Unveiled on Friday at the Tokyo Auto Salon, the GR86 becomes the latest model to be built to SUPER GT’s own GT300 (formerly JAF GT300) regulations, joining the likes of the Toyota Prius PHV GR Sport, Subaru BRZ and Toyota GR Supra.
At least two examples will be on this year’s grid, with apr committed to running one GR86 alongside its hybrid-powered Prius, and new-for-2022 team Shade Racing also adopting the car for its step up from Super Taikyu.
The GR86 is the third GT300-rules car built by apr in recent seasons following the front-engined version of the Prius introduced in 2019 and the GR Supra that debuted in 2020 and was run by three teams – Saitama Toyopet, LM Corsa and Max Racing – last year.
Apr team boss and founder Hiroto Kaneso said upon the launch of the GR86 that his firm had “put 10 times more effort into making this car than we’ve ever done before”, with the aim of creating a car that takes advantage of the road-going model’s characteristics.
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