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Toyota 86 now at your local dealer?

Nunawading Toyota in Melbourne may well be able to lay claim to being the first Australian dealership to have a Toyota 86 on their forecourt, as these pics show. If the Toybaru tickles your fancy we suggest you get in touch with your closest Toyota dealer for the skinny. Even better, if you’re in Melbourne […]

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Australian launch of Toyota 86 draws near

Those anticipating the Australian launch of the Toyota 86 sportscar were given a boost recently when the car was spotted at Mount Panorama in Bathurst. It’s understood Toyota Australia had the 86 on site to capture promotional images and film a television commercial. Apparently Toyota reps weren’t too pleased when this car, wearing 8TYSIX numberplates, […]

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There’s no replacement for displacement

The advent of the tuner’s blank canvas that is the Toyota 86 hasn’t taken long to be exploited. In fact, all that’s left of this one is the outer shell, pretty much. Gone is the pissy 147kW 2.0 litre four cylinder boxer engine, replaced by an altogether meatier 311kW 5.0 litre V8 from a Lexus […]

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Subaru Toyota

Reality bites

The creation of the Toyota 86 and the mostly identical Subaru BRZ was designed to revive the enthusiast market keen to let rip in a relatively lightweight, back to basics, rear-wheel drive coupé. Given the global interest, and also right here in Australia, it’s fair to say things are going to plan so far. Part […]

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Toyota 86 convertible given green light

The Toybaru will be going topless, according to chief engineer Tetsuya Tada. Speaking to Autobild, Tada said, “The GT 86 was designed from the outset [so] that we can build it as a convertible.” Last year we showed you a rendering of a Subaru BRZ convertible. A decision is yet to be made on the […]

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Subaru

Official: Subaru BRZ confirmed for Australia

Last week we reported on the strong rumour that the rear-wheel drive Subaru BRZ would be joining its Toybaru cousin in Australia. Now, Subaru has made it official by announcing their plans to abandon their all-wheel drive only model philosophy and import the sports car. No pricing or timelines have been announced just yet, but […]

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Subaru

Subaru BRZ coming to Australia in May 2012?

Subaru Australia is set to announce plans to bring the rear-wheel drive BRZ down under, CarAdvice reports. It’s understood a limited number of BRZs will be offered from May next year. That means the six-starred Toybaru may beat the Toyota 86 to the local market. Subaru has traded off its all-wheel drive only offerings for […]

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Subaru

Will the Subaru BRZ really drop its top?

While we approve of the supercharged Toyota 86 rumour, this one we’re not so sure about. There has been talk of a convertible Subaru BRZ for a few weeks now and that suggestion was enough for self-tiled ‘automotive manipulator’ Theophilus Chin to get creative and produce this rendering of a topless BRZ. Okay, we get […]

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Toyota

TRD supercharger rumoured for Toyota 86

The Toybaru project has been applauded for its back to basics approach. However, that won’t stop anyone applauding the suggestion from Chief engineer Tetsuo Tada that Toyota Racing Developments (TRD) is planning to give the 86 a boost by whacking on a supercharger to the 2.0 litre boxer engine. Rumours say power could be increased […]

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Motorsports Subaru

VIDEO: Subaru BRZ GT300

The Toybaru project has been all about bringing passion and fun back to motoring. Relatively lightweight, rear-wheel drive and at an affordable price. What’s not to like? We suspect both Subaru and Toyota have deliberately under-engineered these cars to a degree, which will allow aftermarket tuners to tailor cars to specific customer requirements. Naturally, the […]

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The sound of 86

Ever since the Toyota 86 was released people have wanted to know what the 2.0 litre Toybaru boxer engine sounds like. Now, thanks to a couple of official ringtones from Toyota, we have an idea. Check out the samples below and if you want to download them yourself, head on over to the Toyota Global […]

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Subaru

Pure handling delight

“Pure handling delight”, that’s the claim being made by Subaru in this promo clip for the BRZ. They also say the “BRZ is a fun sports car that any driver can enjoy driving with peace of mind.” Those chasing big horsepower will have to wait until the countless aftermarket tuners do their thing. For now, […]