Toyota announced that it will show the FT-86 concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show. A joint venture with Subaru this rear wheel drive low to the ground coupe sports a 2.0L boxer engine and 2+2 seating. Built with the idea of giving Toyota an “excitement injection” that President Akio Toyoda said is needed for the company’s future portfolio. The FT-86 name is in homage to the old AE86 Corolla famous for its rear wheel drive excitement and popularity in Drifting. The coup will be low the ground with a 101 inch wheel base and 68 inches wide allowing for driving excitement missed from Toyota since the MR2 and Celica were discontinued in 2006. T
he production model will be shown sometime next year with sales beginning sometime in late 2011 carrying a sticker price somewhere north of $20,000.
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