Toyota and the FT-86: The Wait Goes On
Posted: October 7, 2011 Filed under: AUTOMOTIVE INSIGHTS | Tags: Automotive Insights, Celica, Concept Car, Confusion, FR-S, FT-86, Mind over motor, Scion, Shenanigans, Sports Car, Sports Coupe, supra, Tokyo, Toyota, Wait Leave a comment »
Scion FR-S concept. Although each concept car looks different from the previous one, they share a shape.
While the rest of the world makes sports cars, Toyota is seemingly pretending to make one. The FT-86 has been on the mind of every gearhead in the world since at least 2008, but since then, Toyota has been constantly tossing the concept into a microwave and pressing Reheat for every car show since. Not many specifications have hit the press, and although a tie-up with Subaru has been announced, not a whole lot is really known for sure about it. What is going on here? Is Toyota afraid to release this car? Or will they ever release it? Or is this just a hoax (Just kidding.)? Read the rest of this entry »
