The rear-wheel drive sports car collaboration between Toyota and Subaru has been causing a big stirrup across auto news desks all over the world. So far though, we’ve seen concepts, ideas of what the car may possibly be like when people get a chance to spend money on one. And the only concrete details are [...]
The Toyota FT-86 and the Subaru Rear-Wheel Drive Sports CarH are two of the most anticipated vehicles from Japan in a while. According to reports, Toyota may also consider a hybrid version of the FT-86 after the gasoline model hits markets in 2012. The rear-wheel drive sports coupe was shown in Geneva last week and [...]
The redesigned Toyota FT-86 Concept that made its debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show was a result of driver feedback from early development tests. Akihiro Nagaya, the manager of Toyota’s design division, told Autocar in an interview that the changes had been made after test drivers’ reaction to early prototypes of the car. Click [...]
While Toyota shows the near production ready Toyota FT-86 II at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Subaru is showing its architecture for the Subaru Rear-Wheel-Drive Sports Car. Both models are a joint development between Toyota and Subaru and should be on the market by 2012. The Subaru Rear-Wheel Drive Sports Car Architecture on display at [...]
This is the sequel to the Toyota FT-86. Known as the Toyota FT-86 II Concept, the study give us the ‘clearest indication yet as to the final design’ of Toyota’s much talked about rear-wheel-drive sports car. “The low, highly aerodynamic bodyshell is stretched tight over the engineering hard points, with the muscular bodywork rendered as compact as [...]
Subaru has launched a teaser website for its new sports car concept that it will debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. By now, most of you know that the new concept is part of a joint project with Toyota, with Toyota’s version being the FT-86. Known as the ‘Subaru Rear-Wheel Drive Sports Car Technology [...]
While the Geneva Motor Show isn’t until March, automakers are are already confirming what they’ll be showing at the major auto show, which officially opens to the press on March 1. Besides the Subaru Impreza Concept, which we saw at the 2010 LA Auto Show, Subaru will show a Trezia – a concept that hints [...]
We recently heard reports that Scion may get its own version of the Toyota FT-86 rear-wheel-drive sports car. According to recent media reports, Scion will now exclusively sell the Toyota FT-86 in the United States. The production version of the model will debut at the 2011 New York Auto in April and will be priced [...]
So you’re pretty excited about the Toyota FT-86 hitting the roads in late 2011? It’s Toyota’s first ‘sports car’ in a really long time, it’s a coupe, it’s rear-wheel-drive and it will be powered by a 2.0L 200-hp engine mated to a 6-speed manual. Sounds fun right? Well, if you want just a little bit [...]
In a press event for its new ‘G’ subdivision, a part of the company which Toyota plans to use in a series of cars modified by Gazoo Racing, the media learned some new updates on the upcoming Toyota FT-86. According to Dr. Shigeyuki Hori, Project General Manager for the Sports Vehicle Management division and Kazuo [...]
