Summary
The 86 is co-developed by Toyota and Subaru, along with its sister cars, the Subaru BRZ and the Scion FR-S. The code name of this car is ZN6.
While it is called 86 in most countries (including Japan), it was called 'GT86' in Europe countries and 'FT86' in Jamaica. As its name implied, the 86 is the spiritual successor to Toyota AE86, and also earned the nickname 'Hachi-Roku' in Japan.
The design of the car was reveal as the concept car on 2009, known as 'FT-86'.
It is the first to utilizes the FR (Front-engine rear-wheel-drive) layout since Toyota Supra, and also the first to uses the boxer engine since Toyota Sports 800.
The 86 has a 2.0L natural-aspirated 4-cylinders boxer engine that can produces about 200 HP (203 PS) of power. It has the D4-S injection system from Toyota. It has the bore and stroke of 86 mm and a 12.5:1 compression ratio. The engine code is 4U-GSE for Toyota engine code and FA20 for Subaru engine code. It is mated with either 6-speed manual gearbox or automatic gearbox built by Aisin.
The boxer engine is placed as far back and as low as possible in the engine bay, allowing the car to have the weight distribution of 53 percents in front and 47 percents in rear.
Between Subaru BRZ, Toyota 86 and Scion FR-S
There's some differences between 3 cars, mainly the availability:
- The Toyota 86 is only available in Asia, South Africa, South America, Australia, Europe, New Zealand and Jamaica.
- The Scion FR-S is only available in North America and Canada.
- The Subaru BR-Z is available worldwide.
Unlike the other 86 variants, the Scion FR-S doesn't have trim level as 86 and BRZ did have.
Beside this, Subaru car has more grips than Toyota's.
