<\/a><\/p>\nAnd it\u2019s not simply that you\u2019ll feel like a hero when you drive it fast. Sure in the right conditions it\u2019s a true drift addict but here\u2019s the thing: most of the time conditions are far from right, in which case you just re-engage the electronics, sit back in your air-conditioned, cruise-controlled cabin and go about your business as normal.<\/p>\n
Will it change the world? Possibly, but probably not. Toyota says global lead times remain long (Thailand briefly had a seven year waiting list) but over here it is no more than \u2018on target\u2019. Sadly the UK market for coup\u00e9s is still more about show than go and while people may like to talk about their driving prowess, when it comes to writing the cheque they\u2019d rather sit in a plush, comfortable Audi TT and think their neighbours are admiring them.<\/p>\n
But not me. However popular it becomes, the GT86 will remain a rare kind of car and here\u2019s why. You can look at any passing Ferrari, most modern Porsches, BMWs, Mercedes, Astons and Jags and not know whether they\u2019ve been bought for the purposes of posing or driving. With the GT86, that question doesn\u2019t arise. It is a car for drivers alone because no one else would be remotely interested in what it has to offer. And I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Had he done so I would have written about Alonso winning the World Championship because if you look back over time, very few drivers have won titles in the second best car, let alone the third or even fourth which is where I suspect the true pace of his Ferrari puts it. Yet he was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":743,"featured_media":182338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121827,118725],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574230,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182337\/revisions\/574230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}