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The FT-86G that will hit Sydney is a higher-performance version of the FT-86 car that appeared at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, and is designed to gain the finicky Gen-Y tick of approval
The FT-86G is confirmed for the Sydney Motor Show in October.
The born-again show is expected to draw the biggest line-up of concept cars in Australian motoring history and Toyota is getting in first with confirmation of its classy coupe, which will definitely go into production as a born-again Corolla AE86 for sales early in 2012.
The FT-86G that will hit Sydney is a higher-performance version of the FT-86 car that appeared at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, and is designed to gain the finicky Gen-Y tick of approval and restore some of the ‘lust factor’ that has been missing from a brand accused by its own boss of being boring.
Enhancements to the rear-wheel drive car include a redesigned front-end, large carbon-fibre wing, diffuser and oversized twin exhaust as well as a specially tuned turbocharged engine.
The sharper, sleeker design and lower, wider and longer measurements have also helped the car gain its “G” sports conversion classification.
At the FT-86 launch at Tokyo show last year, President Akio Toyoda pointed to the fact that his company needed to get younger buyers excited about Toyota again. "It is often said that young people today have drifted away from cars, but I feel it may not be the customers who have drifted from cars but us, the manufacturers," Toyoda said.
It’s only a concept at this stage, but if Toyoda is genuinely determined to give Toyota some mojo, this would be a good weapon for the battle.
