New Toyota AE86. Priced at $12,300 USD...What do you think??

[LEXi73]

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.

[Source: Best Car]

Gallery: Toyota's return of the AE86 - Courtesy of Best Car


http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/01/rumoured-new-ae86-more-details/




Looks like a cool design and pretty cheap...only 120 HP but who really cares...RWD!

 

[yashart_mp3]

wow, I think I found my toy car

 

[TX Speed 6]

I wish I could see the pictures, but I'm at work and they're blocked!! Sounds exciting though!

 

[Chief7925]

There are gonna be alot of japanese people falling off the mountainsides now so watch out guys.

 

[BradC]

wow, I think I found my toy car

Hell yeah, that looks fun!

 

[wannabe]

eh. too much like the already existing tC for me...i though this was supposed to be "interesting"

 

[CustomMSP]

That's very nice.

 

[CnoTataymo]

Interesting. It doesn't look all that bad. I wonder what the official weight will be at the end. I remember them being around 2200 lbs.

 

[-pixy-]

An affordable, RWD tC.

I can just see all the kiddies in thier new parent provided cars drifting around the neighborhood.... weeeeeee!

 

[Marcus]

if that car is released it wont be long until people start swapping out for 2jz engines

 

[yashart_mp3]

if that car is released it wont be long until people start swapping out for 2jz engines

Hence, my new toy car That thing will be a blast to drive...once it is boosted of course

 

[mountjonas]

count me in

 

[clicknext]

That's amazing! Hope it comes here!

 

[ho bag]

Ya that thing deffently screams rebadged scion

 

[Cellerator]

looks good, I'd take that over the Protege...

 

[clicknext]

If it looks like that and comes out at that price, then people will be all over it! Hell, I'd consider getting one as my next.

 

[dmitrik4]

i'd be all over that thing.

eh. too much like the already existing tC for me...i though this was supposed to be "interesting"

um, it might resemble the scion, but since it's apparently less than 2200 lbs and is RWD, it couldn't be more different.

 

[Foolish]

They can call it a Scion, I don't care, as long as it's RWD, cheap and reasonably practical, I'm all over it.

 

[Simply Silver]

That is a very nice car.

 

[Rally Ninja]

They need to make it look closer or retro looking to the original ala current mustang. Panda car FTW