Want to see the new Toyota FT-86 Concept in action? Well, you can’t see a real one on the roads in action just yet, but thanks to Gran Turismo we have this video that features the FT-86 in motion. The video also lets us have a glimpse into the car’s engine bay. There’s not that much to be seen really but we do get to see a virtual rendering of the engine, called the C-45 Boxer D-4S Boxer.
There’s also something else about the FT-86 that I’ve just noticed that I did not notice before when I was rushing to publish the story. Look closely at the hi-res photo of the interior where you can see abit of the dash (I’ve cropped the relevant bit in the photo above). There’s a small image of the Fuji Speedway!
Is it just decoration, or can the FT-86’s dash display show you where you are on the track so you can anticipate corners just like in a videogame? After all, Fuji definitely means something special to Toyota, it even named its performance Lexus range after the circuit – F in IS-F and F-Sport refers to Fuji.
Watch the video after the jump.
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car is closer to production. too bad its a boxer, doesnt feel like the old quad throttle goodness
Toyota 'consume' Subaru slowly and take over their racing technology put it in their racing car… well now they hv VVTi and boxer engine…
VVTi boxer engine? :)
Kinda sad that Honda were left behind this time…with the cancel of their NSX project…really hope their CR-X is something really green and really racy…
or rotary Vtec?! maz-honda?
LOL, what AE-86 do behind that car?
Too bad this car dun have the ugly box look of the stupid taufu car…
Maybe those circuit image using GPS intergrated to locate where's the car on track. That's cool. like arcade.
oh man i just noticed the pedals are not positioned / designed for toe and heel operation. haiya!
maybe can use for 'tauhu' sales kot hehe..
Maybe that is a GPS display like the one on the Porsche Panamera…
Toyota doesnt own subaru, toyota do have shares, but below 20% if not mistaken, but they do some partnership tech with toyota. subaru parent company is Fuji heavy industires.
boxer is supposed to be giving the car more stability due to boxer configuration, they can lower the car center of gravity when the boxer engine itself are flat and can be mounted lower than inline engines.
subarus boxer engine already have variable valve timing tech – Subaru Active Valve Control System (AVCS) variable valve timing technology.
hmm… look like Nissan Z
wow..i like the part where it shows AE86 chasing the new FT86!!!
Cool!!!!
Nice…
and this is how they decided on the colour ;P
http://jalopnik.com/5376254/tetsuya-tada-
body shape profile just like GTR. put on a bigger engine maybe can go head to head with GTR, just like old days supra with R33
Wow…..totally awesome
Can't wait for the production car to be out.
Hehe. A boxxer RWD. Going up against the porshe? or just a class of its own.
Yes, I think its only decoration. Nobody on real track would look at the track graphically. Only in Console and Arcade Games would you see track layout in the HUD. You'd probably get some kind of MFDs, and GPS but not this.
Most racing drivers drive by memorizing circuit layout, turn by turn, braking points/thresholds, apex ponts, sloping gradients, imaginary racing lines, and optimum gear selections. Some inexperienced ones would even use distance markers or track 'furniture'.
abit like nsx 2010 head lamp
lol… anybody notice the '4th pedal' at driver side?
footbrake? but i saw a handbrake…
ya. it has 4 pedal. i notice it too. additonal footbrake for the rear wheel only perhaps? :P easier to drift. LOL
that '4th pedal' is not a pedal laa.
its a foot rest
that '4th pedal' is not a pedal laa.
its a foot rest.
there's no bar linking it to the top unlike other 3
now VVTi = AVCS = MIVEC leh, the current MIVEC is not the old day MIVEC like type-r ver.
Now hope that Toyota/Subaru can give us some cheap, Good, & Fun car to drive.
Cheap if perodua rebadge it as Perodua Ketam…
get it… ketam….sideway….drift…
Got to buy PS3.
To: 20V_ke3 – loled on that.
but i doubt they will let P2 to rebatch it,since P2 speciality are not sports car lol
That AE 86 behind it is just to show that this car looks fast but slow because older car can catchup? Then new car runaway hide in garage.
hahaha.
ok laa since takumi uses both 86 n impreza..
gives this new 86 both quality for the user..
power of impreza n swiftness of 86..
but bout the weight..
not 'hachi roku' laa if its heavy weight..
I love this car. and to see the footage of it along the Fuji Speedway with the old AE86 is like a real family reunion.
look like need for speed map and car racing engine to simulate this,,,LOL
going to see it on lastest nfs game
hahahah. ae86 have been smoke..huhuuhuhu
i read in autoexpress UK, this is the new celica.
That is D4-S Boxer… not C45 Boxer.
D4 like the D4D engine.
You are right dumbdumb, thanks for the correction.
nice car…the headlight remind me of Audi TT
Its about time Toyota came up with something that can stir some excitement. Its been a long time since the aging (and I still think its hot!) Supra and the newer Celicas are more of a joke than anything else. I can't wait until this car hits the markets. Paul, any idea how much this car would run in our market?
wah…new car for Takumi……
Guess this car will feature in the HK movie sequel
" Initial D Part II"
hope that the real car has something to play with on the steering wheel.
Dissappointed with the design.. ae86 n MR2 shape look more solid. should thin out rear bumper like Lambo's ass..
But, it sounds like some researchers just scrounging for research dough. ,