What We Know About the 2022 Toyota 86
The Toyota 86 will live on as an updated 2022 model despite another four-cylinder sports coupe in Toyota’s lineup: the GR Supra 2.0. That’s not surprising considering how different the 86 is from the Supra 2.0. Toyota recently announced the Japanese-spec updated 2022 86, now called the Gazoo Racing (GR) 86, with a larger, more powerful engine, quicker acceleration and new features previously missing from the Toyota 86 and related Subaru BRZ.
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More details on the 86’s U.S.-spec version will come later. What we know so far is that the 86 will have roughly the same dimensions as before but will come with a 230-ish-horsepower, horizontally opposed 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine (not turbocharged) that replaces the 2020 model’s 2.0-liter that makes 205 hp with the six-speed manual transmission. Toyota says this will knock off over a second in 0-62-mph times, from 7.4 seconds to 6.3 seconds, though it’s unclear which transmission that’s for.
Most notable, however, is that the peak torque of around 184 pounds-feet (up from 151-156 pounds-feet, depending on transmission) is made at 3,700 rpm in this engine versus 6,400 in the 2.0-liter. This should give the 86 a fuller accelerator pedal and more grunt at lower engine speeds. Chassis-wise, Toyota says torsional rigidity is improved by 50%.
The differences between the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ have previously been in suspension tuning and features; it sounds like that’ll still be the case. At first, you couldn’t get heated seats in the then-named Scion FR-S, which is why we bought a BRZ when we named both our Best of 2013 award winners. We’re waiting to hear more about how they’re packaged, but Toyota says it has again differentiated the 86 from the BRZ with a “distinct driving feel.” In recent years, though, their convenience feature offerings have had more parity.
Similarities between the two redesigned models look to be plenty, including that the 86 will now come with advanced safety features previously missing from both the 86 and BRZ, including forward collision warning on the duo’s automatic models, which will use Subaru’s EyeSight system. Otherwise, we expect both to be fairly similar, and you can read more about the 2022 BRZ’s redesign to get more insight into what the U.S.-spec 86 may offer.
The redesigned BRZ goes on sale early in the fall, around the same time the 2022 Toyota 86 goes on sale in Japan, so we expect the 86 to go on sale in the U.S. around then, too.
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