We are with Toyota GT86 at İzmit Körfez Track.
If this car was Auris, Yaris or Corolla I would have filmed it on roads open to traffic as on my other reviews.
But the rear wheel drive GT86 standing beside me with its driving characteristics is very suitable for a track.
That's why I have used my preference on this way.
Before reviewing GT86's driving dynamics I would like to mention briefly its past and its design.
Legendary AE86 that was produced by Toyota in the 80's, which still attracts the attentions of drift enthusiasts,
was the inspiration for developing the GT86 which is sportive and ill-tempered as a coupe should be.
Angry looking headlamps, front bumper with large air inlet, double exhaust outlet,
rear bumper with diffuser and spoiler on top of the boot gives you some hints about the GT86's abilities.
The GT86's interior does not give the impression of high quality.
But who cares...
The important thing here is what you feel when you sit on this seat.
First of all the seat is oriented very low.
And with its sportive structure it wraps you very well and makes you feel the sportive spirit of the car.
Furthermore even though the seating position is low the field of vision is trouble free.
The size, fitting to your hands and weight distribution of the steering wheel is very well adjusted.
The gear lever being underhand is very good.
But since it is an automatic gearbox you don't have much to do with it.
Instead when you want to change gears it is more enjoyable to choose them from the pedals behind the steering wheel.
Before driving off I wanted to tell you about the rear seats.
But I recognized that this car has nothing as rear seats.
Yes, there appears to be a space for two seats but it is not easy to sit there.
The GT86 has two liters naturally aspirated boxer engine that was developed by Subaru and it produces 200 HP and 205 Nm of torque.
These values are not very ambitious when you consider today's cars with HP's flying in the air.
But the GT86 weighs 1265 kg and with a rough estimate is has 170 HP per ton.
And actually it is not bad.
This car reaches 100 km/h in 8,2 seconds. This value is not bad also.
But this car's act is not based on going straight.
That is clearly what I'm trying to imply.
Because the engine is naturally aspirated it loves higher rpms.
If you want to get something from this engine then you have to reach high rpms.
The weight balance of this car that was adjusted as %53 in front and %47 at the rear is very stable.
But still at sharp turns it grows impatient to over steer as soon as possible.
But while ESP system is on there is nothing to be afraid of.
When you switch the ESP to Sport mode then the car lets you over steer to a certain extend according to your wishes.
The real pleasure is enjoyed when you cut out the ESP completely.
And the car drifts very well from than on.
The steering system gives you so good information about what is going on in front of the car so that you feel you are part of the car.
And in other words you can control it very well.
This car is truly born to drift.
Driving the GT86 was really very pleasant.
I don't know if you can see it from the expression on my face but I really enjoyed it.
And here we came to the end of this review.
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Now I'll continue to take pleasure from this beautiful instrument on Körfez Track.
See you soon...