The Toyota GT86 has been aired in the Chinese market at the Beijing Auto Show alongside the Subaru BRZ last year, this year the much hyped car is set to launch on Chinese roads.

The GT86 has been lauded in overseas markets, especially in the USA where it prices in at 26,000USD. Chinese prices are expected to be closer to 300,000RMB when it launches, which is more like 48,000USD after import taxes take their toll on the car price.

Chinese hot heads don’t have much in the way of choice when it comes to affordable performance vehicles, the Golf GTI sells for around 230,000RMB and the R version for circa 370,000RMB, another potential competitor is the 2.0T Rohens Coupe from Hyundai. The Western media have been fawning over the model, which might give the GT86 a certain aura when it lands in China in the next few months.