2012 Toyota 86 GTS Reviews - In our defense, at today’s Toyota 86 national media launch in Canberra, Matthew Callachor, Toyota’s sales and marketing chief did concede recent currency movements and last minute negotiations with head office both played a part in the remarkable prices of the two-model lineup.
The Toyota 86 GTS has 17-inch alloy wheels, a 6.1-inch display screen, satellite navigation with live traffic updates, auto-levelling HID headlamps, leather-accented front seats, dual-zone climate-control air-conditioning, aluminium pedals, LED DRLs and red stitching highlights. The GTS is priced from $35,490. Automatic transmission costs an extra $2,500 on both grades.
2012 Toyota 86 GTS Reviews
Both are powered by Subaru’s 2.0-litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder Boxer engine with Toyota’s D-4S direct fuel-injection system and drive through Toyota-Aisin six-speed manual and automatic transmissions (in fact they are the world’s only application of a boxer engine front-mounted and driving the rear wheels). Maximum power is 146kW at 7000rpm and peak torque of 205Nm is delivered between 6400-6600rpm. As those figures suggest, this engine loves to rev and the specially-tuned exhaust note is unlike any other boxer engine when it gets north of 4000rpm.
