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There’s stronger confirmation that earlier reports of the
‘s demise were premature.
Autocar got confirmation from Toyota’s European marketing boss
that the company is planning a second generation of the 2+2 rear-wheel drive coupe, which is known as the GT86 in Europe, in concert with
.
We presume that holds true for the U.S. as well;
Autoblog
sought confirmation from
. It jibes with an
in which both automakers refuted a Japanese outlet’s assertion that the
and the
would not see successor versions.
of Europe’s Matt Harrison
the GT86 has been “a successful ‘halo’ product,” adding that the
, which
debuted earlier this year in Detroit
, isn’t meant as a replacement. “They are for different audiences and are different products,” he said. “We see a situation where they will sit alongside each other.”
The 86 launched as a 2012 model, starting its life as a
and becoming the 86 when Toyota pulled the plug on
in 2016. It shares a platform and
205-horsepower 2.0-liter four-cylinder boxer engine and six-speed manual or automatic transmission with the
.
The 86 has never been a particularly hot seller. Sales fell 39.4 percent in 2018 to 4,146 and have continued falling through the first two months of this year, down 29.5 percent to 487. (By comparison, Subaru sold 3,834 BRZs in 2018, down 7.2 percent.) But Toyota reportedly sees
like the 86 as being more important as infusions of emotion to its brand rather than volume sales. It has also signaled a
to sit underneath the 86.
from Autoblog https://ift.tt/2HzOxW3