Anyone own any Exotic cars?

GR for Gazoo Racing, Toyota's motorsports division: https://toyotagazooracing.com/

86 in reference to the AE86 model of the mid-80s, a lightweight, rear-drive performance model in the Corolla line-up of that era, famous in multiple disciplines of motorsports.

First generation BRZ/FRS(Scion)/GT86(Toyota) were all the same... the 2.0L flat four had a somewhat flawed tune resulting in a torque dip right in the powerband where you need torque the most. Wrung out to redline you didn't feel it as much, but who wants to drive at redline all day long?

The second generation, 2022+, is again a fundamentally shared design, though the engine was opened up 20%, and properly tuned this time. (The aforementioned torque dip on the previous generation could be eliminated with some deft programming and time on a dyno... nobody knows why this wasn't done at the factory.) Subaru and Toyota went in different directions with some finer elements though. Subaru put a Cusco LSD in theirs, while Toyota went with Torsen, The throttle pedal response is slightly more aggressive in the GR86, as is the suspension. The BRZ erred on the side is neutral steering and comfort, while the 86 is mildly tail-happy and a little less refined on imperfect roads. Car & Driver did a nice video showing how much "personal engineering" the two brands put into their respective models: LINK

Can't blame anyone for not noticing Toyota.... they did go through a decade or two of making cars that could be mistaken for appliances. Thankfully the current president Akio Toyoda (and grandson of the company founder) is an absolute petrol-head. Every cool vehicle that the company has produced over the past 15+ years is entirely thanks to him. Heck, he started racing in 2007 with the Lexus LF-A at the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring under a pseudonym because certain people back home in Japan thought it was irresponsible for the president to be out racing cars. He still competes when he can. He went as far as to appoint himself as an official test driver for their performance division (the GR cars) and at one point wrecked one on their private test-track, got out and stated that he "didn't like the feel of it".

And a small correction, evo ranked the GR86 2nd in their recent Car Of The Year issue, behind only the Maserati MC20. It ranked ahead of the Merc AMG SL55 (Sorry Lars), the BMW M4CSL, the Audi R8 V10, the Porsche Cayman GT4 RS, the Ferarri 296 GTB, and the McLaren Artura.

No problem as long as it was not ahead of my AMG E36... but in fact, I like Toyota and was doing the advertising for them in Sweden in the 70:s. Then the Celica was the hottest we got..!

Oh, that looks so good!

Just a skinny AMX..

During the late 70s/early 80s, I learned how to keep a load full of block and sand in the trunk.
Never, never, never give it the gas at a wet stop line.
Ser # 00550. I miss that car.

The evo test in question:


38 beautiful minutes... a feast for the eyes and ears.

This guy have some exotic cars, now for sale;

You can always go for the example that sold at auction recently... race prepped by Cavallino in Holland, and then subsequently upgraded by Michelotto to well north of 700hp. As great as a 911 may be, I doubt it would match the visceral experience of that F40.