All the snazzy extras that create the TRD are installed during a week-long fitout at Toyota's plant in Thames.
All the snazzy extras that create the TRD are installed during a week-long fitout at Toyota's plant in Thames.
It's a swept-up Toyota that attracts buyers of any age.
If the GT86 isn't high performance enough for you, what about the Toyota Racing Design (TRD) version?
It's a swept up version that has already enticed three Kiwis to hand over more than $60,000 each.
Only 20 models are forsale, and they will be kitted out at Toyota New Zealand's Thames plant - home of the Signature Class that is also kept busy accessorising Hilux utes.
Buyers can pick any of the 86 range - from the manual base model to the GT86 auto - to be souped up, and the makeover will take a week.
To highlight that it is from Toyota Racing Design , the car will come with a badge, key ring, radiator and oil filler caps and a push start button for GT86 cars marked with the TRD stamp.
The TRD86 starts at $63,486 for the manual version and $64,486 for the automatic.
TRD versions built off the GT86 are priced at$68,486 for the manual model and $69,486 for the automatic.
Toyota New Zealand General Toyota's manager of product planning, Neeraj Lala, said: "We're building this car for diehard sports car fans and race enthusiasts.
"It's a car you could take straight to the race track."
And one of those buyers has already been revealed - a 70-something woman from Taranaki who traded in her Toyota Yaris so she could experience being Penelope Pitstop every day.
