Well initial impressions from me aren't that great. The looks seem iffy to me and the interior looks cheaply made and looks to be a plastic tub like the tC.
Mechanically speaking however, the car seems to have good specs.
Few specs:
-It is a four-seater sports car
-The engine is a 2.0-litre flat-four boxer engine producing 197bhp at 7000rpm and 151lb ft of torque at 6600rpm – this car is being produced in partnership with Subaru, hence the boxer engine
-Front-engined, rear wheel drive only with limited slip differential – it’s meant to drift!
-It will be called GT 86 in Europe and goes on sale June of 2012
-It’s 4240mm long, 1285mm high and 2570 wide
-53:47 front-to-rear weight distribution
-Very low centre of gravity of 475mm
-17-inch wheels
-Twin exhausts
-‘86’ piston logo to indicate flat-four
The press release says: ‘The ABS and switchable vehicle stability control systems have been tuned specifically to deliver dynamic stability at the limit of the car’s performance envelope with minimal electronic intervention to help preserve the purity of the driving experience,’ which we interpret as ‘this car is meant to drift!’.
Pics can be seen here: http://jalopnik.com/5862774/toyota-gt-86-is-the-production-version-of-the-ft+86
Mechanically speaking however, the car seems to have good specs.
Few specs:
-It is a four-seater sports car
-The engine is a 2.0-litre flat-four boxer engine producing 197bhp at 7000rpm and 151lb ft of torque at 6600rpm – this car is being produced in partnership with Subaru, hence the boxer engine
-Front-engined, rear wheel drive only with limited slip differential – it’s meant to drift!
-It will be called GT 86 in Europe and goes on sale June of 2012
-It’s 4240mm long, 1285mm high and 2570 wide
-53:47 front-to-rear weight distribution
-Very low centre of gravity of 475mm
-17-inch wheels
-Twin exhausts
-‘86’ piston logo to indicate flat-four
The press release says: ‘The ABS and switchable vehicle stability control systems have been tuned specifically to deliver dynamic stability at the limit of the car’s performance envelope with minimal electronic intervention to help preserve the purity of the driving experience,’ which we interpret as ‘this car is meant to drift!’.
Pics can be seen here: http://jalopnik.com/5862774/toyota-gt-86-is-the-production-version-of-the-ft+86
