This week, sports car purists woke up to sad news that the brilliant Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ twins, which are coming to the end of their respective lifespans, may not live on to see another generation. However, Toyota was quick to clear things up, saying that the 86 won’t be axed in the foreseeable future.
The company’s US spokesperson Nancy Hubbell told Carscoops that the 86 will live on in some form or another. “As [president] Akio Toyoda said at the reveal of the 2020 Supra, Toyota is committed to building exciting vehicles, including sports cars. The 86 has been in the Toyota family since 2013 and the plan is that it will continue to be a part of Toyota’s sports car line-up.”
While far from a conclusive statement, it does mean you’ll still be able to buy a new 86 in the coming years, and that it won’t be replaced by the 197 PS four-cylinder version of the new GR Supra – at least for the time being. What it doesn’t do is reveal anything about the car’s replacement, whether it will continue to be part of a joint venture with Subaru, of if Toyota will go it alone this time.
It also does not confirm or deny rumours that the 86 will morph into a mid-engined model more in the vein of the MR2, again with Subaru support (though the Pleiades brand has denied this). That’s assuming if a replacement is indeed on the way, of course, and not that the current ZN6 model will live a longer-than-usual life before dying off, which could also be the case.
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Yeah. Hinting of another rebadge after the closure of this generation.
What a beautiful car. Super piece of engineering.
Yup. Its gonna be super rare cuz nobody is interested to buy it now. Better get one and keep in museum. Oh, but must make sure to keep it under lock otherwise Perodua might nick it to rebadge after 40 years inside.
Will Toyotbaru 86 BRZ going to become another hybrid sport similar to Honda CR-Z?
Why not coming up a sports variant using RAV4 platform as the new 86 ? suv is more profitable.
rekon Toyota 86 mighty good buy @ RM120k.
then this will not help this model being rare. unlike Honda S2000, value of car is maintained even at old age.
But very few can afford this beautiful car in Bolehland as the prices are sky high!!
When are they going to reduce car prices in Bolehland??
Toyota supra can hardly replace Toyota 86. One is serious 2-seater, that latter is 2+2-seater. Toyota 86 can be either a weekend car as well as daily driver .Toyota supra is more a toy which sits at garage during weekdays.
you are talking nonsense. mind to explain why supra cannot be use as daily driver ?