New Toyota GR86 Arriving By 2026 With Big Changes

The next generation of theToyota GR86may be on the way much soon than expected according to reports from一个utocar. The British publication says that the current generation sports car may be phased out in as little as two years due to stringent fuel and emissions standards Japan will be enacting and windshield safety regulations that are arriving in Europe next year. This means the sports car introduced in 2021 may be off of the market in 2025.

The solution is for Toyota to not only redesign the vehicle but also electrify it. We've beenhearing rumorsthe company is working on this as early as last October. This seemed hard to believe given the recent introduction of the second-generation vehicle, but now it's appearing ever more likely.

The new vehicle will most likely use a hybridized version of the three-cylinder setup found in the GR Yaris and GR Corolla, meaning we could be looking at a small, rear-wheel drive sports car pushing 300 horsepower that is wholly different from the Supra. It also looks like there willnot be a Subaru siblingthis time, but that doesn't mean Subaru can't cook up something for itself. With electrification, the GR86 will be able to soldier on much longer, or at the very least until combustion vehicle sales are made much harderin many parts of the worldin a decade's time.