hat was my first thought when I read the spec of the FT-86 concept being unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show. It’s not a hybrid or an electric car, but a two litre ‘horizontally opposed’ engine, driving the rear wheels through a six speed gearbox. Absolutely loving the exterior styling, with more than a little Lexus LF-A influence to it. The Interior is typical show car, unlikely to be carried over into production. Particularly funky and rather sexy is the leather and zip ideas going on across the dashboard. Bit of a fetish thing happening there…
But it’s great to see and while there’s no power figures out yet, you’ve got to think that a two litre boxer engine, six speed gearbox and rear wheel drive has got to be a great combination. More details to follow, but I can’t wait to see the production version.
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I agree – it looks really sexy. At first I was disappointed about the Subaru engine, as the boxer is such a trademark of theirs, but then I remembered the Alfasud and the benefits to handling of the low weight distribution.
Exciting prospect – do it Toyota!
+1. Very pleased its coming back. hopefully will have enough power and excitment.
Still miss the AE-86