Word has it that Toyota is in the process of forming a special committee dedicated to developing what we like to call 'interesting cars', this is mostly due to the fact that Toyota has no sports cars left in their current line-up. So the time has come for the resurrection of the AE86, a Corolla coupe from the 80's. Japanese car magazine Best Car (Japanese language site) has pried loose some initial specs of the AE86:
    * under 4m long,
    * approximately 1,7 m wide,
    * measuring 1,35m from the ground up,
    * target weight lies under 1000kg,
    * will most likely be powered by a 1,5 liter 2NZ-FE engine.
Toyota's new partner, Fuji Heavy Industries (aka Subaru to most people) will be supplying the RWD drivetrain. Like the Scion xD, which is branded as the Toyota ist in Japan, there is a good possiblity that the AE86 might make it to the USA as a new Scion tC, or as an entirely new Scion budget performance car. Toyota is aiming for a 1.5mil Yen (or $12,300 / under 10,000Euro) price tag.

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