Final 12 months, the model gave the world a Nineteen Eighties throwback for the 4Runner’s fortieth anniversary.

This week, it celebrated the Supra’s forty fifth with a Nineteen Nineties-inspired version.

Now, it’s digging a little bit deeper and extra obscure. The 2024 Toyota GR86 Trueno Version honors a automobile few keep in mind until they go digging within the archives. However somebody at Toyota is seemingly sleuthing and loving it.

A Legend to Drifters

The Toyota Sprinter Trueno was a 2-door hatchback derived from the Corolla with a couple of efficiency elements to show it into one of many unique scorching hatches. If the title isn’t acquainted to you, that’s as a result of it by no means offered properly within the U.S., the place it was folded again into the Corolla lineup after a quick look within the Nineteen Eighties.

But it surely has a cult following as one of many first vehicles outstanding within the drifting scene. The mid-Nineteen Eighties model had the inner code title AE86 at Toyota, and if you happen to’ve been paying consideration, you simply discovered the place we’re going.

Toyota will honor the traditional sprinter with a 2024 GR86 Trueno Version.

Toyota says, “the GR86 is acknowledged by many lovers as Toyota’s religious successor to the AE86.”

Restricted Version

The corporate will construct simply 860 copies for the U.S. market. Toyota will supply them in purple or white, with a Nineteen Eighties-inspired graphics bundle together with a thick black hood stripe and two thick stripes on the doorways. The mirror caps and duckbill spoiler put on the identical black. They’ll journey on model-specific 18-inch alloy wheels.

Toyota says pricing shall be out there “later this 12 months.” The present Toyota GR86 begins at $28,400.

Inside, purple and black fake suede and leather-based seats proceed the colour scheme.

New Efficiency Elements for Each GR86 

The Trueno Version comes with a brand new Efficiency Package deal that shall be non-obligatory on each GR86. It features a new set of ZF Sachs dampers, Brembo brake calipers, and new suspension tuning from Toyota’s Gazoo Racing unit. Surprisingly, Toyota says the equipment will even be out there as an improve to current 2022 and 2023 GR86 fashions.