Turbo’d FT-86 Debuts @ Tokyo Auto Salon
Fresh off the pages of FT86club.com: Toyota surprised the crowd at the Tokyo Auto Salon by displaying the FT-86 G's Concept powered by a turbo boxer engine paired with a 6spd MT. Not a bad looking car, but we are still looking at a year or two before a production model is released. Also of interest is that it will include "GPS-Track Day," which was co-developed with Polophony Digital. Basically, it will record you as you race around a real track in your FT-86. All that race data is placed on a memory card which you can then place into your PS3, and ta-da! your real world race data is now accessible through GT5. That's right, you can watch a virtual replay of your time at the track or take on your real world driving by racing a ghost car. Gimmicky? Maybe, but it does sound pretty cool. Coincidentally, Polophony Digital has released another GT5 trailer with the Auto Salon FT-86. Enjoy!
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Toyota FT-86 Concept Revealed
Remember back when Toyota and Subaru were working on a coupe together? Well instead of a small sketch we now get a concept car which looks nothing like a Toyota, but sports lines that'll indeed make someone think Nissan or Mazda. The FT-86 is suppose to be the true succesor of the AE-86, which means this thing is going to be a front engine RWD Coupe, that should slot into the affordable range on the market. While Toyota did most of the design of the FT-86, Subaru has added a 2.0 Boxer Engine to the mix and is suppose to build the vehicle in its plants when production starts. This will definitely be one subcompact to watch when it is released on the market in 2011-2012. -Tanker!
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