Toyota FT-86
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Honoring one's ancestors is key to Japanese culture, and a new video shows the Toyota GT 86 on track with Toyota's very first sports car, the Sports 800.
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Best Car To Buy, 2012 Porsche 911 Cabriolet, FT-86 Teased Again: Car News Headlines
Today's pre-Turkey Day car news starts with our Best Car To Buy 2012 award, which we announced today. We'll be detailing the nominees over the coming week and announcing the winner on November 28. Stay tuned. Also on the docket is Porsche's new 2012 911 Cabriolet, which features an interesting and...
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Toyota Teases Production FT-86 Sports Car In New Video
The production version of Toyota’s string of FT-86 concept cars is set to debut next week at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show and in the lead up to its unveiling a new teaser video has been posted, revealing many new details including parts of the interior, engine bay and overall design. Of course...
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Subaru Plans To Enter Its BRZ In Japan's Super GT Series
Subaru and Toyota will release their joint-venture sport coupes later this month, but Subaru has scooped Toyota by announcing a BRZ racing program for the 2012 Japanese Super GT season.
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TRD Performance Accessories For Toyota FT-86 Leaked
From the same magazine containing alleged images of the production Toyota FT-86/Scion FR-S sports car, as well as a Toyota Modellista enhanced version, comes a new set of images, this time showing a range of TRD accessories for the car. TRD, short for Toyota Racing Development, is Toyota's official...
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Toyota FT-86 Specs Leaked: 200 HP, 2,700 LB
Just as we expected, the Toyota FT-86 (and very likely its FR-S variant) will get a 200-horsepower boxer four-cylinder and weigh in around 2,700 pounds depending on options, according to a comparative spec sheet released today. The comparison chart, leaked today via FT-86 Club, says as much about...
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The Fiat 500 gets a sportier variant, the Abarth, at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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Subaru BRZ To Be More Powerful Than Toyota FT-86: Report
November 30 is the day the covers finally come off the long-awaited production versions of the respective Toyota FT-86 and Subaru BRZ concept cars, but in the lead up to the unveilings more and more details about the cars continue to emerge. While both will share most of their body panels, a common...
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Toyota Sports Coupe (FT-86) By Gazoo Racing Spy Shots
Years in the making, long spied and often displayed at auto shows, Toyota's upcoming sports coupe, so far known as the FT-86, is coming next year. These spy shots show off a Gazoo Racing version of the car. Today, we bring you new photos of the car as it preps for a race this weekend at the...
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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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Scion Concept Teaser Hints At FT-86-Based FR-S: Video
The 2011 New York Auto Show will feature many concepts, but one of them will be a Scion--and it looks like it'll be based on the Toyota FT-86 concept, potentially bearing the FR-S name we reported on last October. There's no doubt the car in the video shares the same proportions and lines as the...
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Boxer Engine-Themed Toyota FT-86 Logo Leaked?
If you've been following the hubbub and ballyhoo around the development of Toyota's next rear-drive coupe, code-named the FT-86 and rumored to be called the FR-S in production, you're aware of its on-again, off-again, it's coming, but we don't know exactly when or what, path. The latest news spins...
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Rumors of the FT-86's death may have been a bit premature.
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Report: Toyota FT-86 Delayed For Design Change
Flip-flopping along, the FT-86 isn't expected for another couple of years now.
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Video: Toyota FT-86 G-Sports Concept Unveiled At Tokyo Auto Salon
The Toyota FT-86 G-Sports Concept previews a line of custom accessories.
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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.
Nelson Ireson