Subaru-powered Toyota FT-86 gets closer to production...

Yaayuh! · 9 Jul 2012 at 17:00

Taken many years to produce, sticks to the road, great fun, rear wheel = driftfun, designed with tuning in mind. Will be interesting to see how fast it gets round the top gear track..
Won't be long before there's a load of 300hp+ 86s on the roads i don't think. Strap on a couple of turbos, replace kit with aftermarket stuff, tune, remap and away we go.
Still love the one that i had a visit from, beautiful IMO

Brookert · 9 Jul 2012 at 19:13

Those stripes look great. Are they options?

Relentless81 · 9 Jul 2012 at 19:19

Yes, there is a range of custom graphics available

Saw one on the road on Saturday, nearly snapped my neck as its the first one I have seen, apart from the stupid LEDs they look awesome

Brookert · 9 Jul 2012 at 19:43

Relentless81 said:
Yes, there is a range of custom graphics available

Saw one on the road on Saturday, nearly snapped my neck as its the first one I have seen, apart from the stupid LEDs they look awesome

New cars have got to have the xmas lights these days

wouldnt look bling otherwise

atpbx · 9 Jul 2012 at 20:46

They have two at the Toyota sponsored college in Nottingham.

They are not that good looking in the flesh.

DB_SamX · 9 Jul 2012 at 21:40

Rossi~ said:
Taken many years to produce, sticks to the road, great fun, rear wheel = driftfun, designed with tuning in mind. Will be interesting to see how fast it gets round the top gear track..
Won't be long before there's a load of 300hp+ 86s on the roads i don't think. Strap on a couple of turbos, replace kit with aftermarket stuff, tune, remap and away we go.
Still love the one that i had a visit from, beautiful IMO

I was actually thinking earlier that if I were to get one in future, red with black decals would be the one to aim for, and carbon fibre effect wingmirrors.

Berger · 9 Jul 2012 at 22:11

What bugs me is how horrible the wheels are.

Bigger wheels of a much nicer design, lower car and fill the arches a little more!

ZG002 · 9 Jul 2012 at 22:22

The wheel situation reminds me of the mk3 mx5 problem, Wheels too small and car too high. But this time the wheels really ming hard :/

Loads of arch to fill also, Could easily replace with wider wheels.

Brookert · 9 Jul 2012 at 22:27

ZG002 said:
The wheel situation reminds me of the mk3 mx5 problem, Wheels too small and car too high. But this time the wheels really ming hard :/

Loads of arch to fill also, Could easily replace with wider wheels.

The whole point of the car was to not put larger wheels on it though, to make it handle more predictably.

ZG002 · 9 Jul 2012 at 22:31

Then don't flare the arches quite as much, That rear wheel looks lost.

Brookert · 9 Jul 2012 at 22:43

ZG002 said:
Then don't flare the arches quite as much, That rear wheel looks lost.

Its all just a matter of opinion though, I think it looks fine. Massive wheels are a modern curse on cars. Although they may have left large wheel arches knowing modders would want to put large wheels in there.

Phate · 9 Jul 2012 at 22:53

Time to contact the local Toyota dealership...

When are they available for test drives? Now?

DB_SamX · 9 Jul 2012 at 23:09

Yup, now. Worth phoning ahead though.

Phate · 9 Jul 2012 at 23:12

DB_SamX said:
Yup, now. Worth phoning ahead though.

Cool I'm busy this weekend coming up, shall arrange a test drive for next weekend.

I'm assuming the only differences between the Toyota and Subaru versions right now is the badge?

DB_SamX · 9 Jul 2012 at 23:14

I believe there is a difference in suspension and interior, maybe a few other minor things. Most comparisons or review mags have covered them.

Yaayuh! · 10 Jul 2012 at 07:05

The car is actually quite low, I wouldn't lower it much more but slightly bigger wheels maybe. That angle the picture was taken at makes it look worse than it actually it is.

shoes · 10 Jul 2012 at 10:16

Rossi~ said:
Taken many years to produce, sticks to the road, great fun, rear wheel = driftfun, designed with tuning in mind. Will be interesting to see how fast it gets round the top gear track..
Won't be long before there's a load of 300hp+ 86s on the roads i don't think. Strap on a couple of turbos, replace kit with aftermarket stuff, tune, remap and away we go.

Taken a lot of balls, too. I can't remember the last exciting car toyota released (I was 6 in 1992 when the last great toyota was released in the UK) so this really is something.

I am not sure which way tuning will go - I wonder if it would be easier/cheaper to just drop the STi unit in there rather than modifying the supplied unit.

NathWraith · 10 Jul 2012 at 10:55

I wanna test drive one of these too, although I think the BRZ looks better. maybe it is just the blue?

shoes · 10 Jul 2012 at 10:59

I'm going to the launch event and Pinkstones in stoke on thursday, should be an interesting one. Hoping to take lots of photos and book a test drive.

Eliot · 10 Jul 2012 at 11:33

Brookert said:
So what is the official 0-60 time of this car? I seen 0-60 times for this much close to 6 seconds, with the auto just over 7 seconds. It's not all about power, if you want power and torques, go buy a remapped tractor.

All the reviews I've seen so far have loved the balance the car has, what review are you referring too?

IM not certain about that, I've read a lot about it that to actually get that 0-60 you need to up the rev limiter a little as it hits 58 in second. This could be wrong though

Besides, that box must be very short, The box in my gti-6 is short and I can do 67 in second, Which is a 9mph difference, And both boxes have 6 gears

Honestly though the thing that will prevent me getting one is:

I wanted to like it but the engine is the weak link really.
It doesnt even need more power its just the torque is ALL the way at the top.
6.6k is VERY high to have peak torque when you have peak power 0.4k afterwards and then the redline at the same interval after that.
It would benifit massively from an engine like this Clio 200:
It makes the same power at 7100 (.1k later)
But slightly more torque than the brz (7lbft) but 1.2k earlier.
And the clio engine isn't exactly known for low down torque...

And with it costing 25k to 30k if you like options. I'd much rather just plump up the extra 3k or so for a BMW M135i at 29k

Its a BMW
Its got 320HP
It has two more turbos
3 Litre's
Also RWD
but does 0-60 in 4.9

I'll take that instead,,,,

The above is motoring bargain of the decade imo..