Toyota FT-86 concept gets a proper family portrait

Toyota FT-86 concept gets a proper family portrait

The Toyota FT-86 Sports Concept made its European debut in Geneva, and although it was tucked away in a corner, received plenty of attention. I observed a young boy looking at the rotating FT-86 longingly for a good 20 seconds, and wondered “there’s no reason why Toyota would not want to produce this car” especially after the great reception it got for the AE86’s spritual successor.

Compact dimensions, lightweight, boxer engine, six-speed manual, rear-wheel drive – there’s little not to like for the enthusiast, and Toyota adds to the yum factor by showing us a family portrait of the FT-86 with past masters such as the Supra, Celica GT-Four and of course, the AE86. Those cars have no decendent in today’s Toyota lineup, which has nothing to entice enthusiasts, something Akio Toyoda himself is intent of changing. I personally hope that the present troubles the company is facing won’t derail its plan to bring “fun” back into driving.

For now, enjoy the official images of the FT-86 after the jump; some of them look good as wallpapers!

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Danny Tan

Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • 1st

    nice !!!

    wonder what's the pricig would be

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    • Alvin on Mar 27, 2010 at 8:57 pm

      heard that it's going to go for a basic start of 20k eur. by the time it hits malaysia it might be nearly 200k including taxes?

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  • Ascension on Mar 08, 2010 at 9:04 pm

    first, nice car

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  • cantekk siot..!!!! ade duit mmg beli laa..!!!

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  • Ash's on Mar 08, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    superb car that have been built by toyota..

    i wonder when it will produce..

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  • DinKnight on Mar 08, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    Danny, one of those cars have decendants.

    AE86 – Part of the Corolla line-up. We still have new Corolla models coming out.

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  • Nice..

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  • Very nice, i love the backend look where the brake and indicator lights seems to stretch all the way to both ends with the 3rd brake light in the middle (unless this is only the optical illusion :P). Dashboard looks like something from a starship, very cool indeed!!

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  • And yeah, the family potrait looks gorgeous looks damn nice on my desktop wallpaper :D. Seats looks very futuristic, but is it comfy? ;)

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  • azrai on Mar 08, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    Nice one from Toyota. Daoes the brake or accelerator feel sticky? :-)

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  • Annihilated on Mar 08, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    Good looking car. I wonder how this Toyo-baru crossed breed drive and deliver. And how many ppl would actually slides this thing in a competition.

    I hate UMW-Toyo.

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  • Danny Tan (Member) on Mar 08, 2010 at 10:04 pm

    DinKnight, yup, good point, but the AE86 was the last of the rear-driven Corollas. I really hope Toyota makes this concept. There hasn't been a desirable Toyota in ages (for me at least) and this new hachi-roku is mouth watering!

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  • kenshiro80 on Mar 08, 2010 at 10:06 pm

    Y got gear indicator in N – isn't this a manual drive??? also need some work on the signal indicator as it dont go well with the futuristic dashboard…

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  • initial R on Mar 08, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    I like the old toyota day when they make car for fun driving…. now they make car for money pleasure…. that's why old decendent get good reputation coz of fun of driving…. Now all just for money… no racing spirit at all…. I hate that….

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  • Sure Fast …especially wt its new tag line = "Toyota, ,…try to Stop us".. ; )

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  • Black Dog on Mar 08, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    Waitlah at least another 5 years before they can afford to splurge money to produce this!

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  • bLo0d on Mar 08, 2010 at 11:03 pm

    so do it comes with guidelines if the pedal stuck in a middle of a drift? :P btw nice design frm toyota

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  • Persatuan Anti Toyot on Mar 08, 2010 at 11:15 pm

    What took them so long? Finally a Toyota that I would like to own. They should get rid shitty Toyotas like the Avanza, Rush, Innova, Fortuner and the Corolla as well.

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  • 4G63tDSM on Mar 08, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    mav said,

    March 8, 2010 @ 1:31 pm

    Very nice, i love the backend look where the brake and indicator lights seems to stretch all the way to both ends with the 3rd brake light in the middle (unless this is only the optical illusion :P ). Dashboard looks like something from a starship, very cool indeed!!

    That rearlight/intergrated brakelight takes a page out of the FD3S design.

    But I do like the interior. That telling schematic/map of Tsukuba is a good way to tell that this is one serious machine.

    Only really thing missing is the double bubble canopy for helmet clearence,….. the roof looks too flat…otherwise a damn good looking car.

    Reminds me of a Paseo on steriods…..

    The Celica looks like the odd one out there…lol.

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  • 4G63tDSM on Mar 08, 2010 at 11:18 pm

    Sorry, the schematic was for Fuji Speedway….just realised what I typed …

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  • carsut on Mar 08, 2010 at 11:20 pm

    hope this car are sticky free accelerator.. haha

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  • pomen_gtr on Mar 08, 2010 at 11:26 pm

    and one thing…

    pls make sure this car light if not driving it would be as equal as driving a lorry….(ae86 famous for its lightweight)

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  • sparrow on Mar 08, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    if i will buy a toyota in my life..

    i think that will be FT86… hoho

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  • Mazda 3 MPS on Mar 08, 2010 at 11:53 pm

    but why got supra?

