Supra_RZ

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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.

Midnight Racer

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I like it

SlvrTarantula

Yaoweeee $12,300..

At that price its an instant ricer. I definately like the idea of spawning a new gen of the AE86.. Toyota will do well selling these

A790

Of course it will look nothing like the concept

DDM

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sounds good. And for that price it sounds even better

Fabius

****ing pos...
that thing better weigh in close to 2500lbs max or else its gonna need a bigger engine for it to sell in northamerica

Gonads

under a 1000 kg is 2200 pounds, so if that promise goes through, it will be pretty cool. especially for that price tag.

shaegreenz

looks nice. anyones seen pics of the new crx hatch? that looks nice too.. i think its a concept

nicholas316

its going to look nothing like the concept...more like that prius, matrix, kinda

rabbitman

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Meh, just throw a new drivetrain in the old AE86.

Fresh_Prince

wow...the pics didnt bring back much...but after reading the article
i know the spirit of the ae86 is in this car

2TONE_93GT

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its not a bad looking car :thumbsup:

hemi_fan

with that price, rwd, and that weight, it'd make a sick winter car or DD... i'd drive one, esp. if it looked like that.

integra_gs_22

i like this body style too bad the engine is only 120hp would of been better if it had at less 140 or 150 to keep up with alot of the other cars on the market but cant go wrong with $12,000

bg_dub

price, rear wheel drive, light fun car u cant go wrong