Toyota's FT-86 To Feature A BOXER Motor? All Signs Point To...

Life just got harder for the 2011 Honda CR-Z and upcoming Hyundai Veloster. That's because the Toyota and Subaru joint project, known as the FT-86 is becoming a reality.

Check out the recent uncovering of a new logo that displays a boxer motor and the numbers "86."

It's a bit stylized so it may take a second to see it, but believe you me, it's there.

What will the FT-86 have to do in order to upset the CR-Z and Veloster?


Toyota’s upcoming rear-drive FT-86 sports car was developed in collaboration with Subaru, and it’s been said all along that the car would feature a 2.0-liter flat-four engine. If you had any doubt about the engine configuration, this logo for the Toyota version that we uncovered should put those questions to rest...

[Source: Car and Driver]


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Whelan - 12/28/2010 8:16:15 AM

-6 Boost

Still not impressed. It will be a Toyota.

speed123 - 12/28/2010 12:56:00 PM

0 Boost

Not interested in the Toyota version, but the Subaru version is a different story!

ParrisBoyd - 12/28/2010 3:41:20 PM

-6 Boost

No surprise after all those engine failures in 2000 thru 2002 MR2 Spyders. The Recall King won't be foolin' me twice - here's a link to one of my blog posts regarding Toyota's efforts to produce sports cars: http://uc2.blogspot.com/2010/10/speaking-of-hoods-toyota.html

Whelan - 12/29/2010 8:00:29 AM

-3 Boost

Must be a Toyota fanboy club lurking on here same as Honda. Can't take constructive criticism.

MSP6 - 12/29/2010 12:56:51 PM

+5 Boost

I thought It's been known for a long time that both versions where to use Subaru engines ?

acronis - 12/29/2010 6:20:08 PM

+1 Boost

"Must be a Toytoa fanboy club lurking on here same as Honda. Can't take constructive criticism" - Whelan

Definitely agree x2.