toyota 86

Nissan’s 370Z has been around in pretty much the same guise since 2004. Yes, it was called the 350Z back then but essentially it’s the same car. Similar chassis, familiar interior, and much the same drivetrain, albeit with much more power. So how does Nissan justify selling this car...

Although the record still needs to be verified, all signs point towards seasoned motoring journalist, Jesse Adams having broken the Guinness World Record for the longest drift, using a 2017 Toyota 86. In a feat that must have taken a tremendous amount of concentration, focus and driving skill, Adams...

I’ve always thought the Toyota 86 is a car that I could own, personally . A car I could drive to the office daily and on the way home have fun with, at relatively safe speeds. Thanks to the “over tyred” nature of most modern cars, really handling dynamics...

When we saw the first video featuring drifting pro Ryan Tuerck’s plan to transplant a Ferrari engine into his Toyota 86, we kinda said ‘yeah right…good prank’. But now the best of Japan and Italy is more than some crazy dare and this 450kW V8, pinched from the Ferrari 458, is...

It’s not what you’d call fast, neither is the newest Mazda MX-5 lavishly equipped. Spacious? Not beyond two people and a deep but small boot. The Mazda MX-5 is however sublime, a little peach of motoring passion that harks back to the very essence of a driver’s car. It’s...

For the 2017 model year, Subaru has introduced a limited-edition version of the BRZ called Series.Yellow. As its name suggests; the sports car receives a striking yellow paint job, black 17-inch alloys, black mirror caps and black logos that add a sharp contrast to the overall look. Stepping inside the...

The Toyota 86 injected a vial of sportiness into the Toyota brand and we certainly look at the Japanese outfit with more excitment than we did five year ago. Toyota’s catchphrase waku-doki (adrenaline rush) wouldn’t be around were it not for this car And as with all things motoring, a new...

The fourth, most stylish and latest generation of a motoring legend in its own right, Mazda’s MX-5 certainly makes best of its toy-like character to defy that ballooning car trend to stay surprisingly true to the great original the 1990 original. Mazda MX-5 quite brilliantly brings a 25-year legend...