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Despite the fact that the concept car, Toyota FT-86, which was introduced in October last year, still far from production, the model underwent its first operational development of the Toyota engineers and their partners from the firm GAZOO, "who have eaten more than one dog" to establish racing cars.

While Toyota and GAZOO not disclose the technical parameters of their joint project, but reporters found out that under the hood of the model is the upgraded 2-liter turbocharged engine company Subaru. Its capacity can exceed 300 hp, which will allow concept, if it goes into mass production, to compete with many European sports car.





RWD Tokyo exhibit FT-86 G Sports Concept has received a new aerodynamic body kit, which includes upgraded bumpers, the imposing rear wing, carbon-fiber hood with extra holes for ventilation, extended wheel arches. "Shod" sports car in 19-inch alloy wheels with tires Bridgestone Potenza.

Interior models of Toyota engineers and GAZOO actually left unattended, if we do not take into account the emergence of a new sports saloon seats Recaro.

Finally Toyota has released their brand new AE-86 and named it as FT-86. And while we're waiting for next week's Tokyo Motor Show to get all the juicy details on the rear-wheel drive coupe that will be powered by a Subaru-sourced four-cylinder boxer engine, a Toyota-loving forum has published a mega gallery with 50 new studio shots of the FT-86 that you can enjoy right after the jump.

The Toyobaru is finally shown in the flesh metal and though that’s not what its called, it still is a collaboration between Toyota and Subaru. This here people, are the official photos of the FT-86, a near production model of the co-developed rear-wheel-drive coupe that will make its world debut at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month. The production version of this 2+2 seater sports coupe, whose conceptual name harks back to the popular RWD Corolla AE86 or better known as Hachiroku, is due to go on sale towards the end of 2011.

“The FT-86 Concept is neither an electric vehicle nor a hybrid vehicle, but is a sports model with a gasoline engine developed to convey the essential appeal of automobiles in a new era. It is a must-see concept car that expresses TMC’s desire to once again create a Toyota sports car,” the Japanese automaker said in a release published on its official site.

The FT-86 is powered by a front-mounted, 2-liter four-cylinder boxer engine sourced from Subaru that drives the rear wheels. Official details are still scarce but our source says that Toyota opted to equip the concept model with a naturally-aspirated version of Subaru’s 2-liter flat four that produces 150hp in the Impreza. But it is very likely that Toyota has tweaked the engine to crank out a few more horses to boost output closer to the 200 mark.



It’s worth noting that in Japan, Subaru also offers a 2.0-liter turbocharged boxer with 250HP that powers the Impreza S-GT that we all know as the WRX in most markets.

Considering details are scarce, we can only guess at which powertrains will be available on the production version of the FT-86. Two logical choices will be either Subaru’s 2-liter and 2.5-liter four-cylinder boxer engines (depending on the market) in both naturally aspirated and turbocharged forms.

As for the looks of the car, our source suggests that the design of the car won’t change much when it reaches production in 2011. But the same can’t be said of the interior though as it still is too conceptual for production.