Car by Autocar; Performance Car by Auto Express. In Australia, the 86 was awarded the following titles in 2012: Car of the Year award by Wheels magazine, Carsguide, and Drive (shared with Subaru BRZ); Best Performance Car under and People's Choice again by Drive; People's Choice Best Performance Car under by Carsales (shared with Subaru BRZ). Other awards received include: 2012 Car of the Year in New Zealand (Toyota 86 and GT86); 2012 Best Affordable Sports Car by US News (Scion FR-S); 2012 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick in the US (Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ); 2013 10Best List by the American Car and Driver (Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ); 2012-2013 Japan Car of the Year "Special Award" (Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ). The Subaru BRZ was also crowned: Fun-est Car of the Year by Top Gear Australia (against the Toyota 86, BMW M135i, Porsche 911 Carrera, Audi RS5, Ford Focus ST, and Renault Megane RS265); 2012 Sports Car of the Year by France's Échappement; 2013 Best Sports Car by Canada's Auto123. In addition, the Toyota-Subaru D-4S boxer engine was named one of Ward's 10 Best Engines in 2013. Motorsport Super GT In 2011 Subaru unveiled the Super BRZ Concept STi and their latest entry in the Super GT series GT300-category. R&D Sport developed the BRZ GT300 to replace their Legacy for the 2012 season using the EJ20 engine. The Toyota 86 MC also competes in the GT300, but unlike the BRZ GT300 it is based on a standard Super GT Dome-produced "mother chassis" and GT Association-branded Nissan V8 engine. Only the name and body style are shared with the production car. In 2016 VivaC team Tsuchiya's 86 MC won the GT300 driver and team championships, with Takeshi Tsuchiya and Takamitsu Matsui at the wheel. In 2021, Subaru unveiled the new BRZ GT300 based on the second-generation BRZ, followed by Toyota unveiling the new GR86 GT300 in 2022. They were built around the road car instead of a predefined mother chassis, with advanced aerodynamics and a lightweight body. The BRZ GT300 is powered by an updated version of the same EJ20 turbocharged flat-four racing engine as its predecessor. The GR86 GT300 is powered by a naturally-aspirated TRD 5.4 litre 2UR-GSE racing engine and features a Hewland six-speed sequential transmission. The Toyota GR86 GT300 is 50 kg lighter, with a shorter wheelbase and overall length compared to the