‘Ouch. God. Fuck.’ I muttered some variation of that each time I entered or exited the all-new 2022 Toyota GR86. I don’t think the car caused my injury; that was either yoga or wrangling toddlers. But it exacerbated it every day — a perhaps-too-poignant reminder that as I grow older and grayer and responsibilities weigh on me, I move farther away from the GR86’s exceedingly niche demographic. And that’s okay. Toyota could have sacrificed before the altar of compromise

The GR86 is Toyota’s 2+2 fastback sports coupe. GR stands for Gazoo Racing, Toyota’s high-performance sub-brand. It’s the entry-level sports car in the Toyota lineup. It was sold as the Toyota 86 in the last generation, after debuting as the Scion FR-S. Subaru sells a twin of this car, the BRZ. Is the GR86

Yes. The GR86 is all-new for the 2022 model year
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