Toyota GR86 (2023) - Road vs Race

The Toyota GR86 is the quintessential sports car starter pack - it offers a front engine, rear-wheel drive layout with two doors, a low-slung driving position and a price tag that comes in under R1 000 000... comfortably. It's the best way to get to grips with pure driving engagement in a new car for under a bar. Toyota's passion for creating enthusiast vehicles is clearly seen in their Gazoo Racing offerings that include the GR Yaris, GR Supra, GR86 and GR Corolla.
In the hands of the enthusiast, the GR86 is able to carve up both roads and track with aplomb and many owners will be keen to exploit the vehicle's dynamic nature through the bends and sweeps offered on a track day. We wanted to see how the GR86 fares on track in road trim and how far off of the stock road-going car the Cup-prepared race car actually is. The results will surprise you!

[@silverbullet831]

The cup cars are amazing. Had a blast racing them this season. Amazing brakes and sequential gearbox.

[@superturd1234321]

Great clutch work, nice driving buddy. ❤️

[@demonslayerproductions]

I own a automatic gr86 and your one of the only people who like the auto 2

[@radupirvu6413]

The cup cars exhaust sounds so much better than the simulated sound in street spec

[@michaeljohn1160]

For racing, paddle makes sense. For daily, I’ll take a manual box all day.

[@sutats]

Zooom zoom zooom. Oh GReat.

[@michaeljohn1160]

Noticed an exhaust difference between the two. Do they have the cabin engine speaker disabled in the cup one?

[@future_phonk]

I'm curious how the cup cars are dealing with dips in oil pressure on turns. Particularly on long right hand sweepers. People have logged concerningly low oil pressures on track and possibly the cause of spun bearings.

[@jumboshirmp]

How do I get that helmet without buying a GR Cup car??

[@dadhats]

odd that they chose to use the standard auto. I could have sworn they used a sequential gearbox

[@future_phonk]

Does the Bosch ECU make the automatics behave any differently?

[@cayman9815]

Sir,

[@mrmidnight32]

What’s the 0-60 time in the cup car?

[@jonasbaine3538]

patiently waiting for reliable turbo/supercharger kits.

[@wtjj3329]

Do these cars run oil pan baffle?

[@stevengreen3739]

when you are going around a turn at a 100 mph the wing helps for sure, this guy has no clue some how lmao

[@HighMessart]

im an owner of a GR86 automatic and its not as bad as many youtubers make it sound its still an amazingly fun drive (crisp /responsive) that gives you the option to gun it when you want too,

[@MrFact01]

It's Akio Toyoda not Ayiko😂

[@Teefs143]

That auto is 2.1 sec faster

[@mharro88]

Its yarras not yararse