Toyota GT86 spends time with its ancestors

[West]

Toyota is out to draw parallels between the company's new GT86 sports car and some of the legends of the automaker's past. A new video depicting the new coupe's development spends plenty of time with the GT86 on screen with the likes of the Toyota Sports 800 and even the AE86. Those are both fine sparring partners for a vehicle that prides itself on superior handling over outright brawn. Watching engineers cane the GT86 around the world's various road courses only stokes our desire for a little more time with the either of the two-door's corporate cousins.

As you may recall, the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ both left favorable impressions on us during our recent drives, but we could use a full week's worth of sideways action to figure out whether those pieces of hardware are worthy of sharing tarmac with the likes of the legendary AE86.

Source: Toyota GT86 spends time with its ancestors

[ra23celica]

Excellent West, great find, thanks for posting this. Cheers.

[Turbowned]

Sports cars used to be so much smaller! Not necessarily a good thing for us tall folks, but I bet they must've been a hoot!