Toyota AE86 in 2008?

[Vteckidd]

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.

Possible Models for us of the Levin

The Turbo 2NZ-FE making 150BHP; was rumored to be used in these as well....(Confirmed by another JDM land magazine)...

Edit for engines:
So we got 3 models..
The Base Levin: 1.5L
AE86 The Turbo 2NZ-FE
AE86 Trueno...Camry I4 (Sold in all the TC's /xB's and new XA the TA? )

And if Toyota decides to say we need a V6/I6...They'll source one from the IS250. or for V6 that 268 Hp Camry motor.

It's become public that Toyota and FHI are making adjustments to move in the direction of jointly developing a sports car. The sports car will be sold as a Toyota and the use of FHI's distinctive Boxer engine is under consideration. The details will be worked out by this fall. Meanwhile, the plan is for Toyota's subsidiary, Daihatsu, to supply FHI with subcompact cars. This will be the first domestic collaborative project between both companies since their capital tie-up in October 2005.

Toyota owns 8.7% of FHI shares. The jointly developed sports car that is under consideration will target younger customers, who have been losing interest in cars. The price will be kept below 2 million yen (US$17,000). The engine displacement will likely be 2.0 liters or less, and the expected release date is 2010. Toyota discontinued production of its 「MR-S」 sports car at the end of July, and thus there is no sports car under the Toyota brand.

The Boxer engine that is being considered has very little vibration and produces high horsepower. Porsche also uses this setup, as it allows for a low center of gravity. However, compared with other engines, it is fairly expensive so the task will be to see how low the price can be brought down.

On the other hand, from Toyota's side, Daihatsu's 「ＣＯＯ」 (Toyota 「bB」) will be supplied to FHI. FHI plans rebadge the vehicle and start selling it as early as next summer. They project sales of 6,000 units per year.

Every domestic car manufacturer has been putting efforts into marketing subcompact cars. But FHI does not have a subcompact model priced less than 2 million yen under its entry level 「Impreza」, making its product offering very limited. With an OEM supply deal, FHI will focus R&D expenses on its best selling model, 「Legacy」.

At its factory in the US, FHI has been manufacturing Toyota's medium-sized sedan 「Camry」 since April 2007. In Europe, FHI will sell rebadged Daihatsu's OEM car under the name 「Subaru Justy」. Both collaborative efforts were limited to overseas and nothing domestically until now.

[Vteckidd]

http://www.asahi.com/business/update...708090396.html

[ATL86]

So it's a rebadged SI?

[BKgen®]

wouldn't it be an AE08?

[Driftk1d350z]

looks like a combination of the celica and the yaris...

[BKgen®]

looks like toyota may be trying to get their balls back...

[Elbow]

I like it...

[Driftk1d350z]

looks like toyota may be trying to get their balls back...

if they wanted their balls back they're gonna have to release the supra b4 the skyline so people will get antsy and go ahead and buy the supra instead of the skyline

much like how xbox released the 360 b4 the PS3

[ksinao]

if they wanted their balls back they're gonna have to release the supra b4 the skyline so people will get antsy and go ahead and buy the supra instead of the skyline

much like how xbox released the 360 b4 the PS3

hmmm.... that would be nice

[TIGERJC]

If it stays rwd and doesn't come with a camry motor I will prolly like it

[BKgen®]

If it stays rwd and doesn't come with a camry motor I will prolly like it

well, in the 3rd pic, "FR" is visible at the top.... but things change.

[Kamikaze]

I've been following this. I'd like to see it make it to production.

[Kamikaze]

well, in the 3rd pic, "FR" is visible at the top.... but things change.

For it to be successful, it has to stay RWD. If they made it FWD, it would basically be another Celica. They're not going to do that because then it would compete with the tC.

[ORGANIZATIONXIII]

I like it... a lot

[ksinao]

i like the wheels on it more than anything i think.

[Ran]

If it stays rwd and doesn't come with a camry motor I will prolly like it

If it stays RWD and comes with that 280HP Camry motor I will probably like it.

As far as styling goes, it looks like a Celica and tC had sloppy buttsex and popped out a baby.

[SLo_MKIII]

i like the wheels on it more than anything i think.

x2

[OneSlow5pt0]

yea,the back end looks alot like 7th gen celica...but the rest looks like cross between civic and TC

lol,since i dont like any of those cars.........i dont like this

[Kamikaze]

If it stays RWD and comes with that 280HP Camry motor I will probably like it.

Don't hold your breath. I've heard it'll be under 150hp, but very responsive to FI.

As far as styling goes, it looks like a Celica and tC had sloppy buttsex and popped out a baby.

+1

[VooDooXII]

I like the grey mock-up/render/whatever. Looks a bit like the Toyota Sera.

Should be nice.

[Leadfoot_mf]

great looks like a tc you know what that means

[Revmaynard]

Looks like a Civic and a Celica.....I'm sure some ricer is already making this exact car somewhere.....

[Bruce Leroy]

hmm. . . . . rwd tibby for ~20k and a new cheap RWD toyota. . . . looks like drifting has made a big impression.

[BKgen®]

hmm. . . . . rwd tibby for ~20k and a new cheap RWD toyota. . . . looks like drifting has made a big impression.

[HachiDori]

looks like toyota may be trying to get their balls back...

And they fucking failed, fuck the re-design of the ae86......

Fuck toyota.

[RBpoweredSileighty]

not feeling it too much

[xLSTONEx]

wouldn't it be an AE08?

you drive a hyundai, you know nothing about balls.

[BKgen®]

you drive a hyundai, you know nothing about balls.

tell me something i haven't heard a million times before.

fucking dumbass.

[KPowerEP3]

I'm not feeling it...would be interesting to see in person, however.

[Jecht]

Meh I wanted the Mazda Kabura prototype with the N/A four cylinder but that isn't happening. I somehow doubt that this will be made, and if it does go into production that it won't reach the U.S.

[OneSlow5pt0]

Meh I wanted the Mazda Kabura prototype with the N/A four cylinder but that isn't happening. I somehow doubt that this will be made, and if it does go into production that it won't reach the U.S.

have u seen the RX-9 with a I6

[Mr.MuayThai]

It really looks like a new SI. . .

[Echonova]

Sweet!!!! Now all I need is a buisness loan for my Tofu shop. My kid is a year old so it the car should be out-dated by age 14........................

[BlkCD5]

sooooo, who prefers this design over the older version? Seems like they can't let the old classic imports die.

[Echonova]

sooooo, who prefers this design over the older version? Seems like they can't let the old classic imports die.

How is that any different from the domestics here?? Mustang-check. Camaro-check. Challenger-check. All coming back... Well Mustang is already here.

Edit: BTW, I don't. I think the old is sexy and the new is ugly as hell.

[On_Her_Face]

orginal ae86>.. but that would be a neat + fun car

[BTLFED]

I like it.

[Echonova]

Wonder how many kids will talk mom and dad into buying this and then kill themselves doing the driftoro. Only reason drifting hasn't killed more of our youts, is 240's spend more time on jack stands than on the road.

[Psycho]

For it to be successful, it has to stay RWD. If they made it FWD, it would basically be another Celica. They're not going to do that because then it would compete with the tC.

All through the 90's the sprinter trueno was front wheel drive. Car companies always rebadge their cars to mark up their price. What about the nissan 350z and the G35? They're not going to worry about competition between sister companies, because the money is all going to the same place. It's not really competition, it's branching out in the market.

[IndianStig]

I would rock the fuck outta that if it came out.