Toyota 86 Shooting Brake? Imagine no more

Published May 6, 2016

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By: IOL Motoring Staff

If you have a soft spot for shooting breaks and the fantasy of a Toyota 86 in this format ever crossed your mind then this concept is sure to answer your prayers.

Don't get too excited though, as it's a one-off concept and Toyota says it's unlikely that a production version will ever see light of day.

Revealed in Sydney by Toyota 86 global chief engineer Tetsuya Tada, the 86 Shooting Brake concept is the brain-child of Toyota's Australian division and it just so happened that Tada saw a one-quarter scale clay model during a visit to that country in November 2014. And the rest they say is history.

"I was totally surprised, and I liked it so much I arranged for my expert takumi prototype craftsmen to hand-build the 'Shooting Brake' concept based on the Australian design," Tada said.

Toyota Australia's marketing head Brad Cramb added that the team had to exercise some restraint while endowing Toyota's rear-wheel drive coupé with a more practical rear end design:

"Like kids in a lolly shop, we thought about restyling more of the car; however, like a good parent saying 'no' to too many sweets, we made the conscious decision to keep as much of the original 86 as possible, only changing what was absolutely necessary."

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