have a livelier top end in the GR86.

In any case, the GT86’s main draw - its front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout - will be retained. It’ll have a better interior, too, and it hopefully should still be relatively affordable, given that Toyota will need to slot it under the inline-four version of the GR Supra.

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Anonymous

I own an Ascent with this engine. The 260hp figure is running on 87 octane. The ECU doesn’t accommodate anything over 87.
Cobb Tuning has already unlocked the Ascent and got max gains of 20% just by tuning the FA24 to run on 93 Octane. This shows over 300+ whp on the Dyno. Check out their info on the Ascent to get an idea of what this engine can produce with a simple tune.

04/02/2020 - 05:02 |
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Aincraddriver

Who understands the people criticizing this car for absolutely everything? they’ll be the first to mourn when it becomes discontinued for sure.

PD: Seems like next-gen developers are reading MF Ghost for sure.

04/02/2020 - 19:30 |
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