Toyota GT86: history, specs, special editions and buying guide

The Toyota GT86 is the front-engined, rear-wheel-drive 2+2 coupe developed with Subaru and sold in Britain from July 2012 to February 2021, with a 197bhp 2.0-litre flat-four boxer engine and a kerb weight of about 1,250kg. Subaru built it at its Gunma Main Plant in Japan alongside its own version, the Subaru BRZ, and in North America it was sold first as the Scion FR-S and later as the Toyota 86. Toyota sold 7,479 in the UK and more than 200,000 worldwide, and a good used one now costs from about £10,000 to £22,000.

In its October 2012 "cult car" issue, SkiddMark's ROAD magazine drove a GT86 across East Anglia while Travis drummer Neil Primrose took a BRZ into the Trough of Bowland.

History of the Toyota GT86

The GT86 began in 2005, when Toyota and Subaru looked for a joint project, and reached British showrooms seven years later. The GT86 farewell release of February 2021 says the two companies settled on an entry-level sports car in 2005 and that "Team 86" started work the following year, with Toyota leading product planning and design and the two firms sharing the engineering. Subaru's parent, Fuji Heavy Industries, gives the corporate dates in its production-start release of 16 March 2012: a first agreement in October 2005, new development and production agreements in April 2008, then four years of development.

The GT86 as a joint project with Subaru

Chief engineer Tetsuya Tada set three rules for the GT86 from the outset, the farewell release says: rear-wheel drive, ordinary tyres ("just the same as on a Prius") and no turbocharger. Subaru supplied the 2.0-litre boxer engine and built the car; Toyota added its D-4S fuel injection, which the 2017 press pack credits with sharper throttle response. In October 2009 Toyota owned 16.5% of Fuji Heavy Industries, which explained why a Toyota would carry a Subaru engine. The guiding line came from Toyota president Akio Toyoda: "if it's not fun to drive, it's not a car."

The AE86 and the GT86's sports car ancestors

The GT86 was named after the AE86 Corolla GT (Levin in some markets) of 1983 to 1987, a light front-engined, rear-wheel-drive coupe that won two British Touring Car Championship titles in the UK and later became the car of choice for Japanese drifters. Toyota's 2011 GT86 press material listed the other sports cars behind the project: the two-cylinder boxer-engined Sports 800, which Toyota began developing in 1962; the 2000GT coupe with a 2.0-litre straight six, first shown at the 1965 Tokyo show; the rear-wheel-drive Celica of 1971; four generations of straight-six Supra; and the MR2 from 1984. The GT86's door openings were drawn to recall the 2000GT, the 2017 press pack says.

From the FT-86 concept to the FT-86 II

The first public sign was the FT-86 Concept, which Toyota listed in its 6 October 2009 announcement for the 41st Tokyo Motor Show as "a compact, rear-wheel drive sports vehicle". A SkiddMark report that month gave its engine as a Subaru 2.0-litre boxer of "over 200bhp". The FT-86 II followed at the Geneva show in March 2011; Toyota repainted it for each show, ending in burnt orange at Frankfurt in September 2011, and the joint project had been nicknamed "Toyobaru".

In April 2011 Scion showed the same car in New York as the FR-S Sports Coupe Concept, the name standing for front-engine, rear-wheel drive, sport.

Launch in Tokyo and on sale in the UK

The production car was revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show on 30 November 2011, and the UK launch release of 27 November 2011 announced that it would be called the GT 86 in Europe "in tribute to Toyota's GT car heritage". Production for both brands started at Subaru's Gunma Main Plant in Ota with a line-off ceremony attended by Akio Toyoda. The GT86 timeline records the European debut at Geneva in March 2012 and the start of UK sales at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July 2012; the March 2012 price release gave customer deliveries from 1 July.

The 2017 facelift

The 2017 GT86, launched in Europe in October 2016, kept the powertrain and made changes to the chassis, styling, aerodynamics and cabin. The September 2016 release quotes Tada: "we've remade everything." About half of the 2017 "Team 86" were new, Tada told Toyota for the press pack, adding: "I have a responsibility to teach the new generation of engineers." The springs and Showa dampers were retuned, the rear anti-roll bar thickened, extra spot welds added at the rear of the body, and a Track mode added that turns the stability control and traction control down to a minimum. Outside it gained LED headlights, a lower nose with two small "teeth" under the grille, and a wing-type rear spoiler; inside, new trim and upholstery materials meant, in the press pack's words, to take "the sensory quality to a higher level", and a 362mm steering wheel (3mm smaller than before) with controls for a 4.2-inch colour screen that shows power and torque curves and lap times.

