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VIDEO: Toyota FT-86 sure doesn't sound like a boxer

Toyota garnered a lot of attention at this year's Tokyo Motor Show with the debut of the FT-86 concept. And they weren't about to let it slip past them, either. As part of the spectacle, they played the sounds of the prototype supposedly rounding the Nürburgring. The FT-86 is being jointly developed by Toyota and Subaru, the former providing the platform and the latter the engine, among other components. The thing is, as our JDM-loving compatriots over at 7Tune point out, the engine noise piped in doesn't sound much like a boxer ... Read more →

Rendered Speculation: JDM rumormill reports Subaru's FT-86 will get turbo power, AWD Damon Lavrinc

The crew from Japan's BestCar magazine have apparently taken the initial pics of the Toyota FT-86 concept and grafted a unique nose, rear fascia and wheels onto ToMoCo's new sports coupe, and ...

Tokyo 2009: Toyota unveils FT-86 Concept, keeps mum on details Drew Phillips

We got a sneak peak of the FT-86 earlier this month, and now Toyota has just officially revealed its new 2+2 concept here at the Tokyo Motor Show. It's been a while since the Japanese automaker ...

Spy Shots: Toyota-Subaru coupe prototype caught ringin' der Nürburg Chris Shunk

Toyota's FT-86 concept, which will be officially unveiled at next week's Tokyo Motor Show, combines attractive, aggressive aesthetics, rear-wheel drive and a Subaru-sourced boxer engine with the ...

Purported renderings of Subaru's FT-86 Sports Coupe emerge Noah Joseph

It's only been a couple of days since Toyota released initial details and photos of its TF-86 coupe concept scheduled for debut at the upcoming Tokyo show, but we've already been waiting for the other ...

REPORT: Toyoda says Lexus LF-A on time and headed for America, reconfirms Toyobaru 3 months ago on Autoblog

There's a new sheriff in town at Toyota, and he's wasting no time in making his presence felt at the World's Largest Automaker. Fortunately, that finally means a return to building fun-to-drive cars after years of offering virtually nothing to tempt the enthusiast market. We can only hope that ...

Second That Emotion: Toyobaru re-confirmed for Tokyo Motor Show? 4 months ago on Autoblog

As recently as February, the Toyota/Subaru sports car was declared dead, a week later it was back on, a few weeks after that there were rumblings that it would be at this year's Tokyo Motor Show. Japan's Best Car magazine is apparently reporting that the little car will definitely be revealed in ...

Rumormill: More Toyobaru scuttlebutt comes to the surface 4 months ago on Autoblog

A "Toyota insider" has supposedly spilled a few more beans to 7Tune about the upcoming front-engine, rear-wheel drive coupe the automaker is collaborating on with Subaru, and according to the source, the 2+2 will carry a few of the Lexus LF-A's design cues when it hits the market next year. ...

Rendered (Again) Speculation: Yet another crack at Toyobaru 5 months ago on Autoblog

The Toyobaru deserves a place in the mythical creature pantheon with vampires and the Loch Ness Monster -- every official denial is followed by another sighting. The latest speculation on Toyota and Subaru's coupe project provides more details, suggesting specs of 200 hp and 145 lb-ft, MacPherson ...

Rumormill: Production Lexus LF-A, Toyobaru coupe coming to Tokyo 7 months ago on Autoblog

With the D-3, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Lamborghini and other automakers, pulling out of this year's Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota is rumored to have a big showing to capitalize on the lack of reveals this October. According to InsideLine's correspondent in Japan, Toyota will unveil the production ...

Call Us When It's at the Dealer: On again, off again Toyota/Subaru on... again? 8 months ago on Autoblog

Last April, Toyota and Subaru announced a joint rear-drive sports coupe for 2011, but recent economic struggles and a focus on more efficient vehicles led many to believe that the project could be delayed or even canceled. It now appears this isn't the case. Inside Line is quoting inside PR sources ...

Dead Again: Toyota/Subaru RWD cars reportedly put on indefinite hold 8 months ago on Autoblog

Like a schizophrenic love affair, the on-again, off-again Subaru/Toyota rear-wheel drive coupe is apparently off again. That morsel of sobering news comes via Detroit Free Press columnist Mark Phelan, who says that both automakers now admit that the project has been put on hold. The inexpensive 2+2 ...

More Rendered Speculation: Toyota/Subaru FR sportscar, no turbos for the EU 1 year ago on Autoblog

Japan's buff books are at it again, peppering a bit of informed speculation with a healthy dose of rendered conjecture to create images of Toyota's front-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car. While we dig the pic above, which blends a bit of Fisker Karma with the Mitsuoka Orochi, we're giving the ...






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