Toyota Engineer Reveals Plans For More Sports Cars

by Derek Kreindler

October 9th, 2012 12:08 PM

toyota engineer reveals plans for more sports cars

No, this isn’t another lame rumor-mongering post based on idle speculation; Toyota’s own Tetsuya Tada, chief engineer for the 86, confirmed to Top Gear that two more sports cars are in the pipeline.

According to Tada, the two new products will book-end the 86 at both the lower and higher priced segments.

“The first is more mass-market and cheaper than the 86,” Tada revealed. “And the third is more upmarket than the 86.”

Tada says that he is still “conceptualizing” the cars, which is considered the start of a five year process. The only detail that can be confirmed is that the larger car apparently won’t be a hybrid.

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El scotto on Oct 09, 2012

1. The kings of "beige" are building more sports cars. 2. Sports Car: Thinking you could be an F1 driver cause your car handles so good and you look down and see you're 25 MPH. Yeah, that's good.

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- NMGOM on Oct 09, 2012
  
  Well, el scotto.... Just think about how safe you'll be running into something at 25 mph. Yeah, that's good. (^_^).. ------------
  
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- Lynchenstein on Oct 09, 2012
  
  @NMGOM The original Miata was pretty slow too. But it felt like you were going fast which is one of the reasons it was so much fun!
  
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- JuniperBug on Oct 09, 2012
  
  "The kings of 'beige'" have a not-insignificant history of building great sports cars, so I don't know what your problem is there. A car that is fun and involving within normal street speeds so you can have fun more of the time without breaking the law sounds like a great thing for everyone, so I don't know what your problem is there, either. I went from an 11 second sport bike to a 16 second Miata for that reason, and smile every time I drive down to the store, or for a lapping night at the track. Not everyone needs their ride to be a penis extension. Do you leave the house every morning with a frown on your face or is today just a bad day?
  
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- El scotto on Oct 09, 2012
  
  @JuniperBug I didn't mean to confuse you. What part of my 2nd comment didn't you understand? I said having fun at 25 MPH is good. I've an MGB, MG Midget, and a Miata. I said nothing about illegal speeds or penis extensions. Toyota used to make great sports cars and lost their way. I don't know when the last MR2 was built. Nope, I'm normally a cheerful guy, with enough caffeine.
  
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- NMGOM on Oct 09, 2012
  
  @JuniperBug Oooops, el scotto... I think I owe you an apology. I (and apparently some others) thought you were being sarcastic. Sorry.... Yeah, traveling 25mph down the street and having visions of an F1 race at Spa really IS a good thing! --------------
  
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- NMGOM on Oct 09, 2012
  
  JuniperBug... Ahem. At my age, extensions of any type are more than welcome...(^_^).. -----------
  
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- El scotto on Oct 09, 2012
  
  @NMGOM No worries mate, anyone who has a Z4 as his avatar gets it. I was going to make a smart ass comment like I'm sure British Leyland put some crumpled leaves and broke up twigs in the padding for crash safety.
  
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- Golden2husky on Oct 09, 2012
  
  @JuniperBug I thought he was being sarcastic as well. And, I might add, with good reason. Today's cars can achieve some pretty high speeds without really feeling very fast. After driving my friend's SS Camaro for a few days, I found myself ripping through my favorite curves at pretty high speeds, yet it just didn't feel that way. Contrast going to the same curves in my 1995 car, I was going slower, yet felt faster and in fact, it was more fun and more engaging. While not much for bragging rights, sometimes slower, but more engaging lightweight cars can be more fun even if the time slips don't show it.
  
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- El scotto on Oct 09, 2012
  
  @JuniperBug My apologies to all who think I was being sarcastic. Not being sarcastic here, I miss the way MGs smelled. A kinda oily, mechanical bits are in motion here with a hint of mildew odor.
  
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- Les on Oct 11, 2012
  
  @JuniperBug Would asking for overall fast, but engaging at slow speeds, be too ambitious? Is it really a choice between 'buttock-clenching each time you merge onto the highway' and 'going over 100 and feel like your standing still'?
  
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Stuki on Oct 09, 2012

Make one of them a purpose designed 'vert.

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- El scotto on Oct 09, 2012
  
  +1, only available in red.
  
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David C. Holzman on Oct 09, 2012

I like the current sports car, but if they want my money, they need to give it more headroom and a bigger greenhouse better visibility front and sides.

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Les on Oct 11, 2012

The impression I get from reading reviews on the 86 twins seems to be Toyota handed off a set of problems (RWD 'sporty' car, small, meets new and projected regs, low center of gravity) to their engineers and just let them geek-out a bit too much without consideration for what the end result will look and feel like to the end user. Could the new sport(y) cars proposed in the pipe fall into the same trap?

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