When did the GT86 go off sale?

Toyota ended UK sales of the GT86 in February 2021, almost nine years after the first, although its sales table records the last 260 cars in 2020. The timeline puts the end of UK sales in February 2021 and the reveal of the GR86 in April 2021; the farewell release of 3 February 2021 says the car "amassed almost 7,500 sales" in Britain.

Toyota GT86 design and engineering

The Toyota GT86 has a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, built around a low-mounted flat-four power unit set well back in the chassis, which Toyota says gives a 53:47 front-to-rear weight balance and the lowest driver's hip point of any Toyota then in production. The 2011 launch release put the centre of gravity at 460mm.

The FA20 boxer engine and D-4S injection

The engine is Subaru's FA20, a naturally aspirated 1,998cc horizontally opposed four with double overhead camshafts and 16 valves. Its bore and stroke are both 86mm, which Toyota tied to the car's name, and it runs a 12.5:1 compression ratio. Toyota's D-4S system gives each cylinder two injectors, one firing directly into the cylinder and one into the port. It makes 197bhp (147kW) high in the revs, at 7,000rpm, and 205Nm between 6,400 and 6,600rpm, and the 2017 tachometer was turned so that 7,000rpm sits at the top of the dial.

Chassis, handling, steering and grip

Suspension is by MacPherson struts at the front and double wishbones at the rear, with ventilated discs at both ends (294mm front, 290mm rear), and the electric power steering has a 13.1:1 ratio. The standard tyre is a 215/45 R17, in line with Tada's rule of ordinary tyres; SkiddMark wrote in 2011 that the narrow footprint was "designed to make the GT 86 fun to steer (and slide) at road speeds". A torque-sensing limited-slip differential was standard on every UK car, including the cheaper Primo of 2014. The bonnet is aluminium and the front wings thinner sheet steel. The roof has a "pagoda" shape that Toyota says plays a part in the airflow, and the drag coefficient is 0.27.

At launch the switchable VSC stability control system had three modes; the 2017 car has four settings, from full stability and traction control through a VSC Sport mode to Track. The 2017 press pack says the stiffer bodyshell and softer damping improved the ride as well as handling and steering feel, and the launch release says the driving position, like the engine, was set "as low and as far back as possible". Autocar's nearly-new buying guide found that in damp conditions the back end steps out sooner than expected but progressively, and that the ride soaks up speed bumps, potholes and motorway expansion joints.

Interior, boot and practicality

The interior is a 2+2 with low front sports seats and a one-piece folding rear seat back, and Toyota called the car the world's most compact four-seater sports car. The 2017 specification sheet gives an interior length of 1,615mm, a cabin height of 1,060mm and 391 litres of luggage space, with an electric boot release. The 2012 car's 365mm steering wheel was the smallest Toyota had fitted to a production car. Standard equipment on the 2017 GT86 included dual-zone climate control, cruise control, keyless entry, LED headlights and the Toyota Touch 2 touchscreen with DAB, and the 2012 car came in seven colours. Launch cars had black cloth seats as standard with leather and Alcantara as an option, red stitching, aluminium pedals and aviation-style toggle switches; the 2017 GT86 Pro added leather and Alcantara seats, heated fronts and a suede-effect dashboard. Autocar's guide calls most of the cabin plastics "rather hard and hollow-sounding", finds the space up front fine and says rear seat space is "only really any good for short trips".

Toyota GT86 specifications and performance

A standard manual GT86 reaches 62mph in 7.6 to 7.7 seconds (Toyota quoted both figures in different years) and 140mph; the automatic is about half a second slower and tops out at 130mph.

Sources: Toyota (GB) 2017 GT86 press pack and technical specifications, Toyota's 2011 launch release and its February 2013 GT86 TRD release.

How fast is a Toyota GT86?

