Toyota roars into life with GT86

TOYOTA has a reputation for making reliable cars. This is a big draw for punters, but for others the overwhelming dullness of the cars stifles desirability.

That said, Toyota has a rich heritage in rallying and endurance racing, although its Formula One efforts were a horrific example of getting it wrong spectacularly and expensively.

Toyota has designed a new road car to sparkle things up, which it hopes will once more breathe life into that legacy. That car is the GT86 and petrol-heads will remember the Celica, the Supra and the MR2 as imbued with decent sporting prowess.