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Automotive preparer Pandem makes the Toyota GT86 wilder

The second generation of the Toyota GT86, now renamed the Toyota GR 86, is already a reality. As with the Subaru BRZ, the Toyota GR 86 received a profound aesthetic change. Both are now more differentiated and the GR 86 displays a design in the line of the two star products of Toyota Gazoo Racing, the Supra and GR Yaris. From the latter it inherits, for example, the Functional Matrix grid.

It was just a matter of time before the main companies in the preparation market started to work with the latest sports car from the Japanese brand. As it could not be otherwise, Pandem was one of the first to offer the Rocket Bunny program, thus showing one of the most radical versions of the sports car that will see the light on the market.

On an aesthetic level, the GR 86 Rocket Bunny by Pandem has a body kit of its own design. It features elements such as the front bumper with a tremendous air intake and aggressive fins, new air intakes, huge side skirts, a prominent diffuser, an airfoil of biblical proportions and remarkably widened wheel arches.

The American specialist did not mention any mechanical modification, but we can say with certainty that it will not keep the Toyota GR 86 as standard. Remembering that Toyota equips a 4-cylinder engine and 2.4 liters of natural aspiration that can also be found in the Subaru BRZ.

Compared to the previous generation, it comes with a slight increase in power, delivering a total of 235 hp at 7,000 rpm and 250 Nm at 3,700 rpm, which allows the Toyota GR 86 to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.3 seconds (1.1 seconds less than its predecessor). The red line reaches 7,400 spins.

Toyota assures that it has improved the engine's responsiveness to provide a better transition from low to high revs. Power is also sent to the rear wheels via a 6-speed automatic transmission or a 6-speed manual gearbox.

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