Recent Toyota trademark filings in the United States and Canada suggest that the production name of the Toyota FT-86 Concept will be FR-S. Many have speculated that the FR-S name stands for Front-engine, Rear-wheel-drive, Sports cars – not exactly an exciting name so we guess FR-S doesn’t sound so bad. Both filings were completed on [...]
Sources have told Japanese magazine Best Car that the release of the Toyota FT-86 sports car has been delayed by two years. That means we won’t see Toyota and Subaru’s rear-wheel-drive baby until 2013. What’s the reason for the delay? Apparently a lot of Toyota fans have shown a sense of frustration with the design [...]
It was recently reported that the development cost involved with the upcoming Toyota/Subaru rear-wheel-drive sports coupe may result in a more expensive vehicle than originally estimated. When the Toyota FT-86 Concept made its debut at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, company executives said that they are aiming for an entry-level price of around $20,000. So [...]
Even though the Toyota FT-86 is more than a year away from going sale, insiders say that development costs of the Toyota/Subaru mash-up vehicle will result in a more expensive product than originally estimated. When the Toyota FT-86 Concept made its debut at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, the automaker’s executives said that they are [...]
Subaru and Toyota’s new rear-wheel-drive sports car, based on the Toyota FT-86 Concept, is ready to make its debut later next year. It was reported in Dec. 2009 that Subaru, which is well known for being an all-wheel-drive brand, is worried that a rear-wheel-drive sports car may drive away loyal customers. Well, it seems like [...]
We now take a break from all the Toyota recall news to bring you some insight as to what’s going on behind closed doors where engineers and designers are working on future Toyota models. The folks over at AutoCar recently had the chance to catch up with Jaromir Cech, senior designer of the Toyota FT-86 [...]
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., of which 16.5 percent is owned by Toyota, is a bit skeptical about bringing its new rear-wheel-drive sports car that is co-developed with Toyota to the U.S. What’s the big deal? Well, Subaru is a well-known all-wheel-drive brand and thinks that a rear-wheel-drive sports car may drive away loyal customers. “We”re [...]
At the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show later this month, Toyota will unveil its new FT-86 Concept, a study of the upcoming production rear-wheel-drive sports car that it will produce in collaboration with Subaru. Subaru’s version of the sports coupe is internally known as the 086A. A video of a prototype circling the Nurburgring has just [...]
Since last year, we’ve been hearing about a new sports car from Toyota and Subaru that will be priced around $20,000 and would give the two brands something to be proud about. However, both automakers were very good at keeping their upcoming sports coupe out of way of spy photographer lenses and never really talked [...]
During Akio Toyoda’s first major address to the American audience, the new president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corp. didn’t start off his press conference by talking about how well the 2010 Prius was selling or about how Toyota lost $4.3 billion last year and will work harder this year. Instead, 53-year old Toyoda, who [...]
