Yes, This Toyota GT86 Shooting Brake Is Actually Real
Many years ago, when Car Throttle was a pokey blog staffed by a handful of people, we thought it would be a great idea to imagine a GT86 shooting brake. The resulting render was stupidly popular, and over the years ended up being one of many digital creations of the Toyota coupe with an enlarged booty. Well, there’s now a real one, created by Toyota Australia.
The project started in 2014 when Tetsuya Tada - global engineer for the Toyota 86 - saw a clay model of a shooting brake 86 in Australia, and liked what he saw so much a real version was commissioned.
The car you see here was taken off the production line mid-way through completion, after which the body was heavily altered by hand to create the shooting brake style look. The wheelbase remains the same, and mechanically it’s identical to a regular 86.
Before you get excited about such a car hitting showrooms though, it’s worth pointing out that there are no plans to make a production version. Boo.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
Shooting Brake: A fancy way of saying “hatchback” or “wagon” to scam people into thinking its anything special.
If the roofline wouldn’t slope so hard, it would look way better, something along those lines:
This looks too much like a wagon. I like how the roofline looks on the “original”, but the rear hatch ruins it… It feels like it was taken from some other car and simply bolted on.
I think the opposite. If the roofline would slope even lower, then maybe it would look even better :)
This is just a concept so everything can changr
I thought, “wow, thats cool” until I looked at the front.
Toyota GT86R-Z anyone ?
What are his specs guys?
imo something just doesn’t look right..
It had to be australia,btw doesnt he look like wrx back
how much i want one
Good luck with your rearview mirror
When u want a Ferrari FF/GTC4 Lusso but u don’t have that much money …
and then u realize u don’t even have money for that too !!!