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  • ugly

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  • Maverick on Mar 09, 2010 at 2:13 am

    Hopefully this toyol FT86 concept is scrapped.

    We want Subaru version instead.

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  • Littlefire on Mar 09, 2010 at 3:11 am

    Waiting for the AE86 Subaru version or WRX STi! Slurp~! Heard it will be fitted with 4wd or even turbocharged it!

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  • Louis X on Mar 09, 2010 at 3:31 am

    Nice! love it! but the steering horn…. =.=

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  • speedracer on Mar 09, 2010 at 4:24 am

    SICK! SICK! SICK!…love the looks…im not a Toyota fan…but this one is an exception..wow, fun!

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  • fuyiopo on Mar 09, 2010 at 4:32 am

    Not interested in boxer engine powered car.

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  • bohpee on Mar 09, 2010 at 4:53 am

    woyehh!! the next supra!!

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  • Gajen on Mar 09, 2010 at 7:00 am

    nice family….cant wait man…!

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  • jebon lonely ranger on Mar 09, 2010 at 7:19 am

    walawe…so nice, so good, so sweet

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  • mirror mirror on Mar 09, 2010 at 7:32 am

    Nice family portrait, maybe they also do one for Avanza, Innova, Rush, Vios, Hilux and Fortuner.

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  • mirror mirror on Mar 09, 2010 at 7:39 am

    I must admit this ft86 is rekindling my interest in Toyota.

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  • awg1031 on Mar 09, 2010 at 7:50 am

    ouch..i still can't accept that gtr flatted rear bumper..the rest are cool though

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  • anonymous on Mar 09, 2010 at 9:18 am

    Subaru one looks better.

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  • wochomi on Mar 09, 2010 at 4:17 pm

    Finally, a car that looks like a car and not some some sissy punster. Wait a minute, this catfish here looks like a boat with the rear bottom fins. Nice design.

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  • Jaybond on Mar 09, 2010 at 4:41 pm

    Toyota has been making boring cars for far too long, it's about time to introduce the sporty, fun to drive yet affordable cars…

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  • The Royal Academy of on Mar 09, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    finally can have new toyota for initial D 5

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  • This car is cool. I always believe that Toyota can come out with "exciting" design if they want to.

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  • boink on Mar 09, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    i remembered that this would a limited and by invitation car only, so got $$$ doesn't mean can buy…

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  • Jaybond on Mar 09, 2010 at 8:19 pm

    911 said,

    March 9, 2010 @ 9:49 am

    "This car is cool. I always believe that Toyota can come out with “exciting” design if they want to"

    They were too focused on car volumes previously, that's why they don't want to..

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  • I hope the current fiasco in US with toyota doesnt derail this project….

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  • vamos9446 on Mar 09, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    The world's largest automaker got to get the the sudden-acceleration bug fixed for good. Without doubts, there are people who are hurt and/or killed in the US and Japan because of this problem. FT-86 or not, Toyota once unquestionable reliability has suffered a colossal dent. The response so far is totally unsatisfactory and an unrepetence and stubborn denial is sickening.

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  • wochomi on Mar 10, 2010 at 12:27 am

    1. Accelerator doesn't return to initial position

    2. Breaks can't overpower the potent VVTi powerplant.

    3. What would you do when we were driving manual tranny cars?

    a) keep on pressing the breaks?

    b) pick up your cellphone and dial relatives?

    c) downshift to lower gear?

    d) shift to Neutral and disengage the drive train

    e) make a video for YouTube

    Proof that Americans are American'ts.

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  • vamos9446 on Mar 10, 2010 at 4:02 am

    Breaking News! Prius out of control on California highway:

    http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Story/A…

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  • vamos9446 on Mar 10, 2010 at 4:08 am

    Another news link to the latest runaway Toyota Prius.

    Note that this is a 2nd generation model which was not on the recall list.

    http://www.waow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12107108

    Is Toyota a big liar? The world will know about it in the coming weeks and months…

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  • wochomi on Mar 10, 2010 at 7:28 pm

    Don't worry, toyota cars here are safe because they are 10years behind time fort that kinda technological error to exist. Dumb UMW….

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  • willpower on Mar 11, 2010 at 5:09 am

    Would this car be recalled in near future after hitting sales market?

    Another Prius brake malfunction case occurred in USA…

    Sigh…

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  • Zubaer S on Mar 22, 2010 at 11:53 am

    i like.. lovely.

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  • GBToyMachine on Apr 04, 2010 at 2:13 am

    1993 – 1998 Toyota Supra RZ…. 3.0L Twin Sequential Turbo, 6-speed manual ….. Legend FTW!!! heheh

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