TOYOTA FT-86 CONCEPT II
Toyota will again offer a compact sport coupe in early 2012. Thus, after unveiling the concepts:
FT-86 at the Salon International Motor Show in Tokyo in 2009 and
FT-86 II at Farnborough International Geneva Motor Show 2011,
there is increasing talk that the manufacturer offers during the next International Exhibition held in Tokyo Motor in December, a production version of this highly anticipated cut.
Toyota has had a half-century passion for sports performance, which began in 1962 with the Sports 800 and 1965 also spawned the legendary Toyota 2000 GT, the first super sports car in Japan - more expensive than a Porsche. This was followed over the decades more athletic milestones. Now the time is ripe for a new sports car from Toyota, the FT-86 Concept II gives the clearest view yet. In Europe, the new athletes coming onto the market in 2012.
An aggressive cornering machine for the road
Like its ancestor, the concept study is FT-86 II on the classic layout with front engine and rear-wheel drive. With the proportions of a long, flat hood is cut up front wheel arches and the far-drawn cab to the rear of the FT-86 II is a tribute to Toyota's sports car history.
The FT-86 II is geared fully with its distinctive curved lines and to all functional requirements, while Toyota developed using the aerodynamics of Formula 1 technology. Toyota's European design center ED ² refers to the concept as "functional beauty". The flat, thoroughbred body is stretched tightly over the chassis and engine and came with a length of only 4.235 meters and 1.795 meters wide and 1.270 meters above sea level compact has special, but on a long wheelbase of 2.570 meters.
At the front, sleek headlights stand out like a predator waiting for its prey, while the large cooling air inlet to the asphalt would devour almost. Muscular work is also the flanks.
Like a predator curve to the Toyota FT-86 II crouches on the road. The vehicle body works through an aerodynamic shape and even visually suggests a strong forward movement and a low center of gravity. Optimize the handling at high speeds, a rear spoiler and a large diffuser in which the Japanese, the two exhaust tailpipes integrated.
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