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According to Toyota, the GT 86 “is designed to shape the real driving pleasure through precise and instantaneous response to the slightest hint of throttle or steering wheel movement, for whom driving is more a passion than a necessity.” Therefore, this is a promising sporting driving sensations. Evidenced by the 200 hp boxer engine power, but also the peculiar configuration of your drive train. And is that the Toyota GT 86 is the only car on the market that combines a boxer engine in the front position with rear wheel drive, along with the newly introduced Subaru BRZ, with which it shares platform.
This sporty compact (measuring 4.24 meters long and only 1.28 high) is characterized by being very light, have a low center of gravity and near perfect weight distribution: 53:47. Thus, promises excellent power / weight ratio, a live performance and predictable reactions, depending on the brand. Toyota says that incorporate electronic little to offer sensations of pure driving pleasure.
The engine of the Toyota GT-86 is a 2-liter Subaru boxer origin, atmospheric injection riding Toyota D-4S. The two Japanese brands have agreed to share the development of this new platform, which also uses the recently introduced Subaru BRZ. This boxer engine, high performance, is characterized by its high compression ratio (12.5:1), which allows it to offer great performance without increasing fuel consumption and emissions. May be combined with a manual gearbox or six-speed automatic, the latter possibility to be used by paddles on the steering wheel.
The design of the Toyota GT 86 highlights the strong front grille, lower position, alloy wheels, 17 inches, the rear wing, the two exhaust outlets and a careful aerodynamic offering the entire set, inspired, according to Toyota, in F1 technology.
The Toyota Land Cruiser is a large car, in the three-and five-door, mainly because of its width.
The five-door can have seven seats arranged in three rows of seats (2 +3 +2). The second-row seats can be moved over a total distance of 135 mm. You can be folded into sections (40:20:40). The right side seat moves forward 33 cm to allow access to the third row.
The two third row seats are optional. You can save the two or a single, easily under the boot floor when not needed. In the Land Cruiser seats above the third row is folded to the side. Depending on the level of equipment is provided an electrical device to fold or unfold these seats. The maneuver was performed in 7 seconds.