autoblog : 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.
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August 2nd, 2007 12:06 AM #1Last edited by Negus; August 2nd, 2007 at 05:44 PM.
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August 2nd, 2007 12:32 AM #4pretty good.. rear wheel based econo compact is back. I bet tuners will love this, since the initial d popularized car is in need of a major powerplant facelift (in Japan and in the west AE86 r popular hybrids for using nissan SR20s and honda K20s ;))
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August 2nd, 2007 04:55 AM #5
Looks too much like a Scion xD... (donor car for the chop?)
I want it like this...
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August 2nd, 2007 09:59 AM #6$12,300 lang so far ang possible price niya, ang mura nun a kaysa bumili ka ng mga 2-4 yearsold 2nd hands ($12,300 x php45.00 = php 553,500 + tax + extras = php 600,000 - 650,000) pwede na, kaysa mag vios/yaris or jazz/city na kung di ako nagkakamali ay mas mahal pa ng by 30k - up pa. kung lalabas man yan dito sa atin. plus stronger engine and probably stronger torque.
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August 2nd, 2007 05:15 PM #8diba meron nmn yung scion tC? mukang ok naman yun saka mura eh.. anyhow, from the B-pillar back, its closely derived from the latest celica that came out.
the white chop resembles the celica 2 generations back (or is it the supra?)
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August 2nd, 2007 05:52 PM #9
pic found on another site. I would buy one if ever this is true.
http://www.7tune.com/?p=63
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August 2nd, 2007 09:59 PM #11The white and black Trueno is based on a concept I made for CarSpyShots... its got no Honda in it... all Toyota.
This chop...
is based on the custom Scion xD(bodykit + big wheels)
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August 2nd, 2007 10:31 PM #12But the resemblance to the concept car to the current Civic is just too similar IMHO. What's more, they took the "crease line" from the belt line just like in the Celica and used that from the apex of the front wheel arch until the tail lights. Celicang-celica dating eh.
Is this a sign that Toyota is trying to revive old models to "catch up"?
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