Toyota 86: aero package gives coupe wings

By Jez Spinks | June 18th, 2012

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A new aerodynamics package has been revealed for the Toyota 86, which its maker says reduces drag and introduces increased handling stability.

The new rear-wheel-drive sports car is now officially on sale after its high-profile media launch earlier in June, when a stunning $29,990 starting price was announced for the Toyota 86.

The new aero package, however, is available only on the higher-spec GTS variant, and asks $3000 on top of the coupe’s $35,490 price tag.

A large rear wing ensures there will be no mistaking a Toyota 86 fitted with the optional aero package. Toyota says the spoiler, which features horizontal winglets and matches the selected body colour except for a black central section, generates extra amounts of downforce to push the sports car to the ground under cornering loads.

At the front, the black hexagonal grille is joined by black vertical fins either side to control the air passing through, and the revised front bumper section is completed with ‘canard’ wings ahead of the front wheels that, says Toyota, contribute to handling stability.

The side skirts also gain a more pronounced shape and include a more rounded leading edge to aid airflow away from the front wheelarch.

Toyota says the reprofiled rear bumper is more effective at managing air turbelance from the front as well as helping to better disperse air being funnelled from beneath the car.

There are no changes to the Toyota 86’s slippery 0.27 co-efficient of drag figure despite the aerodynamic additions.

The Toyota 86 is priced from $29,990 for a GT that mates a six-speed manual gearbox to the sports car’s 147kW 2.0-litre flat four-cylinder engine. A six-speed auto with paddle shift levers costs an additional $2500.
Click to read a review of the Toyota 86.

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http://twitter.com/holotropik Holotropik

It will make very little difference other that saying…”Rice! Me?”
- Frostie
  
  It’s hardly rice, the wing improves aerodynamic airflow.
  
  N.B: “RICE” stands for; “Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements”.
  - AndyGF
    
    You cant have it both ways….
    
    Either this car is ‘perfectly balanced’ and has just the right amount of power for its chassis (not saying much is it?)
    
    -OR-
    
    It really does need the Big Wing… in which case its not so well balanced is it?
    
    So choose, is the stocker well balanced, or is the aero package just “Cosmetic Enhancements” as you put it?
UMWHAT

looks like the new sti wing
aware

Missing the shopping list!
- Eskylid69
  
  haha, it really is a shopping trolley now!
HateGPS

Looks a lot better with the wing. Kinda completes the package.
- John
  
  better, I think its a real spoiler
Guest99

The manual GT and GTS both have rear LSD.

Automatic is an extra $2,500 on the GT and GTS.
What’s the reason for taking the rear LSD out of the auto GT? If they take the rear LSD out of the GT, shouldn’t the auto option be cheaper on the GT??
- Jauffre
  
  They want to discourage people from buying the auto, shouldn’t even be an option on this car.
  - TG
    
    Ah, no, it’s called cost-cutting.
    - horsie
      
      they figure if you want this car with a auto you won’t know or care what a LSD is. So they get to save some cost.
O123

looks like it belongs in the 90s with that wing
Golfschwein

Silly. Makes it look like a pram.
- Noddy
  
  And a spoiler on a Golf makes it looks like a boot with a pull-strap.
  - Golfschwein
    
    WTF!! Oh I’m wheely wheely offended.
    
    ps too many drugs Sunday night not good for making sensible comments Monday afternoon. Remember that.
    - Noddy
      
      Look I don’t know what they take down at the Beat, but don’t try to relate with me.
- Henry Toussaint
  
  Would all that bodykit make it slower than 6 seconds to 100Km/h?
Guest99

That body kit looks boi racer-ish …. the kinda car you see outside Chinatowns after school. Matured buyers over 30 shouldn’t get that body kit.
Info

…doesn’t have enough power or torque to warrant a go fast wing and bits. Just looks too much, unless you wear a baseball cap backwards.
N.B. With the tiny standard GT wheels its going to look even worse.
- Guest99
  
  “The new aero package, however, is available only on the higher-spec GTS variant”
Pirate Post Office

Doof doof style body kit… Good if you want the car fully riced out / fully sick.
coolbeans

All haters out in force I see. Truth is you’d all be salivating over a Supra with a massive rear wing, why should the 86 be any different?
- Guest99
  
  Supra 3L straight 6 turbo. Minor mods bring it up to 300KW-400KW.
- Bo
  
  Exactly, it really reminds me the Supra, which was a really nice car.
Dimka100

LOL that just screams RICE!!!

But seriously just imagine the look on that ricers face when ECOLPI taxis blow it of the lights …

I feel that bogans will make a total joke of this car in their V8s and so forth …
- Pro346
  
  Let me guess you drive a vw….
  - JJ
    
    Let me guess… you drive an SS ute.
    
