Another Japanese Sports Car Announced
 

The Toyota FT-86 was shown at the Tokyo auto show
(see Tokyo auto show: Toyota goes sporty with FT-86: AutoWeek Magazine)

My favorite quote from the article:

“Sports cars have to be red, but we wanted a new red,” chief engineer Tetsuya Tada said. “So we came up with shoujyouhi red, the traditional red color of a Japanese monkey's” backside.


:bowrofl:

Not diggin the looks of this car:shakes head::roflpuke2:

This looks like a cross between a RX8 (front), Hyndai Gensis/370z love child (c pillar), and Dodge Interprid rear (lights).

Come on Toyota! Should have released a Supra to fight the Z.....

I want to see Subarus version!

I think it looks pretty good and its only 20k....not bad

a boxer 2.0 ? its not gonna be a sports car..
more like a cheap wannabe 2.0 buttugly car

Thanks for the info/humor :D
May have been a better fit for the "other vehicles" section though ;)

there's like 2 other treads + on this car in the other cars section...

This thread recieves a big R

Does nothing at all for me.Thought Toyota could do much better then that!
Thanks for the info though.

Toyota's new red "the traditional red color of a Japanese monkey's” backside."
What were they thinking:bowrofl:

Don't mind the look, I think it will grow on you. I never liked the Z when I first seen it.

2.0turbo???? According to earlier reports this car will only be availabe in non-turbo with 170-200hp. I agree though, it won't be a sports car.

sorry typo ^ fixed

are you kidding me? thats an awesome platform for a sports car... 3000lbs + 200hp @ 20k? you spend 5-6k on it and you will have a 3000lbs + 300hp RWD track car... you guys are tripping... it might look ugly but im sure you will see a LOT of these around if they were to release it like that...

They are betting on a lot to make that 20,000 price point.
Even the Civic Si is past the 20,000 price point; I can see this at the bottom of the barrel starting at 22,000 and then going up to 25,000. If they can hit the sub 3k mark in weight it might be a good contender but with all the safety standards that are being required it will be tough.

I do hope to see good things from this, just hope this does not turn out to be like the Camaro. Hyped for some time and then a pretty "meh" launch.