The GT86 is slower than the fastest hot hatchbacks of its day, a point raised before launch: in November 2011 SkiddMark asked whether "197 bhp and 1180 kg will feel exciting enough in an age when fast hatchbacks deliver more than 300 bhp". The answer at the time came on track. Driven by Adrian Smith of Fensport with Autocar's Steve Sutcliffe, a GT86 on a standard engine and gearbox won the Toyota Sprint Series round at Barkston Heath on 12 August 2012 in 54.55 seconds, six hundredths ahead of a modified Celica GT-Four, Toyota reported. Autocar's nearly-new guide adds that the engine has to be revved hard on the road because it lacks the low-down torque of a turbocharged engine.

GT86 models and special editions in the UK

Toyota's UK line-up had one GT86 grade at launch and eight further models and special editions by 2018, most of them painted or trimmed versions of the same 197bhp car; the 2014 range revision called it "still a car that is all about the pure pleasure of driving". The table gives the official on-the-road prices at launch and the number of each that the DVLA still recorded in Great Britain in mid-2026, licensed or declared off the road (SORN), from the Department for Transport's VEH0120 table.

Prices from Toyota (GB) releases of March 2012, February 2013, October 2014, June 2015, May 2017 and May 2018 and the 2017 press pack; DVLA figures are licensed plus SORN cars in VEH0120 at 2026 Q2, counted under the model name each car is registered with. The 2017 base GT86 cost £25,945 manual and £27,495 automatic in October 2016, by the price table in the September 2016 release.

GT86 TRD

The TRD was the first UK model to use genuine Toyota Racing Development (TRD) parts for a production grade, the February 2013 release said. Its 250 cars had TRD parts: 18-inch TF6 alloy wheels, deep front and side skirts, a rear bumper spoiler and quad exhausts with a diffuser. They came in Pearl White or GT86 Black, with unchanged performance. SkiddMark called it "what amounts to a styling upgrade" that set the Toyota apart from the BRZ, and noted the automatic cost £1,500 more for a slower car.

Primo, Aero and Giallo

The October 2014 range revision cut the entry price by £2,115 with the manual-only Primo, which kept the limited-slip differential but lost keyless entry, cruise control and the HID headlights. The Aero added a bodykit, large rear spoiler and 18-inch OZ Ultraleggera wheels. The Giallo was yellow metallic with black leather seats, and its 86 cars were each numbered.

Blanco, Orange Edition and Blue Edition

The Blanco of 2015 was GT White Pearl with red and grey stripes, 18-inch anthracite wheels embossed "GT86" and a numbered plaque. The Orange Edition of May 2017 opened Toyota's "Club Series", in triple-coat Solar Orange paint with orange stitching. The Blue Edition of June 2018 was Electric Blue with black details and offered a Performance Pack with dampers by Sachs, larger Brembo brakes with red callipers (for more stopping power and better pedal feel, Toyota said) and black 17-inch wheels, for £30,455 manual.

What to check when buying a used Toyota GT86

The known issues to check on a used Toyota GT86 are the engine's oil leaks and fuel pump, the valve-spring recall and any engine work done after it, rust on the body and subframes, a baulky second gear and trim rattles. Autocar's nearly-new buying guide of November 2021 advises checking for crash damage and poor repairs, and notes that accident-damaged early cars are advertised for as little as £8,000.

Engine issues: oil leaks, misfires and the fuel pump

Look under the engine for oil leaks. Autocar's guide names the right-hand cylinder head gasket, and Autocar's used review of the GT86 (2012–2021) adds the camshaft blanking plates (a gasket job) and the cam chain cover (a much bigger one). The same guide says misfires may be cured by an ECU remap, and that on pre-2014 cars the cause may be a faulty coil pack. A high-pitched chirp at idle is the high-pressure fuel pump: a US technical service bulletin S-SB-0023-12 describes "a high pitch chirp or squeak noise" from the pump "when the engine is fully warmed up and idling" on 2013–14 FR-S models, and the repair was a new pump assembly.

Recalls, valve springs and engines rebuilt after the recall

On reliability, the DVSA's recall file lists two GT86 recalls in nine years of UK sales, one for valve springs on early cars and one for the power steering control unit, and a seller should be able to show both in the service history.

Source: DVSA vehicle recalls file, downloaded 27 October 2026. In the United States the same valve-spring fault was recall 18V-772 for the 2013 Scion FR-S and BRZ, which the NHTSA filing says can cause an engine malfunction or stall.