    Pretty sure this kind of commentary could go on all day.
    - horsie
      
      I do drive a SS ute and yes . it could blow the door off this any day of the week. Although i still like it.
      - Brad
        
        As long as you don’t come across any corners!
Jonathanyau1

i like it
Sumpguard

Great for the bogans but those that want the car to look better will simply leave it off.
D4D

i love the look….it reminds me the 90′s integra type-R
- Legnab
  
  YEP but she dont go as quick as the typre R , reminds me of the wings added to hyundai exel 10 yaers ago , all show no grunt .
carl

I like everything except the rear wing.
AvidF1fan

the wing looks a little over the top but i guess they didnt want to block rear vision with a lower spoiler *looks at Honda CTR*
- Sinalot
  
  Yup have a CTR and indeed it blocks my rear vision, though quite handy at night when I’me being tailgated. It cuts out the blinding headlights!!!
Amlohac

Looks mad. Other than that rear wing. Maybe buy the aero pack and flog the shopping trolley handle bar style rear wing off on ebay to the highest bidding boy racer
Schn

It wouldn’t surprise me if that rear wing to appear on a Subaru BRZ, not a Toyota. I thought the Subaru’s STi spoiler’s were big enough… obviously not. It looks huge! It looks like one of the ricer cars from the movie Cars. However, I really like the front end, those vertical fins make the car look even more aggressive.
D987

I almost threw up after seeing that wing.
Jing99_

Where is that small-ish wing that they have as standard on the Jap spec GT Limited (same as the one on FT-86 Concept II). Seems like that was a better wing than this big pram handle….

But for people who dont want to be called “Boi Racers”:

Get the full TRD Aero Package and you have a proper looking 86!

— dont forget your 18″ Forged Alloys!
the belligerent bat

oh come on.. all we really want is a turbo version. give me a base gt model with a turbo any day over this, probably cost less and will stomp this abomination, whats a turbo kit for these anyway? +$3000AUD from a reputable tuning shop?
- Springvale Boi
  
  Just get a Subaru WRX and remove the 2 front drive shafts.
  
  The 86 is based on the Impreza platform BTW with 2 doors taken out.
  - jazz hands
    
    wrx weighs in at 1400kg, 200 more than this, s15 is 1240kg, only 20kg more. if only nissan made a new silvia
    - Guest99
      
      The WRX weights more because it has 2 extra drive shafts, turbo, intercooler and beefier drive train to handle the extra torque from the turbo.
sunbeamricemaker

That rear wing is the funniest thing I have ever seen, and its availability has also singlehandedly confirmed the 86 will become the ride of choice for the too fast too furious rice brigade. You just watch the rapidly skyrocketing insurance premiums on this car completely eradicate any value to the customer derived from its low entry price. What a shame they couldn’t keep it subtle and classy. Then again they’re only catering to their target audience…
Splatcat03

This is fully shick mate, pity it is totally useless. I doubt this car could reach the speeds necessary to receive any any benefit from having an aero kit.
- johnno
  
  You don’t think it could hit 80km’s an hour?
Hhitg

would you like a car with that spoiler.
Guest

Toyota need to bring out the TRD body kit, accessories and performance upgrades (suspension, brakes etc) which I believe they offer in Japan or at least Toyota accessories (like wheels, suspension etc)
Michael Lock

Well at least when Classic Collectables does a 1/18th of this it will make a good bottle opener for my VB stubbies.
TG

Could be worse, I guess. Remember the last Celica with the optional body-kit that included the spoiler that sat at the rear of the bonnet, just under the windscreen. That was the ultimate WTF…
- Igomi Watabi
  
  complex science, aerodynamics. I understand there was real benefit to that spoiler on that model of Celica – which was incidentally a really good car, mostly forgotten.
- Igomi Watabi
  
  complex science, aerodynamics. I understand there was real benefit to that spoiler on that model of Celica – which was incidentally a really good car, mostly forgotten.
Altezza

For me, the 86 looks better without that big spoiler. I would prefer no spoiler to maintain its clean look, and best of all the 86 looks best in white!
gt86.com.au

TRD body kit will better appeal to those who don’t like the big wing
http://twitter.com/supercujo supercujo

I reckon you could spend $3,000 much more effectively than that ugly aero package
Edward

Well, at least theres a market for this kind of thing. Reminds me of the Supra
MotorFanatic

I accept that people arent into this. I dont give a heck about the snobby attitudes of some people. Mate its a car, and anything that can make me feel one step closer to a ferrari when driving it, Im happy. This car looks sweet. Beats the blandness of cars these days going around. Finally a car that doesnt look the same as everything else, has character and some handling. Now a a few breather mods and wheels and it should be an awesome little car for $35K.
Matt

Rear bumper needs a better look , this is the car i have been waiting for!!!! just needs another 200 -300kw at the treads and it would be the ultimate drift weapon , hopefully will own one very soon !!!
http://www.facebook.com/Jimmy.Jaymz James Pogson

KW this KW that, there’s more to life than KW when it comes to an enjoyable driving experience.