Toyota GT 86 saloon on the cards

23 Oct, 2013 4:00pm

Toyota GT 86 saloon has been given the go-ahead, according to inside source

The Toyota GT 86 convertible concept still has an uncertain future - there's still no word on whether it'll make production. But Toyota engineers have been busy coming up with a plan B.

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An inside source has revealed that the go-ahead has been given for a GT 86-based saloon. Shown here in our exclusive image, the four-door will target buyers in their forties who honed their driving skills on cars like the rear-wheel-drive Corolla AE86, Mazda RX-8 and Honda S2000.

Using the same platform as the GT 86, but with a wheelbase that’s 100mm longer, it will feature what Toyota calls a “keen-look” grille design that appears to replicate the shape of a Japanese Samurai sword.

In addition to the GT 86’s 197bhp 2.0-litre boxer engine, the saloon will also offer a Hybrid R powertrain producing between 250-270bhp, while achieving 10 to 15 per cent better fuel economy than the standard petrol-engined car.

Our insider suggests that the new system will employ F1-style KERS tech, which can recover the car’s kinetic energy under braking and deliver it back to the rear wheels in short bursts. Expect to see the GT 86 saloon on sale from late 2015, with prices starting from £28,000.

Fonte: AutoExpress

Interessante come idea!

Decisamente poco probabile.

Non che l'idea sia malvagia, ma cosa ne verrebbe fuori? Una sorta di Lexus in scala ridotta?

uhm... una GT-86 ibrida... nun me piasc...

Sarebbe la versione rimarchiata della Subaru WRX?

Decisamente poco probabile.

Penso anche io . una berlina 4p rasoterra , non il massimo della comodità!

Decisamente poco probabile.

Infatti quello che avevo letto io era tutt'altro.

Non Toyota, ma Scion, il marchio di piccole auto che vende la propria variante di GT-86 nel mercato USA vorrebbe fare una 4 porte derivata dalla medesima base.

Toyota dovrebbe eventualmente venderla altrove per rendere il progetto fattibile e profittevole.

Ma pare che al momento non se ne possa fare nulla perchè Subaru, partner del progetto, non vuole questa variante.

TORRANCE, California — Scion is expected to introduce a redesigned xB hatchback in 2015 and is considering the development of a sporty four-door sedan based on the FR-S coupe, Edmunds has learned.A key question is whether Subaru, which co-developed the FR-S with Toyota, will agree to the deal, says an industry source familiar with Scion's product program.

Scion has been "pushing hard for a sedan variant of the FR-S, but Subaru has been dragging its heels on it," said a source who asked not to be identified. Subaru's version of the coupe is the BRZ.

The rear-drive FR-S and BRZ, 2+2 coupes that went on sale here in 2012, have been praised by the automotive press. The vehicle is marketed as the FR-S by Scion in the United States and by Toyota as the 86, GT86 and FT86 in other regions of the world.

Scion wants to sell the sedan version here beginning in 2016, the source said, but Toyota's other global regions likely would have to buy into the proposal to make a business case.

ultimamente alcune testate inglesi non ne azzeccano una o comunque sembrano riportare notizie che vivono di vita propria.

ultimamente alcune testate inglesi non ne azzeccano una o comunque sembrano riportare notizie che vivono di vita propria.

Per fare lo sguuups !