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.
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Inb4 Rocket Bunny
Honda CR-Z much?
I think what we need is not a shooting brake but more of a hatchback like the old AE86
If done correctly, that would look really well.
Looks like an ugly squished honda crz
Toyota: What would you Guys like to see in the next gt86
Customer: MOAAAR POWERRRR!!!!
Toyota: okay here’s a 200hp shooting brake that we’ll never actually build!
More like Toyota GT86 Shooting My Eyes
It looks like a veloster…
Looks like crap to me.
And those wheels…
whats a shooting brake? like a fast wagon or sumthin?
Well done Toyota. It looks like a Prius now.