Team Echo Forums • View topic - Toyota FT-86 G Sports Turbo Concept: The AE86 Trueno Returns

plMars · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:30 pm

Jalopnik wrote:

As if we weren't already giddy enough over the Toyota FT-86, this truly awesome AE86 Trueno-inspired model appeared as the G Sports Turbo Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon.

Most details of this car are vague other than mentioning it has a horizontally-opposed 2.0-liter turbo engine with rear-wheel drive and a six-speed manual. The white paint job and the carbon fiber black hood clearly hint at the AE86, though the name seems more like the GT-S

via [Jalopnik]

tcambio · **Joined:** Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:12 pm **Posts:** 38

From what I hear 'inside', this will be the new flagship Scion (not replacing the TC!) in approx 2 years.
Last I heard, goal price of $20,000 :cool:

Dorikin · **Joined:** Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:06 pm **Posts:** 249

tcambio wrote:

From what I hear 'inside', this will be the new flagship Scion (not replacing the TC!) in approx 2 years.
Last I heard, goal price of $20,000 :cool:

Oh god!! I hope not...The name "Toyota" itself should have a sports car on that same badge.I thought they are already bringin the IQ??

jgk781 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:15 pm

that looks way more than just 20,000

tcambio · **Joined:** Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:12 pm **Posts:** 38

The IQ will be coming some time in 2010 (possibly)

The FT-86 is due as a flagship Scion in 2011

The Toyota Sienna is due today!

Dorikin · **Joined:** Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:06 pm **Posts:** 249

tcambio wrote:

The IQ will be coming some time in 2010 (possibly)

The FT-86 is due as a flagship Scion in 2011

The Toyota Sienna is due today!

any Positive Links about this??? if its really goin to be a Scion then Hellooo 370Z

jennarae · **Posted:** Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:55 am

that looks wayyyy more than $22k, I get it's a concept but still. Nice looking ride though :)

tcambio · **Joined:** Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:12 pm **Posts:** 38

here's one for the rumor mill...

...not hybrids (at least not in the near-term future), what innovative technology is Toyota considering for Scion? For starters, all-wheel drive, likely cribbed from Subaru, of which Toyota owns a 16.5-percent stake. Apparently, Toyota believes it can manage an all-wheel-drive Scion that doesn't break the $20,000 barrier more easily than it can one with a hybrid powertrain. Where that falls into the Japanese automaker's stated goal to produce ever more fuel efficient vehicles, we don't yet know.

also, the IQ is due withing the next few months, new TC is 'due' in 2010. Rumor of a 2 litre boxer 4 powering THAT car too. FT-86 in 2011

Oh yeah, and Scion has been considering a small pickup...