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Originally Posted by somatic
Oh sounded like you were saying they were the SAME tires lol my bad
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no thats what i am saying it supposed to be the same.. not that it matters i guess it just sounds odd
215/45 R17 Michelin Green X but then from insideline it says 215/45-R17 Michelin Primacy.. i dont know much about the prius but mulitple mag tests referred to the 86 using "prius tires"
5. It Uses Prius Tires
Yes, we didn't believe it either, but the FR-S uses the same rubber that's optional on the Prius. In our first drive of the Toyota 86 we reported that the tires were the same size as those from the Prius option package, but we didn't think it possible that the much-hyped Toyota sports car would use the exact rubber as found on the efficiency-focused Prius.
Well, it does.
Tada-san insists that the FR-S's rubber doesn't share just a name with the tires on the FR-S. Rather, it's actually the exact same tire utilizing the same construction and compound as the optional Prius rubber. The reason, he says, is that the car's light weight and low center of gravity don't demand a high-grip tire.
Modest grip, stunning balance. It's a formula that works better than expected. The FR-S's fun quotient exceeds the sum of its parts.
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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion
That is def helping the car acheive it's advertised mpg ratings then since they are "low rolling resistance" tires. Probably makes it easier to drift tho since it won't grip the road very well.  |
yeah from autocar
Drifting is a huge part of the appeal of the FT-86, just as it continues to be for the AE86. Our car was fitted with 215/45 R17 Michelin Green X tyres all round – aka Toyota Prius tyres. This made it laughably sideways in second gear, the back end stepping out with relatively mild – and sometimes almost no – provocation. For the average driver, this makes exploring the limits far easier than in anything else currently on sale.