Every UK GT86 built from April 2012 to May 2013 should have had new valve springs under recall R/2018/305, so ask for the paperwork. The repair means taking the engine apart, and in the United States it went wrong on some cars: The Drive reported in 2019 that an FT86Club owners' list of engine failures after the recall work had reached 75 cars (62 Scion FR-S and 13 Subaru BRZ), against 11 valve spring failures that had triggered the recall, and that owners had brought a class action against the two makers. The Drive's report concerned US cars; the DVSA file lists no further UK recall for the repair.

Body and subframe rust

Autocar's guide reports corrosion around the bottom of the quarter-light pillar, at the base of the side windows and door pillar near the mirrors, and under the front bonnet weather seal, and misted-up tail-light lenses, which Toyota replaced on cars still under warranty. Autocar's used review names the front and rear subframes as the main places for rust underneath, so look at both on a ramp.

Gearbox, tyres and interior

Check that second gear goes in cleanly from cold: Autocar's guide says the triple-cone synchromesh can be slow when cold, giving a "graunchy change", and that technicians recommend fresh gearbox oil. Standard cars wore Michelin Primacy tyres, and some owners have replaced the Primacy with 225-section rubber on wider wheels. Inside, the guide lists rattles from the rear seats and trim, parcel shelf and lower dashboard, and a gear-lever rattle above 4,000rpm on early cars that was dealt with under warranty; check that the rear seats fold and their release buttons work.

Servicing and warranty

Every GT86 came with Toyota's five-year, 100,000-mile new car warranty, which ran out on the last new cars in early 2026, so ask for a full service record. A dealer service now also buys warranty cover. Under Toyota Relax, launched on 1 June 2021 and now called the Service Activated Warranty, each scheduled full or interim service at an official dealer adds cover until the next scheduled service, up to the car's tenth birthday or 100,000 miles, whatever its earlier history; that leaves GT86s first registered from late 2016 still eligible in October 2026 if they are under 100,000 miles. It does not cover wear and tear items, bodywork, paint, interior trim or maintenance parts, nor any fault present when the car is serviced; Toyota said the warranty would add to a car's value when it is sold.

Toyota GT86 prices and values today

On the used market a GT86 costs from about £10,000 for an early car to about £22,000 for a late GT86 Pro, with special editions and imports higher. On 27 October 2026 PistonHeads Classifieds reported 32 GT86s for sale.

The Blue Edition at £28,490 cost £29,980 new in 2018; a 2012 car cost £24,995 new.

Toyota GT86 running costs: road tax, fuel and MOT

A GT86 registered before April 2017 pays vehicle tax by its CO2 band, and one registered from April 2017 pays the flat rate. The press pack put the standard manual GT86 in band I and the standard automatic in band G; the TRD manual, at 192g/km, falls in band J and the TRD automatic, at 181g/km, in band I; on the GOV.UK rate tables in October 2026 that is £360 a year for band I (176–185g/km), £410 for band J (186–200g/km) and £275 for band G (151–165g/km), while later cars pay the standard rate of £200, with no extra charge because no GT86 listed above £40,000. Official combined economy was 36.2 mpg for the manual and 39.8 mpg for the automatic on the old NEDC test. Every GT86 is now more than three years old, so it needs an MOT every year on the anniversary of its last one, under the GOV.UK MOT rules.

Toyota GT86 vs Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S

The GT86, Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S are one car built on one line in Gunma. When the production BRZ appeared at Tokyo in 2011, SkiddMark expected "most of the differences between the two cars to be mainly aesthetic"; the Toyota wears an "86" badge of four drifting tyres between two boxer pistons just ahead of each A-pillar, which the BRZ does not.

Subaru BRZ

BRZ is Subaru's first rear-wheel-drive car, and the production car leaked out before the 2011 Tokyo show. In Britain Subaru priced it from £24,995 to £27,995 on the road in May 2012, identical to the GT86, in SE and SE Lux trims; the Lux added only heated leather seats, and the automatic cost £1,500 more. In June 2012 Subaru's product planning chief Toshio Masuda said turbocharging, all-wheel drive and larger engines were all on the list.

