New Toyota GR 86 will be limited
Australian supplies of second-generation Toyota 86 capped to just 1100 cars in first full yearToyota Australia has announced it will import just 1100 examples of the second-generation 2022 Toyota GR 86 coupe in its first year of sale, confirming that local demand will significantly outstrip supplies of the second-generation rear-drive coupe when sales officially begin later this month.
The Japanese brand has already announced Australian specifications for the new Toyota GR 86 and pricing is expected to be revealed at the national media launch on September 14.
The volume cap, thought to be limited by the global semi-conductor crisis, is a fraction of what Toyota sold when the original 86 was introduced back in 2012, when 2047 cars found homes in only the first 10 months on sale.
Sales peaked in 2013, when volumes climbed even further to 6706 units, making the model Australia’s top-selling sports car before sales dropped off.
Arriving about nine months after the closely-related second-generation Subaru BRZ landed in Australia early this year, the initial allocation of new Toyota GR 86s is at least an improvement on the 500 BRZs initially offered here and then sold out in just three months.
The latest volume-restricted Toyota GR model follows in the tyre tracks of the GR Yaris, the order book for which has been shut completely while Toyota Australia tries to catch up with demand.
Even the humble LandCruiser 70 Series is a victim of its own success, with huge Australian demand causing wait times for new orders to blow out to at least 2024 and forcing its order book shut for at least the next 12 months.
Toyota Australia says it hopes to ramp up local supplies of the new GR 86 in its second year on sale, but carsales understands it already has a current order bank at least double the size of its initial allocation.
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