This Is A Camry Pretending To Be A Four-Door Toyota 86 Sedan (Updated)

With only a few days left for the 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon, the crew at NATS has shared new images of the near-ready Toyota 86 sedan study. Check them all out in the gallery below. [Updated 1/7/2020]

There was a time when the internet was flooded with numerous Toyota GT86 renderings wearing a four-door body, followed usually by a what-if type of question – not to mention the silliest ever click-hungry rumors.

But at the upcoming Tokyo Auto Salon, we’ll get the chance to see a real-life example of a four-door Toyota GT86 or at least something that resembles it, as it will actually be built off a plain ol’ Toyota Camry. The study is currently receiving the final touches by Japan’s Nihon Automotive College (NATS) and its students.

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Instead of chopping an actual GT86 and lengthening it, which would have been the proper thing to do for purists, they went the other way and opted for dressing up a Toyota Camry in the clothes of the rear-driven sports coupe.

That means that the NATS LS86 concept we’re going to see in Tokyo on January 10 will look like an 86, but will drive like a Camry. In other words, a front-drive four-door sedan with less sporting pretensions than its looks suggest. Nevertheless a real-life four-door GT86 will attract a lot of attention from show visitors.

The study will retain the Camry’s factory powertrain as well, namely a naturally aspirated 2.5-liter four-cylinder petrol unit with 157 HP (160 PS) and 157 lb-ft (213 Nm) of torque. A bespoke body kit along with a set of 19-inch alloy wheels will complete the exterior changes. NATS’ four-door GT86 will also ride on Tein Street Advance coilover suspension for that perfect show-car stance.

The creative students of the Nihon Automotive College, which has given us -among other- that Mazda RX-8 in RX-Vision clothes, will have a full lineup of new concepts waiting at this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon, including a “Toyota A90 Supra Roadster”, which really is a Lexus LC400 underneath, and a Suzuki Cappuccino dressed as a Toyota 2000GT.