21 May 2013
Toyota GT86 Honoured By Fleet World
Sports coupes are rarely the toast of Britain’s business motoring community, but the Toyota GT86 has proved it has what it takes, winning this year’s Fleet World Road Test Editor’s Award.
GT86 Archive (2012)
17 May 2013
Hats Off To Toyota GT86 In Honestjohn.co.uk Awards
The Toyota GT86 has run rings around the competition to set the pace in the 2013 honestjohn.co.uk awards.
4 March 2013
Toyota GT86 Is Car Buyer’s Coupe Of The Year
The accolades keep coming for the Toyota GT86, newly honoured as Car Buyer magazine’s Coupe of the Year.
8 February 2013
Toyota GT86 TRD – It’s Official
Since its launch last year, the Toyota GT86 has revitalised Toyota’s reputation for building cars that are all about the pure pleasure of driving.
5 February 2013
New Toyota GT86 Racer Ready For Testing
The first GT4 racing version of the Toyota GT86 will hit the track later this month following completion of the first chassis by Buckingham-based motorsport engineering pioneer GPRM.
11 January 2013
Toyota Shows Its Wilder Side With New Custom Car Concepts At Tokyo Auto Salon
KEY POINTS Toyota lines up 10 models for the 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon, the world’s largest custom car show Two racing concepts from GRMN based on Yaris and GT86 G Sports concepts developed from the
6 December 2012
Toyota GT86 Is TopGear Magazine’s Car Of The Year
When Toyota set about creating the GT86, the guiding principle was that it should be a car devoted to the pure passion of driving. It’s an ethos that has helped earn the sports coupe worldwide acclaim, and now the honour of being named TopGear magazine’s Car of the Year 2012.
15 October 2012
Toyota GT86 Named Best Coupe In 2012 Scottish Car Of The Year Awards
The Toyota GT86 has received its first UK honour, being named best coupe in the 2012 Scottish Car of the Year awards.
24 September 2012
GT86 CLAIMS TOP-EIGHT FINISH IN BRITCAR 24 HOURS
Team Toyota GB is celebrating a remarkable UK racing debut for its GT86 sports car, which claimed eighth place overall and third in its class in Britain’s toughest race, the Britcar 24 Hours on its
18 September 2012
Team Toyota GB And GT86 In At The Deep End
No motor-sporting debut is easy but this weekend’s first outing for the reformed Team Toyota GB and its all-new Toyota GT86 production racer will be one of the hardest – straight in at the deep end in the UK’s toughest race, the Britcar 24 Hours at Silverstone, which gets under way on Saturday afternoon.
30 August 2012
Chris Hodgetts And Son Stefan To Race Toyota GT86
Double British Touring Car Champion Chris Hodgetts is to return to competition and to Team Toyota GB next month when he teams up with his son, Stefan, to give the Toyota GT86 its British racing debut.
17 August 2012
Toyota GT86 Launched With Multi-Million Pound Real Deal Campaign
Toyota is launching a multi-million pound advertising strategy for the new GT86 sports coupe. The Real Deal campaign, created by Saatchi & Saatchi London, celebrates Toyota’s return to its sports car heritage and reflects the rave reviews the GT86 has received* for its exhilarating, authentic driving experience.
15 August 2012
Toyota GT86 Claims First British Motorsport Victory
Toyota’s new GT86 sport coupe has claimed its first UK motorsport victory, winning the third round of the Toyota Sprint Series at Barkston Heath on Sunday 12 August. Driven and prepared by Adrian Smith of
6 August 2012
Toyota’s New Model Army Adds Extra Impetus To Sales Boom
Toyota’s UK showrooms are crowded places these days, thanks to the arrival of four new models, and plenty of customers keen to make a purchase. This summer’s introduction of the GT86 sports coupe, Yaris Hybrid, Prius+ and Prius Plug-in have helped boost sales and build interest in Toyota’s range of cars – now 17-strong.
27 July 2012
TEAM TOYOTA GB RETURNS TO RACING WITH GT86
A famous name from British motorsport history is to return to the track in September with an entry from Team Toyota GB in the UK’s toughest race, the Britcar 24 Hours. The newly reformed squad
27 June 2012
Introducing the all-new track-only GRMN Sports FR Concept
The all-new GRMN Sports FR Concept is a twincharged track performer with its roots in the recently launched road-going Toyota GT86 sports coupe.
21 May 2012
Toyota GT86 Celebrates Double Class Win At Nürburgring 24 Hours Race
The GAZOO Racing Toyota GT86 took the win in the SP3 class, completing 129 laps. In the overall standings, the car finished in 46th place.
16 May 2012
Toyota GT86 And Lexus LFA Line Up For Nürburgring 24 Hours
The Nürburgring has played an important role in the development of Toyota’s latest generation of high-performance cars and this weekend the daunting German circuit will see the Lexus LFA and GT86 demonstrating their race pace in the 40th running of the ADAC 24 Hours race.
30 April 2012
Toyota GT86 And Its Creators Honoured With Three Vehicle Dynamics International Awards
GT86 named VDI Car of the Year Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada and his Subaru counterpart Toshio Masuda jointly named VDI Dynamicist of the Year VDI Dynamics Team of the Year award for Toyota Toyota has
16 April 2012
RECAP: a digest of recent Toyota news
Missed out on the news? Catch up here and click the links to access the full stories and pictures. Toyota’s summer of new product launches draws closer and in preparation for what promises to be
6 April 2012
GAZOO Racing Enter Two GT86 In Nürburgring 24 Hour Race
Toyota will enter the new GT86 sports car in the 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race. The new coupes will join the Lexus LFA to form a three car team for the race held inGermanyfrom May 17 to 20. The cars will be run by the GAZOO Racing team which has been competing in the 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race since 2007.
4 April 2012
Bright Spring For Toyota With March Sales Increase
Sales of Toyota cars increased by 8.7 per cent in the year to March 2012, compared to the first quarter last year. The car market overall grew just 0.9 per cent, putting the strong increase by Toyota into perspective.
30 March 2012
Toyota GT86: Designed and Priced to Delight
With just three months to go before Toyota’s GT86 officially takes to Britain’s roads, details of the new model’s equipment specifications and prices have been announced.
12 March 2012
Toyota Lines Up Its Sporting Heroes for Goodwood Festival of Speed
The TS030 Hybrid heads an impressive line-up representing the strength-in-depth of Toyota’s modern racing machinery.
