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REPORT: Track-focused, budget-oriented Toyota FT-86 on the way

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    REPORT: Track-focused, budget-oriented Toyota FT-86 on the way

    Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Hybrid, Performance, Europe, Japan, Hatchback, Honda, Toyota

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    Toyota FT-86 Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery

    The latest issue of EVO hasn't dropped into our laps yet, but our favorite Brit pub apparently got the scoop on another variant of the Toyota FT-86 -- one that's supposedly track tuned and considerably cheaper than the model due to arrive in 2011.

    Powered by the same Subaru-sourced, Toyota-tuned boxer four, this supposedly stripped out variant could dispatch some of the standard model's amenities and come equipped with upgraded brakes and suspension components specifically designed for track work and drifting duty. According to EVO, a fully optioned FT-86 would carry a price tag of around $27,000, while this budget-oriented performance model will retail for around $22,000 -- a similar setup to the Hyundai Genesis Coupe RSpec.

    EVO goes on to report that Toyota's crosstown rivals are working on a one-make race series for the Honda CR-Z and plan to campaign the hybrid hatch at the 24 hours of Nurburgring enduro in May. The more the merrier we say...


    Gallery: Toyota FT-86 Concept in the Studio

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    [Source: EVO via FT86Club via Jalopnik]REPORT: Track-focused, budget-oriented Toyota FT-86 on the way originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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    its_ikon FIRST widebody

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    i wonder if it will last longer than the spec tc which had stripped down options.
    its_ikon, Dec 22, 2009
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    i hope so, this car would come out at the perfect time for me :)
    whydontyouchoos, Dec 22, 2009
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    This car seems like a decent vehicle. I just hate that all the new cars are starting to look so "spacey" and "alien" like. Maybe its just me.
    Unique102, Dec 23, 2009
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