At least we know how the illuminated rear lights will look!
The familiar looking Toyota GR camo.
Toyota has released a satirical commercial of their GR86 fastback coupé but that is not what this article is about. While we will be receiving the already-revealed GR86 sometime soon, two Toyota GR Corolla Easter Eggs from the commercial caught our eye instead.
At least we know how the illuminated rear lights will look!
Unfortunately, like all of the teased images that have come before it, not too much has been revealed. The vague silhouette and rear lighting details are mostly concealed in the Toyota camouflage that has become synonymous with the model. At least we also get a close up of the anticipated hot hatch this time around.
The premise of the four-minute long commercial titled “The Focus Group” has two representatives from GR in a meeting room with an equal number of Toyota executives. The parties can’t decide on what aspects of the new GR86 to broadcast to the focus group in the next room with the suits arguing for the practical aspects while the GR team members intend on punting its performance and manual transmission, obviously.
The familiar looking Toyota GR camo.
The satirical commercial includes the GR86 making use of an abandoned American mall to perform the above mentioned theatrics, a duo of drift-missle Supras even join in on the fun but the star of the story makes its first appearance around 3:30. For a few short frames the anticipated hatch is portrayed in a dimly lit shop-facade. A slightly longer clip occurs towards the end of the video at 3:55 where the camera pans down onto the poorly lit rear just before the Toyota GR Corolla dramatically comes to life and illuminates its front and rear lights.
It is sure to create anticipation for the market of which the advert was created for ahead of its launch in the middle of the year. We hope it makes its way to our shores too although we are yet to receive any confirmation on this from Toyota South Africa. It is still believed to employ the same G16E-GTS 1.6-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine from the GR Yaris. Like its smaller sibling it will also convert the 200 kW of power through the GR Four all-wheel-drive system. A manual transmission is expected but there have been rumours of an automatic transmission being offered too, based on its two-door counterpart we know which we’d take!
Keyword: More bits of Toyota GR Corolla teased in latest satirical GR86 commercial