Automobile's review of the 2017 GT86 is up now, and it contained this:
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Unfortunately, the throttle and brake pedals are just a bit too far apart for easy heel-and-toe downshifts — a result, Tada says, of the fallout from Toyota’s unintended acceleration debacle earlier this decade.
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The twins aren't the only cars with this issue; I have suspected for a while that the greater horizontal pedal spacing (along with changes in relative heights and depths) seen in current manually-equipped cars have been made by manufacturers to reduce the likelihood a fumble-footed driver will hit the wrong pedal - at the expense of being able to easily negotiate heel-toe shifting. Another argument for adding switchable rev-matching (auto-blipping) to modern manuals.
Another interesting tidbit - seems likely the strengthening of the chassis with the refresh was not a preparation for any future power boost:
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Toyota and Subaru engineered this chassis to accommodate a convertible version without the need for heavy bracing, but that won’t happen with this generation model. Tada would like a convertible from the get-go for a second-generation model, but he hinted that Toyota has yet to sign off on an 86 Mark II.
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