Near-Production FT-86 Rubs Shoulders With Supra [Video]

by Edward Niedermeyer

Updated: December 2nd, 2012 Published: May 25th, 2011

SB Medien may call the forthcoming FT-86 a “Celica replacement,” but in this first video of the latest near-production prototype, the budget rear-drive coupe nearly runs into a Supra which apparently belongs to the development team. The Supra shows up once more in the video’s ‘ring testing footage (about 1:55 in), suggesting again that it’s somehow involved in the testing or benchmarking process. How and why? Your speculation is as good as mine…

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John R on May 25, 2011

I smell PR tomfoolery also. I feel like if they were serious about bench marking either the RX-8, the Miata, S2000 or the 1-series, etc. would be hanging around.

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- AKADriver on May 25, 2011
  
  I don't see any indication that the Supra is being used for "benchmarking" from the video itself... or even that it's directly involved with the FT86. At plenty of points in the video you can see other "spy" photographers. It could be that the Supra owner is just a really dedicated Toyota fan, following the prototype around along with the spy camera crews.
  
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- Edward Niedermeyer on May 25, 2011
  
  @AKADriver It looks very much like the Supra turns into the lot the FT-86 came out of, which leads me to believe it's part of the testing team. Nothing conclusive, granted, but worthy of a mention I thought.
  
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Felis Concolor on May 25, 2011

Nice PV array on that garage: I'm guessing 6.5KW.

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Oosh on May 25, 2011

Notice how the car looses and regains it rear-wing magically throughout that video?

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PCP on Mar 13, 2013

Let's just say that if you work at Toyota and are an aficionado, which car other than a MkIV would you want to own and drive?

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