FT-86
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UPDATE: The latest image shows how the standard Toyota FT-86 sports car will look, minus the Modellista bodykit and accessories seen in the previous leaked images. You'll note that the headlights are now devoid of the LED detailing seen in the previous shots, and the strangely shaped roof fin is also gone. The image, which was uploaded to the FT86club forum, also gives us a better indication as to how the upcoming Scion FR-S, the version of the car to be sold in the U.S., will look. ORIGINAL: Though it isn’t scheduled to be officially revealed until the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show in a...
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Toyota Launches New FT-86 App
This December we’ll finally get to see the unveiling of the production version of Toyota’s ever evolving FT-86 Concept, and Subaru’s version of the car for that matter, but until then Toyota is doing everything it can to flog its concept car, announcing this week a new app as well...
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Toyota FT-86 II Tease Drags On; New Video For Frankfurt Auto Show
Toyota's dropped a new YouTube video of its FT-86 II concept. We've talked about the admittedly gorgeous concept so much--as recently as this year's 2011 Geneva Motor Show--we're not sure what else to say about the FT, which embarked a few years ago on a gestation cycle longer than that endured by...
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2012 Scion FR-S (Toyota FT-86) Spy Video
We’ve already seen a string of concept cars and more than a dozen spy shots, but now we have an exclusive spy video of the upcoming rear-wheel drive sports coupe being developed jointly by Toyota and Subaru. In the U.S. Toyota’s version of the car will be known as the 2012 Scion FR-S...
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Subaru Rear-Wheel Drive Coupe To Feature STI Model, Turbo Power Unlikely: Report
Both Toyota and Subaru are scheduled to unveil their own separate versions of their jointly developed rear-wheel drive sports car at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show this December, and while we’ve seen and heard plenty of Toyota’s version (nee Scion FR-S), not much is known about...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2012 Toyota FT-86 (Scion FR-S) Spy Shots
We’ve got the first spy shots of prototypes for the production version of the string of Toyota FT-86 sports car concepts shown over the past two years, as well as the scorching Scion FR-S concept shown at the recent 2011 New York Auto Show. The prototype, seen here testing in Germany, is for...
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We’ve already seen the live shots of it but now here are the official specs and studio shots of Toyota’s, make that, Scion’s new FR-S sports coupe concept. The stunning two-door is the latest iteration of Toyota’s FT-86 concept line, which began with the original FT-86 from 2009 and then evolved into the FT-86 G-Sports and more recently the FT-86 II from last month’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show. The name FR-S is short for Front-engine, Rear-wheel drive, Sport, and its reveal in New York confirms Toyota’s intention to sell its upcoming ‘joint sports...
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2011 Toyota FT-86 II Concept Mega-Gallery
Toyota is certainly drawing out the development of its new rear-wheel drive sports car, having first shown a concept of its future model back in 2009 and now two years later showing yet another concept of it. Of course, we’re talking about the FT-86, which made its world debut recently at the...
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Is Toyota Planning A Hybrid FT-86?
Rumors are as rumors do, and they're flying as wildly as ever around the Toyota FT-86 after the second version, the uninventively-named FT-86 II, was revealed at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show last week. This time, the rumors aren't about delays or cancelation, but about a hybrid powertrain. The rumors...
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Changes To Toyota FT-86 II Concept Based On Driver Feedback
At the recent 2011 Geneva Motor Show Toyota rolled out an updated version of its FT-86 concept car, which previews a new rear-wheel drive sports coupe the Japanese auto giant is co-developing with Subaru and plans to launch next year. Dubbed the FT-86 II, the latest concept is based on the original...
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Subaru Teases Rear-Drive Sports Car Architecture (FT-86) For Geneva
The Toyota-Subaru joint sports car project, known as the FT-86 in Toyota's hands and spied many times on its long road to production, will finally see an official Subaru-branded concept at Geneva. This teaser gives us a taste of its front-mounted boxer engine. Full of words like "technology...
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Report: 2014 Lexus IS Will Ride On Stretched FT-86 Platform
The current generation Lexus IS is only in the middle of its product life cycle, a lightly refreshed version having been introduced only a couple of months back, so it’s safe to say that the next-generation of the popular four-door is still some years away. According to a new report, the next...
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The Subaru/Toyota joint project to build a rear-wheel drive performance coupe based on the FT-86 concept trudges onward despite recurring rumors of its impending death. New info out today says Subaru's version will be hotter than the Toyota variant, packing 260 horsepower instead of the 'Yota's 200. The idea isn't new; reports of a hotter turbo version for Subaru surfaced last October. The motivation will come from a 2.5-liter turbocharged flat four. Sound familiar? The current WRX's mill is rated at 265 horsepower and shares the same specs. We'd place our money on a simple drop-in...
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Rumor: Toyota Working On Four-Door FT-86
File this one under speculation and balderdash for the time being, but an anonymous Japanese source has tipped the auto world that there may be a four-door version of the Toyota/Subaru joint rear-drive coupe project known as the FT-86. It does make sense in an economies-of-scale kind of way, but it...
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Track-prepped Toyota FT-86 Set to Take on Genesis Coupe R-Spec?
The latest reports have Toyota prepping a low-cost, go-fast version of the FT-86.
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Subaru Version Of FT-86 Confirmed...But Not Yet For U.S.
Subaru’s version of the upcoming sports car codeveloped with Toyota is definitely a go.
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Rumors Of Toyota Celica Rebirth Continue To Follow Joint Sports Coupe
The Toyota-Subaru joint sports coupe could be sold as a Celica at Toyota.
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Report: Subaru Working On Hot STI Version of Joint Sports Coupe
The 086A, as the Subaru half of the Subaru-Toyota joint sports coupe is code-named, could get a 250-horsepower STI version.
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A video has leaked onto the web revealing most of the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show's best concepts in their first live footage.