AE86 replacement on the way
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AE86 replacement on the way
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/01/r...-more-details/
Within days of announcing Toyota's formation of a "Committee to create interesting cars," this summer's Best Car Plus magazine reveals that the long-rumoured new AE86 type car has indeed been spawned by the group and should be in showrooms in the winter of 2008.
The new article goes into some detail of the new car's spec. Under 4m long and 1.7m wide, it's pretty low at 1.35m tall, and engineers have been directed to keep weight below 1,000kgs. Power will come from a 1.5L 2NZ-FE good for 120 horsepower. What has been unknown until this time is where Toyota would source a cheap RWD drivetrain, but Best Car has learned that it will come from new partner Fuji Heavy Industries - better known to you and me as Subaru.
And the best news of all? The committee's final directive is to keep the new car's sticker price below 1.5million Yen. That's about $12,300 USD in today's money.
Within days of announcing Toyota's formation of a "Committee to create interesting cars," this summer's Best Car Plus magazine reveals that the long-rumoured new AE86 type car has indeed been spawned by the group and should be in showrooms in the winter of 2008.
The new article goes into some detail of the new car's spec. Under 4m long and 1.7m wide, it's pretty low at 1.35m tall, and engineers have been directed to keep weight below 1,000kgs. Power will come from a 1.5L 2NZ-FE good for 120 horsepower. What has been unknown until this time is where Toyota would source a cheap RWD drivetrain, but Best Car has learned that it will come from new partner Fuji Heavy Industries - better known to you and me as Subaru.
And the best news of all? The committee's final directive is to keep the new car's sticker price below 1.5million Yen. That's about $12,300 USD in today's money.
Big hp numbers. Whats with people today. The AE86 had like 90hp. I have built a few corollas and a 120hp is a damn fast powerplant... The best thing about driving an AE86, Miata, etc is "feeling" like your going fast. TRD/scion fanboy tunning would be a cash cow. And very good for the market. Think of all the TRD shiftknobs you could buy for this baby.
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Only numbers I am looking for is weight, price and distribution. Other than that, it should be fun. If the came up with a base vehicle with the lotus type interior, as in bare, I would be all over it. That's probably the only way to hit the $12,500 mark.
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the grey concept looks hawt but the red is a POS celica tailight photochop.
if it looks anythinglike the grey one its going to be hawt and i'll be rocking one
if it looks anythinglike the grey one its going to be hawt and i'll be rocking one
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