📰 Auto News REPORT: Toyota's Turning The FT-86 Into The Solara

[Mook]

wtf is toyota doing..

Remember how everyone was super giddy for the youthful and affordable Toyota FT-86 sports coupe? It'll be just like that... except neither youthful nor affordable. At least it's still RWD.

A report from Autocar indicates the price of the FT-86 is going to rise in Japan from the intended $20,000 entry price to around $23,000 to a fully-loaded $26,000. Even worse, the team is focusing on reducing fuel consumption from the car's Subaru-sourced boxer powerplant instead of increasing power.

The head of Toyota's sports vehicle department also told Autocar they're increasing the target age from the 30s to the 40s after "after market research revealed that fewer younger buyers would opt for the sleek coupé than first thought."

Clearly, raising the price and lowering the fun-factor is the way to attract even more 30-year-olds. Older boring people can buy Solaras. Well, used Solaras. We hope there's no plan to use this car to fill the Camry coupe-sized hole the company's lineup.

http://jalopnik.com/5521080/report-toyotas-turning-the-ft+86-into-the-solara

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[andcbii]

wtf is toyota doing..

Trying to build a car people will buy...

 

[Mook]

why even build it then? toyota has nothing worth a shit for the younger demographic...why market it to them they say, meh, we need to get some 40 year olds excited about a subaru with a different shell.

 

[andcbii]

why even build it then? toyota has nothing worth a shit for the younger demographic...why market it to them they say, meh, we need to get some 40 year olds excited about a subaru with a different shell.

Isn't Scion marketed to younger buyers? Maybe 40 year olds are more likely to buy a 2door. Kids are getting out of grade school and you don't need that minivan any more.

 

[Mook]

its going to tank with 40 year olds. mark my words.

 

[Bru]

Toyota currently has no sporty cars at all, and the trend looks to continue.

 

[Mook]

if people want rwd from toyota, theyll buy a lexus.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Did your car tank with 40 yr olds?

 

[Mook]

they bought g35s

 

[Mook]

how many 40 year olds want a 2 seater coupe?

 

[andcbii]

how many 40 year olds want a 2 seater coupe?

all the guys who are saving up for their first Vette when they turn 50

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

how many 40 year olds want a 2 seater coupe?

40 yr old bachelors?
Lesbians?


I was just asking. I guess it could have been a good midlife crisis car but it sounds like it's going the way of the genesis but worse.

 

[Eagle]

WTF is cru jones.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

So the ft-86 is going to be mid 20's and the Subaru version (which may not exist) will probably be the same if not more.

Lame.

 

[radioguy6]

Toyota actually has a "Sports Vehicle Department"??

 

[KaMaSuTrA]

Moving backwards..

 

[Bru]

Their SE and XRS trims are the supposed "Sporty" trims, but basically just give a stiff suspension and no noticeable difference in handling performance.

 

[radioguy6]

Moving backwards..

I wish they moved backwards. Would be nice to see another Supra or MR2 and not have their fastest car be the Camry

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Ugh, way to invoke good memories of the Hachiroku and then smashing it in peoples face with the Solara name.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

It'll be like the genesis. Sounded awesome till it actually came out. I think I've seen like 3 on the road ever. I've seen way more GTR's driving around.

Fuck you Toyota!

 

[Poopshinanigans]

i'll buy the subaru model instead.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Yea for $30k+?

 

[SRT41320]

im just going to punch all the jap bastards at my work out of spite!

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

im just going to punch all the jap bastards at my work out of spite!

 

[Fish]

Their sales teams seem to not give a shit either. At least when my sister and I went there to test drive a Camry. The guy wasnt willing to work with her, and was trying to get her into another car. The second the guy walked away for a minute, we booked over to Chevy.

Fuck Toyota.