A new concept sports car from Toyota has been shown. The car was co-developed by Toyota and Subaru and will be exhibited at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show later this month. Toyota owns shares in Subaru’s owner Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI).
Called the FT-86 for now the sports car has a 2.0-litre boxer engine making a disappointing 118kW. Hopefully this will be addressed when it launches. That or higher models need to be looked at, perhaps up to 200kW or so.
The FT-86 measures 4.16m long, 1.26m high, 1.76m wide and has a wheelbase of 2.57m. This makes it quite a compact four-seater two-door.
Ever since the return of the Nissan 350 Z, Toyota has made it no secret that it wants its own mid-sized sports car. And this looks just about right for the job. Just give it a proper turbo engine and we are go.
a FAST AURIS, is a bad idea!
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