Toyota Brings Back The Hakone Edition For The 2025 GR86

Toyota is bringing back the Hakone Edition for the current GR86.

The new special edition is based on the 2025 Toyota GR86’s Premium trim with your choice of six-speed manual or automatic transmission. Hakone editions get 18-inch bronze wheels, unique badging, the Premium trim’s ducktail spoiler, and black accents. Equipment is pulled from the existing 86 lineup, with the car’s updated SACHS dampers and Brembo brakes.

Inside, Hakone models will swap the Premium’s black leather for tan, and get their own unique shift knob. Of course, there’s a plaque telling you how special your special edition is — a bit of semantics that’s practically required of any special edition car. Only 860 will be made for 2025, but we hope the color will at least enter regular production because it is clearly the best part.

The GR86 as a whole sees updates for 2025. Dampers have been retuned for “handling response and a sense of ground contact.” Toyota has revised the car’s accelerator map to make blipping the throttle a little easier, something we’re grateful for given the somewhat awkward pedal spacing between brake and gas.

Other software changes include a more direct throttle response, and the car’s ePAS system will now feature a more responsive feel. Toyota has also made the ‘25 GR86 a hair stiffer thanks to more structure adhesive in the car’s underbody. Pricing isn’t out yet, but the Trueno Edition GR86 lands close to $35,000 USD, and we’re expecting the Hakone to land somewhere in that ballpark.

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