Universal has passed all the necessary tests.
Coupe Toyota GT86, which is available for four years, may obtain a version with a station wagon in Australia, the Japanese introduced the concept GT86 Shooting Brake. As stated during the presentation the chief engineer of the GT86 project, Tetsuya Tada, the model was developed by its own team of designers and assembled by hand in a single copy. The marketing Manager of the Australian division of Toyota brad Kramb noted that the concept car remained the same: “We are expanding the concept of the coupe GT86, offering more practicality and maintaining an attractive and sporty coupe, as well as excellent driving characteristics”.
According to top managers, the purpose of the experiment was not just to make another show car. The Japanese claim that the universal has passed all the necessary tests, and seriously think over the organization of serial production of a model that could expand the brand’s offer in the segment of compact rear-wheel drive dvuhdverok. “Our principle – “never say never”, and I really would like to bring this concept into mass production. This approach demonstrates there is the passion that I have which Toyota engineers making really driving the car” – said Tetsuya Tada.
Technical characteristics of the wagon have not been disclosed, but we can assume that it will be built on the basis of aggregate compartment. Original Toyota GT 86, developed jointly with Subaru, has rear-wheel drive layout and two-liter boxer engine with a power of 205 horsepower. A choice of 6-speed manual transmission or 6-band “automatic”.
