Hachi Roku Drops The Top

by Derek Kreindler

Published: March 1st, 2013

Ever try and play a round of golf as a Miata driver? From first hand experience, I can tell you it doesn’t work well. If you are lucky at manipulating large objects and have nothing else in the trunk, your golf bag might fit. God help you if you are giving a friend a lift to the course. One golf bag will go in the passenger footwell, the other will likely have to sit on the folded soft top, with the passenger’s arm holding the golf bag. Ask me how I know.

The long-rumored Toyota FT-86 convertible, seen here in concept form solves that problem. The hachi roku’s back seats aren’t really suitable for a full-size adult, let alone two of them, but like the Porsche 911, they can store golf clubs (or a helmet bag if you’re so inclined) with easy. Mechanically, the drop top Toyobaru is the same I think it looks fantastic, and I’d really like the iPhone holder shaped like two pistons. I’m allowed to have that in my Miata, right?

#Convertible #GenevaAutoShow #Mazda #MazdaMx-5 #ScionFR-S #Toyota #Toyota86 #ToyotaFt-86 #ToyotaGt86

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Junebug on Mar 01, 2013

Well, having 2 teens in the house, I asked their opinion, my 14 (excuse me, almost 15) says she only wants a Jeep Rubicon with 4" lift kit and some 35" tires, my college girl says - whatever, as long as it isn't one of those friggin Mini things or a Fiat. My youngest is also a damn good shot with a rifle and loves to shoot targets with me, while the oldest prefers to use an old school recurve bow, and she's scary accurate, I try NOT to piss her off - LOL! Truth is, neither they nor their friends are big into sports cars. It's a whole new generation guys, and the car culture is dying.

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- ZoomZoom on Mar 02, 2013
  
  Raising your sons to shoot actual guns and your daughters to become lady archers, well done sir! I agree with your assertion that the car culture is dying. Many of today's kids don't even want to drive. They think they're killing the Earth so they won't even buy lawnmowers. They buy reel-mowers and then don't use them because that's hard work using a reel-mower! Eventually, they end up getting a V8 SUV once they have a few cubs of their own, and that's about when they begin their lives of eternal guilt. There was another "Peak Oil" article yesterday too. The difference between this and "Peak Oil" articles of ten years ago is that this one was written/published by the mainstream press and not late-night talk radio. Today's twenty-somethings are getting it from all angles. Some have given in and just walk. Others ride Vespas to work, and they don't care how many cars they get in front of and slow down, nor how much more fuel it takes for a long chain of cars to follow a Vespa and stop/go more often.
  
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- Niky on Mar 02, 2013
  
  Jeeps. It's a girl thing. A lot of my female relatives love Jeeps. My daughter, on the other hand, adorea the new Ranger.
  
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- Corey Lewis on Mar 04, 2013
  
  @niky Yeah, it's too bad Jeeps aren't any good in real world conditions. (I speak only of the Wrangler, I have no problem with the new GC.)
  
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Corey Lewis on Mar 04, 2013

I'm so glad that pearl/metallic white is coming back. It's always been my favorite color. I saw a newish IS this morning, with the same color on it. It was glistening!

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