Images of Production Toyota FT-86 Leaked

November 18, 2011 at 11:07am by Jared Gall

Okay, we promise this is it. (There’s a good chance we break that promise.) Here, taken from an Italian website that apparently has good Japanese sources, are what appear to be two images of the Toyota FT-86’s actual, final, production sheetmetal—er, one image showing two views of the car. We will do our damnedest to make this the last time we report on the Toyota/Scion/Subaru rear-drive coupe until the official debut at the Tokyo auto show. That’s less than two weeks away; how many more opportunities could there really be?

After two years of concepts, design studies, chassis and drivetrain bucks, and spy shots, we can’t say there are any surprises in this photo. Squat bodywork, airy greenhouse, fairly simple design (we feared that last bit in particular after learning that Toyota penned the shape). It’s certainly less aggressive than the many concepts that preceded it, but it does seem to be doing a little flexing around the rear wheels, producing a bit of a bulge that flows into the trunklid. And really, as we learned on our recent drive of a camouflaged Subaru prototype, it drives well enough that it won’t matter what it looks like. Heck, the Mazda Miata looks like a sausage that someone stepped on, but that hasn’t stopped us from loving it.

You can check out the original post on the Italian website here, although we’ll tell you now there’s nothing more for you there unless you want to post comments in Italian. You’re welcome to do that here, too.

Tags: Scion, Subaru BRZ, Toyota FT-86 |

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