The order books for the Toyota GR86 opened in the United Kingdom on April 20 last year but closed just 90 minutes later. The sports coupe’s entire two-year run in the UK was sold out within just an hour and a half with no plans for additional production at the time. Now, however, the Japanese firm finally makes the GR86 available again and this time around, it will use a chronological purchasing process.
When Toyota closed the order banks last year, it still had a long waiting list of potential customers who signed for the then-new GR86. “In the spirit of fairness,” Toyota says, the new online purchasing process will be based on chronological order – those who placed pre-orders first will be the first to get the chance to buy the sports coupe now. If another sell-out situation occurs, Toyota will continue to operate a waiting list with potential customers for future production plans.