Scion FR-S and the Toyota 86 in North America

In the United States and Canada the car went on sale as the Scion FR-S, under the Scion brand, Toyota's label for younger buyers. When Toyota closed Scion in 2016, the FR-S became the Toyota 86 for the 2017 model year; The Car Guide reported that the renamed car got new bumpers, LED lights, revised shocks and springs, and 5hp more on manual cars.

The Toyota GT86 in motorsport

The GT86 raced from its first year: it won its class at the Nürburgring 24 Hours in May 2012, finished eighth overall in the Britcar 24 Hours that September, and in 2015 became the first new rear-wheel-drive rally car homologated by the FIA this century.

Nürburgring 24 Hours

Gazoo Racing entered two GT86s alongside a Lexus LFA at the 40th Nürburgring 24 Hours in May 2012, with Toyota's own staff as mechanics. The GT86 race report gives the No. 166 Gazoo Racing GT86 first in the SP3 class and 46th overall after 129 laps, the No. 165 third in class, and the Toyota Swiss Racing GT86 first in the V3 class, 78th overall. The company later said that data from these races shaped the 2017 car's Track mode.

Britcar 24 Hours and British racing

Team Toyota GB's near-standard GT86 finished eighth overall and third in class in the Britcar 24 Hours at Silverstone on 23 September 2012, covering 512 laps and 1,874 miles. Its drivers were double BTCC champion Chris Hodgetts, his son Stefan, evo's Richard Meaden and Travis drummer Neil Primrose, and preparer GPRM said the only work needed was about half a litre of oil. GPRM's Gary Blackham and Roger King went on to build a turbocharged GT4 car with an engine from Nicholson McLaren that they expected to give "between 360 and 400 bhp", SkiddMark reported in February 2013.

GT86 CS-R3 rally car

Toyota Motorsport GmbH's GT86 CS-R3 gained FIA homologation in October 2015, making it the first rear-wheel-drive car in rallying's R3 class and eligible for any FIA rally including the WRC, Toyota announced. Its engine gave 232hp and 235Nm through a six-speed sequential gearbox, and the car weighed a regulation minimum of 1,080kg; it ran in the HJS R3 Trophy within the German Rally Championship from 2016.

Drifting

The best-known drift GT86 is Fredric Aasbø's Toyota 86-X, which the 2017 press pack lists with a 1,156bhp 3.4-litre turbocharged 2JZ-GTE straight six. Aasbø, from Norway, won the Formula Drift championship in 2015, and the GT86 farewell release says he used a modified car to draw a giant 86 logo in tyre marks on the skid pan at Millbrook, big enough to be seen by satellite.

Toyota GT86 tuning and modified cars

Britain's tuners had kits for the GT86 within months of launch. ROAD magazine's October 2012 issue showed three: JRM Racing and Sumo Power's GT4-style GT86, Litchfield's Performance Pack for the Subaru BRZ, and the GT86 sprint car of Fensport, whose car had won at Barkston Heath. Toyota's own GT86 Initial D concept of 2016, built by its UK special projects department, used Japanese-market parts such as TRD suspension, a Fujitsubo exhaust and RS Watanabe wheels. Joe Clifford of that team said the GT86 "was developed as a car that would appeal to enthusiasts, whether in standard trim or as an exploitable base for further modifications", in the June 2016 release.

Every UK model kept the standard 197bhp engine, and Toyota never built the FT-86 Open convertible shown at Geneva in March 2013.

How many Toyota GT86s were sold?

Toyota sold 7,479 new GT86s in the UK between 2012 and 2020; worldwide it passed 170,000 by October 2016, according to the 2017 press pack, and 200,000 by April 2021.

Source: Toyota (GB), Toyota passenger car sales by model, 1965–2026, read 27 October 2026.

How many GT86s are left in the UK?

The DVLA held 6,499 Toyota GT86s on its record in June 2026: 6,075 licensed for the road and 424 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed figure peaked at 6,545 at the end of 2020, and the off-road count has doubled since mid-2020, from 206 to 424.

Toyota GT86 rivals

The GT86's closest rival is its own twin, the Subaru BRZ, which cost the same in 2012; the other cars buyers compare it with are the Mazda MX-5 roadster, the Audi TT and the BMW Z4, the Porsche Cayman and the GT86's successor, the GR86. ROAD magazine's cult car issue compared its "right" power level with Mazda's roadster, and for anyone who needs five seats the alternative in Autocar's nearly-new guide is the Volkswagen Golf R hatchback. On the DVLA record in June 2026 there were 889 BRZs and 1,443 GR86s in Great Britain against 6,499 GT86s.

