On November 1, the news <b>that the new generation of Toyota GR 86 will be introduced into the domestic market</b> came out, and the deer in the hearts of drifting fans began to collide again.
Toyota 86 has disappeared in the new car market for some time, from being introduced to China in 2013 to stopping selling around 2020, Toyota 86 has indeed circled a number of drift fans in China.
The reason why it can circle fans is because within 300,000, the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ are the most easily drifting coupe, which is the "big toy" that many fans yearn for. In addition, the Toyota 86 or Subaru BRZ is also commonly used to modify it into a professional drift car, which shows that its main direction of attack is drift.
When it comes to the feelings of the Toyota 86, in fact, it is not only because of the performance of the product, it is different from the performance feelings of the Volkswagen R36 and Infiniti G37.
<b>Toyota 86 is mostly famous in China from the anime of "Head Text D" and the movie starring Jay Chou. </b>It may be popular in Japan, except for anime, but also because of the drift master Keiichi Tsuchiya and his Toyota AE86.
Japan's drift culture has influenced almost the whole world, and when Takahashi Kunimitsu brought drift technology to the world, many fans and racers regarded Takahashi Kunimitsu as an idol to worship, and even regarded drift technology as a goal of hard training.
This includes Kei Tsuchiya, a former Japanese racing driver known as the "Drift King".
Kei Tsuchiya has a great love of drift, he used to drive his Sprinter Trueno GTV (AE86) in the narrow and winding mountain road to practice drift skills, <b>driving the Toyota AE86 Tsuchiya Keiichi has almost no opponents in Japan</b>. Therefore, there are also many people who believe that the protagonist of "Head Character D" is Kei City Tsuchiya.
What is less well known, though, is that the Toyota AE86 is famous for its "Head Character D" and is inextricably linked to the city of Tsuchiya Kei. But in fact, the author of "Head Text D", Also the famous Japanese manga artist Shuichi Shigeno, also owns a Toyota AE86 with panda color, which is one of the reasons why he created "Head Text D".
Despite the Toyota AE86", it has many fans all over the world. But in addition to being good at drifting, the Toyota AE86 is not known to everyone about its "essence". Maybe the owner of the toyota 86 driving the automatic will say, how can I drive the 86 in the mountains to affect me to send tofu?
In fact, the Toyota AE86 is not a model name, just a body code, but everyone is used to calling it AE86.
<b>The Toyota AE86 is actually a fifth-generation Corolla introduced in 1983, and its real name should be "Corolla Copue Sprinter Truneo". </b>
After the Toyota Corolla was updated to the fifth generation model, there were two versions of "front-drive" and "front-facing rear-drive", and the Corolla was previously a rear-drive model. <b>The Toyota AE86 is a front-facing rear-drive, three-door hatchback version of the fifth-generation Corolla. </b>
The reason why a Toyota "Corolla" can be called a "god car" is because it is a rare front-mounted and rear-drive Corolla. And what is even more rare is that the AE86's front and back have achieved a <b>50:50 counterweight ratio</b>, which is a dream ratio that is difficult to achieve for many sports cars.
Although the AE86 was equipped with only a 1.6-liter naturally aspirated engine code-named 4A-GEU, and the maximum power was only 130 horsepower, its vehicle mass was less than 1 ton, so after careful tuning or even modification, the potential was not ordinary.
In addition, due to the influence of the "Head Character D" anime, as well as the influence of Japanese drift culture at that time, coupled with the AE86 of the victorious general in Kei City, this made many fans yearn for and pursue the AE86.
It is the fans' obsession and pursuit of the AE86 drift myth that has been wildly robbed after the new Toyota 86 entered the Chinese auto market in 2013.
Although the Toyota 86 at this time is no longer the "Corolla" of the year, although the Toyota 86 at this time no longer has a hatchback, although the Toyota 86 at this time uses Subaru's 2.0L horizontal opposing engine, it does not affect the fans' obsession with the name "86".
However, the 2.0L naturally aspirated engine is difficult to link with performance in today's automotive market environment, and the high-power 2.0T family sedan is also easy to beat the Toyota 86, so many people only buy it because the Toyota 86 is easier to drift.
With a little regret, after 2020, we will never see the shadow of the Toyota 86 again. Today, the new generation of Toyota GR 86 is about to enter China, and the performance is further upgraded, which is indeed good news for consumers who like 86.
The new Toyota GR 86 is a model of Toyota's sports division GR (GAZOO Racing), and of course a new car under the Toyota TNGA architecture, which is another two-door sports car that has entered The country after toyota SUPRA.
The new Toyota GR 86 will be equipped with a <b>2.4-liter horizontally opposed naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine</b> with a maximum power of 235 hp and a maximum torque of 250 Nm, which is 35 hp more power and 45 Nm more torque than the previous generation Toyota 86.
However, in order to balance the sentiment and practicality, the new GR 86 still retains a <b>6-speed manual transmission</b> and <b>a 6-speed manual transmission</b> for consumers with different needs.
It is reported that the price range of the new Toyota GR 86 in the Japanese market is 2,799,000 yen to 3,512,000 yen, equivalent to about 157,600 yuan to 197,700 yuan.
It can be seen that although the new Toyota GR 86 has a "GR" name, the performance improvement is not large, so after entering China, it may have a similar price range as the old Toyota 86. Since the old Toyota 86 is priced at 277,800-287,800 yuan, the new Toyota GR 86 is also expected to be within 300,000 yuan.
However, although today's Toyota is more like a Subaru BRZ, and although its performance improvement is not amazing enough, but in the past, the Toyota 86 can meet many fans of drift feelings, then the fully upgraded new Toyota GR 86 to meet the needs of drift enthusiasts is definitely not a problem.
Perhaps the Toyota 86 is like the Lexus LFA, and for people who love cars, performance is by no means the only measure. A car worthy of love also needs to have history, culture, stories and so on.
If you think back to the models that can be called emotional, they actually have both advantages and disadvantages, but there is a certain point of expertise that can completely attract fans who love it, even if it is only because of an anime movie.