Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Toyobaru Coupe
Published: October 6th, 2009
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The FT-86 concept, based on an RWD variant of the Subaru Impreza chassis, has been revealed at the Tokyo Auto Show. And behold, the Toyobaru coupe of internet legend appears to be in near-production trim. With a 2.0 boxer four, a six-speed manual and a forecast base price of under $30k, the FT-86 hopes to live up to the promise of its AE86 reference point. If nothing else, it signals the possible end of a long winter for Toyota’s enthusiast lineup, which effectively went into hibernation when the MR-2 Spyder was canned in 2007. But don’t get too excited. The FT-86 production model won’t go on sale in Japan until “late 2011,” so it’s anyone’s guess when it will become available in the States.
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The front looks like a 370Z w/ a variation on the Genesis coupe's headlights (or Hyundai's Veloster concept).
@CarPerson: the screening audiogram, admittedly a crude test, uses only 8 or so distinct tones between 125Hz and 10KHz. FWIW, Toyota chose a shade of red inspired by a monkey's ass.
Jalopnic asks the question: Will Convertibles Make you Deaf? http://jalopnik.com/5376088/will-convertibles-make-you-deaf One could ask “Define deaf”? although in the long run it’s best to embrace the answer is “Heck yes!”
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