A New Ae86 Rwd From Toyota???

Ripper · November 13, 2007

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/01/rumoure...6-more-details/

GTAm · November 14, 2007

Nice to see Toyota bring out a car that harks back to its limited heritage.

Ripper · November 14, 2007

GTAm said:
Nice to see Toyota bring out a car that harks back to its limited heritage.

yep damn shame... they can make something like a Supra but can't transfer some of those DNA to their other cars... or at least a few of them

dinosh · November 15, 2007

So this is the vehicle which Toyata was collaborating with Subaru! Toyota should add some Subaru DNA in their vehicles.

GTAm · November 15, 2007

dinosh said:
So this is the vehicle which Toyata was collaborating with Subaru! Toyota should add some Subaru DNA in their vehicles.

I only hope it won't be the reverse where Toyota DNA sneaks into Subaru

The Don · November 15, 2007

GTAm said:
I only hope it won't be the reverse where Toyota DNA sneaks into Subaru

Well GTAM thats not necessarily a bad thing, For example Toyota has had as much success in WRC as Subaru has had and were very competitive in the 90s Remember the Corolla WRC and the Celica WRC before it ?

Also you might have also noted the Lotus Excierge uses a 1.8L Toyota engine having abandoned he K Series and this might be true of the new Elise too (or is it using the Ford Duratec engine)

Pericles · November 15, 2007

Well, they gotta do SOMETHING with the data from the F1 and SuperGT programs.

Jaliya48 · July 13, 2008

I love the Hachi Roku! I saw someone was signing a petition telling Toyota to re-introduce it! A bit far off, but I signed anyway!

Devinda_Z · March 6, 2009

Subaru-Toyota compact project is on hold

February 26, 2009

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The sporty compact car Subaru and Toyota were developing together has been put on hold because of the worldwide economic slowdown, both companies confirm.
The program had been developing a pair of sporty small cars for sale by both automakers in 2011. The companies' other high-profile collaboration, the assembly of Toyota Camrys in Subaru's Lafayette, Ind., plant, remains intact.

Toyota took a small stake in Subaru when GM ended its relationship with the all-wheel drive specialist in 2005.

The 2+2 compact sporty car had been slated to use a version of the Subaru Impreza's platform, horizontally opposed boxer engine and transmission. It reportedly modified Subaru's all-wheel drive drivetrain to a rear-drive setup and moved the engine slightly rearward in the chassis to improve weight distribution.

The car would have filled one of the few obvious gaps in Toyota's lineup, a small and affordable sporty car.

It would also have given Subaru a performance model priced below the $24,995 all-wheel drive Impreza WRX.

The Toyota and Subaru models reportedly had different exterior designs.

By Mark Phelan

Source : http://www.freep.com/article/20090226/BUSI...0is%20on%20hold

Mani · March 7, 2009

This is back on and scheduled as a 2012 model. Should be a fun little car with the skubi boxer engine. Nice car for mod junkies since a STI power plant could be fitted without too much trouble.

If Toyota keep to the Supra like built quality in the drive train, modding this car will be fun.

Devinda_Z · March 8, 2009

Mani said:
If Toyota keep to the Supra like built quality in the drive train, modding this car will be fun.

is it true that the stock MKIV internal could take close to 500bhp??

how far along did u go before replacing all those Mani?

Mani · March 8, 2009

Devinda_Z said:
is it true that the stock MKIV internal could take close to 500bhp??
how far along did u go before replacing all those Mani?

Highest ever recorded was 983 RWHP [~1,130 at the crank] on stock internals. That's stock pistons and rods but worked head with big valves. I changed my pistons only. I did that to hit 920 HP mainly because I wanted to up the compression and also I was running a 280 HP shot of NOS. I kept the stock rods though and they pushed nearly 840 LB/TQ without any issues. Blew up plenty of fully built engine though. Goes to show you how robust the stock internals are.

Engine is only one part of the equation. The MKIV also had a bulletproof transmission, rear dif and half shafts. Most of these guys drag racing still run the stock 6 speed, rear dif and half shafts. I'm yet to hear someone blowing up a trans though. There were few reports of diff blowing up on hard launches with slicks but never heard of a half shaft coming apart without wheel-hop. Toyota 3SG and 2JZ are couple of the best engines that Toyota ever built.

If the new car comes with something that can handle 4-500 hp you're going to see lot of people modifying them.