Toyota does not build many cars like the Toyota 86: a 2-door fastback coupé with Subaru FA engine, built from 2012 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.
How it came about
The Toyota 86 and the Subaru BRZ are 2+2 sports cars jointly developed by Toyota and Subaru, manufactured at Subaru's Ōta, Gunma assembly plant. The 2+2 fastback coupé has a naturally aspirated boxer engine, front-engined, rear-wheel-drive configuration, 53/47 front/rear weight balance and low centre of gravity; it was inspired by Toyota's earlier AE86, a small, light, front-engine/rear-drive Corolla variant widely popular for Showroom Stock, Group A, Group N, Rally, Club and drift racing.
For the first-generation model, Toyota marketed the sports car as the 86 in Asia, Australia, North America (from August 2016), South Africa, and South America; as the Toyota GT86 in Europe; as the 86 and GT86 in New Zealand; as the Toyota FT86 in Brunei, Nicaragua and Jamaica and as the Scion FR-S (2012–2016) in the United States and Canada. The second-generation model is marketed by Toyota as the GR86 as part of the Gazoo Racing (GR) family.
The hardware
Under the skin sits Subaru FA engine. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Toyota's history is not in doubt: it was built at Ōta, Gunma (Subaru Corp. Gunma Plant), Japan. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Peugeot 208, the Mazda CX-5, the Tesla Model X. Its Toyota stablemates include the Toyota Agya and the Toyota Calya.
The money
On the used market today a Toyota 86 typically changes hands for $11,400–$21,700, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,632–$4,990 a year. Insurance sits around $1,270–$2,000 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.