INNOVATIVE TOYBARU TIMELINE

By: Bruce Mbingeleli

Seven Concepts over nearly five years. Enough with the teasing & waiting just give us the Damn Car...

1.    Toyota FT-HS 01/2007

It had nothing to do with the FT-86; it was a big V6 RWD hybrid. But styling is influential.

2.    Toyota FT-86 10/2009

The real start of things from Toyota. This puts a marker in the automotive industry, not production-feasible yet. The FT-86 is powered not by a Toyota engine, but by Subaru’s 2.0L “Boxer” engine (WRX, anyone?). With that engine, power to the rear wheels and an asking price of around $20,000, the FT-86′s specifications read like a wish list of what many have been asking for.

3.    Toyota FT-86 03/2011

Near-final body style. Toyota has no other sports-car, so this couldn’t cost any sales.

4.    Subaru Concept 03/2011

By unveiling Boxer Sports-Car Architecture, Subaru shows it did the engineering.

5.    Scion FR-S 04/2011

Toyota will sell it under its Scion “youth brand” in the US, so time for another concept please.

6.    Toyota FT-86II 09/2011

Earlier car resprayed, with fewer headlines but gets Frankfurt and JIMS show goers onto the stands.

7.    Subaru BRZ STI 11/2011

A big wing and tailpipes to celebrate Subaru’s tuner arm-BRZ is the real name.

Toyota FT-86

Scion-FR-S -Concept

Front-View of the Toyota FT-86 Concept

Subaru-BRZ-Con
cept 2

FT-HS Concept