Toyota To Debut FT-86G Sports Concept Car At Australian International Motor Show (Video)

Toyota will be unveiling the long awaited FT-86G Concept Car designed to appeal to younger drivers (anyone under 55) and gather excitement for sports-car driving.

To earn the “G” moniker – Toyota shorthand for sports conversion models – the concept car has undergone an aggressive styling and performance makeover. Metalwork is much sharper as well as looking sleeker with overall measurements that are slightly longer, wider and lower. A totally redesigned front end includes a larger air intake with visible intercooler as well as a vented bonnet. Rear enhancements for the edgier concept include a large carbon-fibre wing, diffuser and oversized twin exhausts. Underneath the skin, the FT-86G Sports Concept retains the front-engine, rear-drive layout of a classic sports car. Toyota has significantly upped the ante on performance with a specially tuned turbocharged engine. The “G” sits on 19-inch Bridgestone rubber while the interior gains Recaro seats.

At the launch of the original FT-86 concept in Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corporation president Akio Toyoda said the company needed to re-connect with younger buyers by producing fun-to-drive models.
“It is often said that young people today have drifted away from cars, but I feel it may not be the customers who have drifted from cars but us, the manufacturers,” Mr Toyoda said.
“I believe it is the mission of auto makers to provide the fundamental excitement of automobiles to customers, regardless of the era,” he said.