Rumor Mill: Has Toyota Changed Directions On The FT86 Already?

Publication Holiday Autos is reporting that the original FT-86 design we have seen at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show and the 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon (based on designed by Toyota’s

Europe Design Development ED²) has been passed up by Toyota in favor of the alternative design by Toyota’s North American design studio (Calty Design Research). Calty’s FT-86 version (which we’ve yet to see in person except for the sketch below from 7tune) has been picked over the ED² design and another design by Toyota’s Japanese design team (Toyota Technical Center).

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Joe_Limon - 2/10/2010 2:21:50 PM

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Looks to me like they are recalling their concept and going with the non japanese designed one, probably so the pedals don't get stuck ;)

answer - 2/10/2010 2:31:11 PM

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Damn, I know you hate Toyota and everything, but your talents at comedy writing fall very far behind your ability to make yourself look like a biased ass.

Anyway, the picture is just a photoshop of the original. Whatever real "version" Toyota uses it will be hard for anyone to tell the difference betweeen the design studios (if there is any).

Joe_Limon - 2/10/2010 3:45:25 PM

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Eh, I'm just kind of bummed that the Corolla steering issues wasn't posted, probably because 009 is feeling sorry for them.

tattedtwice - 2/10/2010 10:49:00 PM

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F'k him, Joe. You keep up the toyota bashing. I, for one, am not and will never tire of it!

Designer1 - 2/10/2010 3:05:43 PM

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I'm glad they did, cause its a damn Scion. So they better just bring the Supra back and stop with these small sport cars.

dlin - 2/10/2010 6:32:03 PM

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Toyota can consider hiring Bangle. It seems they really dig him.
Sad......

tattedtwice - 2/10/2010 10:47:48 PM

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Why hire him, when they've been copying his designs, but making them look boring, for free for years now?