Until now, my entire knowledge of the Toyota Picnic extended to this:- It was, at launch, the slowest-accelerating new car available to buy in the UK
- My slightly batty Economics teacher had one
...and that was it. But thanks to an intriguing post from Pistonheads, the world is now aware of the Picnic GT4, which is a real thing that exists. Honest.
It's not a ropey home-brew either, but a technical exercise by Toyota GB's Gatwick boffins. It's got a near-200bhp turbocharged twin-cam from a Celica GT4, while the utilitarian interior has been spruced up with a full retrim in Connolly hide. The suspension is lower and stiffer, there's a subtle bodykit, and the 17" Team Dynamics alloys hide beefier brakes. This is, then, perhaps the ultimate sleeper: a car so anonymous that nobody cares that it exists, and those that have noticed it have sidelined it as a sluggish dullard. Imagine the fun you could have at the traffic lights...
Read all about it here.
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