Toyota clone or just a guess?

Inspector71

While looking at car mags at the pharmacy yesterday, I saw a red 370Z on the cover of Car & Driver, or Road and Track. I took a closer look and it was a Toyota. Yes, I've heard the rumors about the reintroduction of the Supra. But what caught my attention was that the model depicted on the cover was almost a clone of the 370Z. Is that what will look like for sure or a guess by the car mags? Looks like we have some competition.

theDreamer

Was one of them a cover talking about drifting? The picture is a 370z Nismo and then a few pages in they start talking about the concept cars that will launch in the next 12 months, one of which is the new Toyota 4 cylinder/RWD/2+2 seater. The Toyota looks like a lot of cars from different angles, borrows design cues from others.

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vash_241987

Its the FT-86...its supposed to be a remake of the famous AE-86 from the anime Inital D. Its also the only RWD corolla. Supra would be great, but IMO they prob considering the LFA their "supra".

phelan

it's not just because of anime

i loved the little AE86 long before i ever got into japanese cartoons

the FT-86 is supposed to be a pretty mature design exterior-wise, but the interior is still a bit star trek-y.

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vash_241987

yeah but i'm too young to remember see one in person soo the anime was my first reference. Plus I've owned a couple of Best Motoring International where they had the AE86 in some touge battles.

kenchan

i thought their new prius looked like it had Z's headlamps...

PapoZalsa

Here are some pics:

370Zsteve

Mebbe come here as a Lexus? Corolla? Really? Bad name for a cool car!

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Mike

Motor Trend says it may come here as a Celica. Head of Toyota, Mr Toyoda, said that it will be the best drift car, and that it was designed specifically for that purpose.

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RCZ

Looks like a shortish wheel base...not ideal for drifting

TipsZ

Looks more Mazda based lines than Z lines though. Interesting that Toyota is wanting to jump back into the game.... remember, competition brings out the best in all who compete .. so this may not be a bad thing.

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kenchan

they should just call it a levin

G Fo12ce

I had a notch back hachi roku (AE86) at one time. Great little car.

The new one is supposed to be powered by a Subaru boxer engine, they've been calling it a Toyobaru. Toyota owns a stake in Fuji Heavy Industry. I hope they don't use what's in the current STI, I hear they are so sensitive & weak in the piston they blow up if you just look at it wrong...

A good friend told me at at a recent track day (of mosly industry guys) 2 with just cat back's went home on flat beds with block damage. Yikes.

Forrest

the roof lines look straight stolen from the 370z which was properly stolen from the GTR hehe.

I like the car but i don't like that i some how see big resemblance in my 370z.

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Micas

Umm.. it's packing a 2 litre na 4 banger.. lol

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