Toyobaru FT-86 Revealed!
10-06-2009, 08:21 AM
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Toyobaru FT-86 Revealed!
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TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. goes sporty at this months' Tokyo Motor Show, unveiling its vision for a sport coupe being jointly developed with Subaru.
The Toyota-badged car, dubbed the FT-86 Concept, is the spiritual successor to the AE86 sport coupe of the 1980s, which was based on the Corolla. Like its boxy predecessor, the FT-86 Concept is compact, lightweight and has a low center of gravity.
But the styling is modernized with a rounded, sleek silhouette.
The FT-86 is Toyota's concept for a sporty coupe being undertaken with Fuji Heavy Industries Inc., the company that manufactures Subaru vehicles. While it is fitted with a 2.0-liter boxer engine from Subaru, the overall design was created by Toyota's ED2 styling studio in France. Even the blue-red metallic paint was specially developed by Toyota.
Sports cars have to be red, but we wanted a new red,” said chief engineer Tetsuya Tada. “So we came up with shoujyouhi red, the traditional red color of a Japanese monkey's [backside].
Toyota and Fuji Heavy plan to start producing a sporty car in late 2011.
Toyota will be responsible for most of the engineering. Fuji Heavy will supply the horizontally opposed engine and manufacture the car at a Subaru plant.
The FT-86 seats four and has a front-engine, rear-drive layout. The boxer engine allows for a lower hood and gives the car a lower center of gravity.
Fuji Heavy won't comment on whether the FT-86 Concept is that car or not; Subaru won't be displaying a sports car at the Oct. 24-Nov. 4 Tokyo Motor Show. But the car clearly underscores new President Akio Toyoda's push for more muscular, fun-to-drive models.
Tada said Toyota wants the FT-86's sticker price to be in the $20,000 range. It won't sell if it's over 3 million yen ($30,000), he said. The price has to appeal to regular customers.
The car seats four and has a front-engine, rear-drive layout. The boxer engine allows for a lower hood and gives the FT-86 a lower center of gravity. Key to the design was maximizing fuel efficiency by reducing weight and creating a compact design, Tada said.
Tada also said it gets a dedicated chassis, noting that “enthusiasts don't want a shared platform.
TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. goes sporty at this months' Tokyo Motor Show, unveiling its vision for a sport coupe being jointly developed with Subaru.
The Toyota-badged car, dubbed the FT-86 Concept, is the spiritual successor to the AE86 sport coupe of the 1980s, which was based on the Corolla. Like its boxy predecessor, the FT-86 Concept is compact, lightweight and has a low center of gravity.
But the styling is modernized with a rounded, sleek silhouette.
The FT-86 is Toyota's concept for a sporty coupe being undertaken with Fuji Heavy Industries Inc., the company that manufactures Subaru vehicles. While it is fitted with a 2.0-liter boxer engine from Subaru, the overall design was created by Toyota's ED2 styling studio in France. Even the blue-red metallic paint was specially developed by Toyota.
Sports cars have to be red, but we wanted a new red,” said chief engineer Tetsuya Tada. “So we came up with shoujyouhi red, the traditional red color of a Japanese monkey's [backside].
Toyota and Fuji Heavy plan to start producing a sporty car in late 2011.
Toyota will be responsible for most of the engineering. Fuji Heavy will supply the horizontally opposed engine and manufacture the car at a Subaru plant.
The FT-86 seats four and has a front-engine, rear-drive layout. The boxer engine allows for a lower hood and gives the car a lower center of gravity.
Fuji Heavy won't comment on whether the FT-86 Concept is that car or not; Subaru won't be displaying a sports car at the Oct. 24-Nov. 4 Tokyo Motor Show. But the car clearly underscores new President Akio Toyoda's push for more muscular, fun-to-drive models.
Tada said Toyota wants the FT-86's sticker price to be in the $20,000 range. It won't sell if it's over 3 million yen ($30,000), he said. The price has to appeal to regular customers.
The car seats four and has a front-engine, rear-drive layout. The boxer engine allows for a lower hood and gives the FT-86 a lower center of gravity. Key to the design was maximizing fuel efficiency by reducing weight and creating a compact design, Tada said.
Tada also said it gets a dedicated chassis, noting that “enthusiasts don't want a shared platform.
10-06-2009, 11:27 AM
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As a concept, of course it'll get "smoothed out" a bit in the styling if it makes it into production... but THIS is exactly what Toyota needs to bridge Scion owners. Well, tC owners specifically.
One of the original ideas for Scion was to be a stepping stone to the rest of the Toyota family, but there has been NOTHING that most Scion owners would buy from the Toyota nameplate.
But at just over $20k, I bet a few tC owners will be lining up to get a shot at one of these (myself included).
Autoblog link as well: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/06/t...k-the-hachiro/
One of the original ideas for Scion was to be a stepping stone to the rest of the Toyota family, but there has been NOTHING that most Scion owners would buy from the Toyota nameplate.
But at just over $20k, I bet a few tC owners will be lining up to get a shot at one of these (myself included).
Autoblog link as well: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/06/t...k-the-hachiro/
10-06-2009, 01:06 PM
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a car exactly like that looks like at least in the 30K range.. i wouldnt mind having one though.. the car looks good but yeah its a concept car. I would get this over a genesis coupe
10-06-2009, 01:13 PM
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Yes this is very nice looking for a concept. I wouldn't mind having one.
here is the autoblog post
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/06/t...k-the-hachiro/
here is the autoblog post
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/06/t...k-the-hachiro/
10-06-2009, 02:10 PM
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Definitely NOT the next tC. This is the "toyobaru." Two totally different things.
10-06-2009, 02:13 PM
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Maybe I missed a thread somewhere but wasn't there a lot of speculation about the toyobaru being released as a Scion? I know there was talk about the Fuse being the next tC but I haven't seen anything new about that.
10-06-2009, 03:50 PM
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Apparent CG video of it in "action" ... but I can't see it yet b/c the internet is being THAT slow at work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oOXdKcdpZ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oOXdKcdpZ8
10-06-2009, 04:42 PM
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Anyone else catch where they said it was the color of a monkey's bum?
Nice concept, will be interesting to see what a production version ends up being and if Toyo will revive the Celica or Supra nameplate. Something tells me Toyobaru won't be a very catchy name.
Nice concept, will be interesting to see what a production version ends up being and if Toyo will revive the Celica or Supra nameplate. Something tells me Toyobaru won't be a very catchy name.
