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Toyota FT-86

06 October 2009 - 11:00

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Last year, we reported that Toyota and Subaru were collaborating to develop a lightweight, rear-wheel-drive coupe. We were excited.

And now our excitement has reached the heady level of In A Bit of A Tizz, because here it is: the Toyota FT-86, set to debut at the Tokyo motor show later this month.

The FT-86 is labelled a concept, but is expected to reach the road in 2011 alongside a Subaru-badged version.

It's powered by Subaru's 2.0-litre boxer engine, which puts out 146bhp in current production form but should develop slightly more in future iterations.

As we're well aware, the four-pot can be turbocharged to produce monstrous power outputs, but that would also put the price up: Toyota and Subaru are aiming to keep the cost as low as possible to attract younger drivers to the brand. The coupes should weigh in well under £20,000 when they go on sale in the UK.

The FT-86 has a 2+2 seating configuration and measures 416cm in length, just a fraction longer than the Audi TT and around 18cm shorter than the Lotus Evora.

We'll find out much more about the FT-86 - and, perhaps, its Subaru counterpart - in Tokyo in a couple of weeks' time.

For now a quick show of hands: who reckons Toyota might finally be rediscovering its mojo? 

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ok.about the car well,it looks like toyota's trying to take a dig at nissan's GT-R,'coz it all looks very similar.but who cares,it's like a poorman's GT-R!

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Some nifty LF-A detailing blends in nicely with a dash of Scion tC mixed in with Subaru flavoured engines. I'm salivating.

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Awesome, looks sexy.

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Looks great! Now just add the Subaru badge, AWD and a turbo and it would be awesome!

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My hand's up for 'yes, this hopefully is a reMOJOfication of Toyota' by the way.

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They better work their 'nads off to make this worthy of the 86 chassis number.

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Word wst50, word.

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super sexy!! i want one!!

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You can see it in our favourite Computer game here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oOXdKcdpZ8&feature=player_embedded C.

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put a HUGE turbo on it and it would be great!!!!!!!!!!

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Isn't having had mojo a prerequisite for rediscovering it?

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About time Toyota did something interesting. I was in a showroom the other day and it hit me; no Supra, No Celica, No Mister 2. Not even a GTI rival. All I could see was a little fridge freezer and something with 8 inch wheels that ran on electricity. Yawn. This new Coupe looks great though!

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it looks great, but that front headlamp looks a lot like the one on the 350Z

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Toyota seems to be going the right way to get their mojo back. The new Avensis (and *whisper it* maybe even the Prius) looks a lot better than the previous model, and now this! It looks very good indeed, but as wst50 pointed out, they better make sure it's as good as the Trueno. Even if Toyota doesn't quite deliver, the guys at Subaru will make sure their version kicks ass.

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Does look quite nice. Wouldn't mind one at all.

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Only a twin-turbo straight six engine will do that car justice.

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luckily i live in america, and that means this car will definitely be offered with a v6 here. preferably the 3.5 liter unit from the evora/camry/highlander. that, rear wheel drive, and a manual gearbox plus toyota/subaru legendary reliability, and quality will surely make this an amazing car

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IS IT THE NEW CILECA?

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This would look soooo good in convertible shape. Make a topless version please :).

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Arse off a v8 vantage, roof off a gtr, front off an s2000/isf, not really a new car but rather a blended version of cars from the present/past.

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Arse off a v8 vantage, roof off a gtr, front off an s2000/isf, not really a new car but rather a blended version of cars from the present/past.

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WHAT? A desirable Toyota? Even for an Ford/Alfa-Romeo-fan like me? I thought asking Toyota to make an desirable car would be the same thing as asking a death/black-metal band to make good music, impossible in other words.

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won't Toyota brig back the Celica? though i never had that car but the Celica through the years brings an affordable tune-able sports car to the masses . . . this car could pass for a Celica . . .

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This is the FT-86 concept and the previous Celica was the XYR concept. By the time it comes with a price tag it might well be called a Celica.

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It's also the dialled down version of the FT-HS concept, so it looks more like that than anything else.

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