Toyota/Subaru FR sports car code-named 086A
02-18-2009, 06:44 PM
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Toyota/Subaru FR sports car code-named 086A
I thought I'd put this out there for you Scion/Toyota Heads just in case you haven't checked autoblog today.
ver the past few months, rumors have circulated that the joint venture between Toyota and Subaru to develop an affordable, front-engine, rear-wheel-drive coupe has been delayed. ToMoCo president, Akio Toyoda, sought to address those concerns at last month's Tokyo Auto Salon, and according to Toyota's new overlord, development is still underway.
Toyoda told the assembled masses that the new FR sports car is an essential part of the automaker's "rejuvenation" efforts to bring younger people into the fold, and a large part of that is price. The coupe is still expected to cost around 2,000,000 yen (a little over $21,000 US) and is set to go on sale in 2012. According to Toyoda, the production postponement has nothing to do with the delay in construction of the Toyota/Subaru factory, where the two-door was due to be built next year. Instead, Toyoda claims that the hold up is due to the adaption of Toyota's new D-4S direct injection system for the flat-four engine. Currently, the FR sports car is codenamed "086A," and for those of you schooled in the world of Hachirokus, that spells good things to come.
[Source: 7Tune | Image: Holiday Auto (colored by AB)]
ver the past few months, rumors have circulated that the joint venture between Toyota and Subaru to develop an affordable, front-engine, rear-wheel-drive coupe has been delayed. ToMoCo president, Akio Toyoda, sought to address those concerns at last month's Tokyo Auto Salon, and according to Toyota's new overlord, development is still underway.
Toyoda told the assembled masses that the new FR sports car is an essential part of the automaker's "rejuvenation" efforts to bring younger people into the fold, and a large part of that is price. The coupe is still expected to cost around 2,000,000 yen (a little over $21,000 US) and is set to go on sale in 2012. According to Toyoda, the production postponement has nothing to do with the delay in construction of the Toyota/Subaru factory, where the two-door was due to be built next year. Instead, Toyoda claims that the hold up is due to the adaption of Toyota's new D-4S direct injection system for the flat-four engine. Currently, the FR sports car is codenamed "086A," and for those of you schooled in the world of Hachirokus, that spells good things to come.
[Source: 7Tune | Image: Holiday Auto (colored by AB)]
02-18-2009, 07:23 PM
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I was a skeptic at first but with Toyota talking about "bringing younger people into the fold" coupled with discussing pricing so early on in production, makes me think it will be under a "pure-pricing" strategy...Something our scion crowd knows well.
02-18-2009, 07:43 PM
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Ehhh...Why the ____ little stationary Triangle Window on the door like a Mitsu Eclipse!....Yuck!...in fact the placement of the side mirrors also looks like the current Eclipse...Double Yuck!
02-18-2009, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by enjoithis
tiberon anyone?
by 2012 its going to be between this and the gensis
by 2012 its going to be between this and the gensis
3 more years?? Toyota is starting to sound like GM and the new Camaro.
02-18-2009, 08:22 PM
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I also found this article with picture also. I prefer the bodystyle in this link better than the above sketch to be honest.
http://www.budgetcarnews.com/2009/01...the-us-by-2010
http://www.budgetcarnews.com/2009/01...the-us-by-2010
