2011 Toyota FT-86

Toyota revealed its brand new Celica inspired FT-86 Concept earlier this month, and here is proof the newcomer is closer than you might think. Making its world debut in Tokyo later this month, these pictures show the underpinnings of what will be Toyota’s future two plus two seater in the early stages of testing.

Depsite wearing this clever chassis disguise to mask its true identity, our spies managed to get close enough to the Toyota to uncover what lies beneath. Expected to use the Subaru Impreza’s 2.0-litre flat-four cylinder boxer engine mated to a chassis from the Legacy. The FT-86 will also be modified to be driven by the rear wheels and not all four.

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Toyota FT-86

Packed with enough emotional content to satisfy fans of the departed Supra, MR-2 and Celica, the Toyota FT-86 Concept is set to make its world debut at the company’s 2009 Tokyo auto show stand on October 21.This unlikely coupe, borne out of the on-again, off-again, on-again relationship between Toyota and Subaru, nearly got axed twice. In April, 2008, former Toyota CEO Katsuaki Watanabe first announced the joint development project with Subaru in which both companies would build a sports car based on the same platform.

In a speech to media in Tokyo on October 1, new Toyota CEO and Nurburgring 24-hour race driver Akio Toyoda enthusiastically explained that the company plans to put greater effort from now on into building ‘more emotional cars’ and that the FT-86, and Lexus LFA on a more extreme scale, are just the first in a long line.

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