2017 Toyota 86 860 Special Edition brings more bang for the buck

The 201 Toyota 86 is now available in a more enticing value-oriented version, but you’d better hurry up and snatch one as this is a limited edition. Available with both a six-speed manual and a six-speed automatic, the new “860 Special Edition” can be visually distinguished by its fresh Supernova Orange paint available exclusively on this variant. Alternatively, buyers can get the car finished in Halo White, with just 860 units of each hue to be manufactured.

To spice things up even further, Toyota will throw in some black body stripes and a bespoke aerodynamic underbody panel for “added style and function,” so they say. Rounding off the upgrades on the outside of the rear-wheel-drive coupe are LED fog lights and numerous black accents noticeable on the side mirror caps, the rear spoiler, and on the 17-inch alloy wheels.
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mini22 - 3/17/2017 6:59:54 PM

+2 Boost

Subaru-Needs to develop a 1.8 light weight turbo for the BRZ/86 with about 220 HP and 200 LBS of torque. Give unequal headers and a sport exhaust and leave everything else alone except for some shock and spring changes to accommodate the extra weight of the turbo. They would have a low 5 second car to 60 with no more than a $1,500 price increase. That would be the ticket.

MDarringer - 3/17/2017 11:01:48 PM

0 Boost

I'd rather have an inline turbo 4 with 300 hp so as not to have to put up with the incessant and annoying thrumming of the Subaru engine.

I'd also like more aggressive chassis tuning so it corners rather than drifts. Cars like this and the Miata feel fast at the track to neophytes, but I could dash a GT86 with a GTi or a Cooper S...hell even a base Mustang.