---
title: "Toyota Breaks Out the Orange for Another Special Edition GR86"
description: "Stop me if you've heard this one before: Toyota is here with another special edition [of the 86 platform]() with a new color, new wheels, and the same rock-solid boxer-four. The 2023 Toyota 86 Special Edition is limited to 860…"
date: "2022-06-01"
modified: "2022-06-01"
authors:
  - name: "Victoria Scott"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/victoria-scott"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/toyota-breaks-out-the-orange-for-another-new-special-edition-gr86"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Toyota News"
tags:
  - "compact"
  - "Coupe"
  - "GR86"
  - "new cars"
  - "sports car"
  - "Toyota"
  - "Toyota 86"
---

# Toyota Breaks Out the Orange for Another Special Edition GR86

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/01/2023_GR-86_SpecialEdition_SolarShift_002-2.jpg>)
*\<em\>Toyota\</em\>*

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Toyota is here with another special edition [of the 86 platform](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2022-toyota-gr86-review-sports-car-life-on-a-budget>) with a new color, new wheels, and the same rock-solid boxer-four. The 2023 Toyota 86 Special Edition is limited to 860 units this time around and offers an attractively eye-grabbing shade of orange known as Solar Shift.

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/01/2023_GR-86_SpecialEdition_SolarShift_005-scaled.jpg>)
*Toyota*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/01/2023_GR-86_SpecialEdition_SolarShift_003.jpg>)
*Toyota*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/01/2023_GR-86_SpecialEdition_SolarShift_004.jpg>)
*Toyota*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/01/2023_GR-86_SpecialEdition_SolarShift_006.jpg>)
*Toyota*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/01/2023_GR-86_SpecialEdition_SolarShift_008-scaled.jpg>)
*Toyota*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/01/2023_GR-86_SpecialEdition_SolarShift_001.jpg>)
*Toyota*

The tangerine machine also gets unique snowflake-pattern forged matte black wheels, an exclusive rear spoiler, and a Gazoo Racing catback exhaust to give the standard boxer-four a better tone. The special edition also boasts embossed GR logos in the interior and on the matte-black exhaust tips. Beyond its eye-grabbing paint and more-pronounced boxer rumble, it's powered by the same GR86 Toyota devotees know and love, right down to the 2.4-liter boxer that spits 228 horsepower to the rear wheels.

If this whole package sounds somewhat [familiar](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27732/2020-toyota-86-hakone-edition-is-painted-in-gorgeous-british-racing-green-and-headed-to-the-us>) (dress up an 86 in a new color with nice wheels), [well](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22347/2019-toyota-86-trd-special-edition-instant-collector>), it [absolutely](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/10318/toyota-gt86-orange-edition-released-in-the-u-k>) is [for](<https://pressroom.toyota.com/scion-frs-release-series-1-arrives-dealerships/>) the [Subaru](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23591/2019-subaru-brz-gets-its-own-series-gray-limited-edition>)/[Toyota](<https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15350951/scion-announces-un-lame-fr-s-release-series-2-0-just-1000-will-be-built/>) group [project](<https://www.motor1.com/news/404436/subaru-brz-final-edition-specs/>); I believe this is Toyota's sixth special version of the platform in the United States (previous versions being the [Scion FR-S Special Edition 1.0](<https://pressroom.toyota.com/scion-frs-release-series-1-arrives-dealerships/>), [FR-S Special Edition 2.0](<https://pressroom.toyota.com/image/2016-scion-fr-s-release-series-2-0-009/>), [GT86 Hakone Edition](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27732/2020-toyota-86-hakone-edition-is-painted-in-gorgeous-british-racing-green-and-headed-to-the-us>), [GT86 TRD Special Edition](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22347/2019-toyota-86-trd-special-edition-instant-collector>), and the [860 Special Edition](<https://pressroom.toyota.com/2017-toyota-860-special-edition/>)). Notably, this edition is missing the same thing that all the previous special variants omitted: a[ turbo](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/2759/unpopular-opinion-the-subaru-brz-scion-fr-s-doesnt-need-a-turbo>) or any extra power. Pricing is not available yet, but expect it to cost more than a standard GR86, as Toyota notes that this limited-run special is based on the top-trim Premium.

I enjoy the color combination; black-on-orange is a good mix, although it reminds me heavily of the 860 Special Edition, which also used an exclusive orange paint with black accents to distinguish it from the rest of the *not-*special 86's milling around in your neighborhood. And at the end of the day, it's still an affordable sports coupe in an unabashedly look-at-me color, so really, what's not to love?

## Author
Victoria Scott is a former staff writer for The Drive. She began in the automotive industry as a freelancer in early 2021, fresh out of a programming job at NASA Mission Control.

### Author social links  
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