The 42nd Tokyo motor show has just been and as you would expect, there are a lot of new cars shown off and a few concept cars flaunted too.
This is what Toyota thinks the future of the car will be, if this is the way things turn out, I will spending a lot more time cycling.
Now before we all rush to conclusions about Toyota and the future of the automobile, Toyota released an actual car too. The new GT 86 (the name plays homage to the AE86, which you should really should know more about).
Toyota have been working with Subaru (they have the BRZ), to create a car that all petrol heads should go slightly ga ga over.
The important bits to know are;
2.0L Boxer engine (naturally aspirated)
197hp @ 7000rpm and 151 1b-ft of torques @6,600prm
6 speed manual (and for some reason there is an auto option?)
53:47 weight distribution (to some this is the holy grail of weight distribution)
Rear wheel drive.
Really, really low center of gravity
Light, 1220kg's.
Why should you be excited about these new little coupes? These are REAL sports cars, they used the Porsche Cayman as a reference (which is good). These are drivers cars, cars that are all about handling, handling and handling.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited that car companies are still making cars with the priority of driver involvement and handle, not about blue tooth connectivity, driver aid systems (with as many acronyms they can muster) and not just marketing spiel about being fun to drive, premium looks, intelligent motoring and more electronic things on the dash than something out of USS Enterprise.
Right, enough rambling....I'm going off to figure out how I can convince my better half that we need another car in the garage...........oh, I prefer the Subaru......but not sure what they were thinking about with the music to the above clip.
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