Toyota GT86 reception and awards

The GT86 was Top Gear magazine's Car of the Year for 2012, and the Vehicle Dynamics International awards named it, jointly with the BRZ, their Car of the Year. In the release on the Top Gear award the magazine's motoring editor Oliver Marriage said he would "rather spend 30 seconds wringing the GT86 up to speed than three seconds being pummelled by the McLaren", after the GT86 won the magazine's Speed Week against a McLaren MP4-12C, a Porsche 911 Carrera S and a Lotus Exige S. At the VDI awards Tada and his Subaru counterpart Toshio Masuda shared Dynamicist of the Year, and the February 2013 TRD release says the car was shortlisted for both European and World Car of the Year. Honest John (honestjohn.co.uk) named it Performance Car of the Year in 2013 and 2014.

ROAD magazine called the GT86 and BRZ instant cult cars in October 2012, "even before their launch to the public", for their focus on being "driver's cars", their low centre of gravity and the flat-four from the Toyota and Subaru partnership.

What came next: the GR86

The GR86, revealed on 5 April 2021 by Toyota Gazoo Racing and Subaru, replaced the GT86 on the same front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, with a 2,387cc version of the boxer engine, a body around 50% stiffer in torsion and almost the same dimensions. The world premiere release gave a preliminary kerb weight of 1,270kg; the UK specification sheet of May 2022 lists 231bhp (172kW) at 7,000rpm, 250Nm at 3,700rpm, 0–62mph in 6.3 seconds with the manual and 1,276–1,316kg. In Britain it cost £29,995 with one trim, and CAR magazine reported that the whole two-year UK allocation sold within 90 minutes on 20 April 2022. The UK sales history counts 1,544 GR86s sold in the UK.

Questions

Is the Toyota GT86 turbocharged?

No. Every factory GT86 has the naturally aspirated 2.0-litre FA20 flat-four; chief engineer Tetsuya Tada ruled out a turbocharger from the start. Turbocharged GT86s, such as GPRM's GT4 racer, are aftermarket conversions.

What does GT86 stand for?

The 86 refers to the AE86 Corolla of 1983 to 1987, known in Japan as the Hachi-Roku ("eight-six"), and to the engine's 86mm bore and stroke. Toyota added GT for Europe "in tribute to Toyota's GT car heritage"; in Japan the car was simply the 86.

Who makes the Toyota GT86?

Subaru built every GT86, BRZ and Scion FR-S at its Gunma Main Plant in Ota, Japan, where production started with a line-off ceremony on 16 March 2012. Subaru also supplied the engine.

Is the GT86 a four-seater?

It is a 2+2 with two small rear seats, which Toyota called the world's most compact four-seat sports car. The rear seat back folds down in one piece.

Does the GT86 have a limited-slip differential?

Yes. A torque-sensing limited-slip differential was standard on every UK GT86 from 2012, including the cheaper Primo of 2014 and the Club Series editions.

How much is road tax on a Toyota GT86?

As of October 2026, a standard manual GT86 registered before April 2017 is in band I at £360 a year, a standard automatic in band G at £275, a TRD manual (192g/km) in band J at £410 and a TRD automatic (181g/km) in band I. A car first registered from April 2017 pays the standard rate of £200.

What goes wrong with a Toyota GT86?

The common faults are oil leaks (from the right-hand cylinder head gasket, the camshaft blanking plates or the cam chain cover), a chirping high-pressure fuel pump, rust on the body and subframes, a slow second gear when cold and trim rattles. Cars built from April 2012 to May 2013 were recalled for new valve springs.

Is the Toyota GT86 reliable?

The DVSA lists two GT86 recalls in Britain, for valve springs on 2012–13 cars and for the power steering control unit on cars built to March 2015. A dealer service now adds manufacturer warranty cover until the car is ten years old or has done 100,000 miles.

Is the GR86 the same as the GT86?

No. The GR86 of 2021 is the second generation, with a 2.4-litre version of the boxer engine and a body Toyota says is around 50% stiffer in torsion, on almost the same dimensions.

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