Toyota: Manual work when shifting gears 🎥
MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS Toyota's GR trio is getting even sportier. The all-wheel-drive GR Yaris is now joined by the two manually shifted models GR86 and GR Supra - at the special request of sports car purists.
At the request of fans and sports car purists, Toyota's sports faction Gazoo Racing now offers the GR86 and GR Supra models (see photos and video) with a manual transmission. Although the new GR86 is outwardly hardly distinguishable from the GT86, many modifications have been incorporated to make the vehicle even sportier.
A high-revving four-cylinder naturally aspirated boxer engine with 2.4 liters displacement and 250 Nm as well as 234 hp, drives the rear wheels. With the new manual transmission, it manages the standard sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.3 seconds, 0.6 seconds faster than the automatic version.
Increased fun from 37 900 francs
Both on public roads and on the racetrack, it is evident that the larger-displacement boxer engine equipped with newly tuned direct and intake manifold injection systems responds more spontaneously to throttle commands and, thanks to a flatter torque curve, is more powerful when accelerating out of corners. The manual 6-speed transmission can be operated with perfect precision and smoothness - and therefore fulfills its task of further enhancing driving pleasure. With its base price of 37,900 Swiss francs, the GR86 is an attractive proposition.
More genes from Gazoo in GR Supra
As the first Toyota model in the Gazoo Racing series, the GR Supra, the basis of which was developed jointly with BMW, is the leader in the GR trio.
Its 3-liter six-cylinder with 500 Nm and 340 hp, originally always combined with an 8-speed automatic transmission, can now also be combined with a manual transmission. A new six-speed has been designed for this purpose. To optimize acceleration, the developers have shortened the rear-axle ratio of the manual version from 3.15 to 3.46. The new six-speed is now available with an automatic transmission.
Fitting and fast switching maneuvers
The introduction of a manual transmission is also reflected in the cockpit. The shift lever had to be repositioned to enable ergonomically suitable and fast shifting maneuvers. In addition, the lever ratio had to be adjusted and a heavier shift knob is used to reduce the effort required to engage reverse gear.
A few quick laps on the racetrack showed that the manually shifted GR Supra is a lot of fun to drive after only a short familiarization period. The gears can be engaged smoothly and quickly, and you quickly become familiar with the GR Supra's characteristic driving dynamics through corners in track mode.
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