New Official Toyota Trailer! First Video Featuring Production FR-S / FT-86

[Kazama]

Originally Posted by Mr.Hachi.Roku

is it me or are they trying to hide something at the very last minute via a quick video edit

Looks like there are hiding the rear wheel.
if this was the moddelista version, where is the fin on the roof?
here in norway the dealers are saying it will most likley be called celica.
and a prize around 70000 to 80000 dollars.

[Matador]

Originally Posted by Ikaros

What did Trueno even mean >_<

Originally Posted by Guff

It means Thunder, I believe.

Or at least in Spanish it does.

Precisely.

Originally Posted by Ikaros

Weird name for a car since thunder just a sound, which comes after lightning. Sounds like neutrino though which is faster than the speed of light, maybe they knew about it O.O

Levin - Trueno;

Lightning - Thunder

[Matador]

Originally Posted by pkptd447

here's a little help visualizing the the wheel options.
the 16in are the ones shown on the red model in the video.
the 17in are the ones most of the test mules have.
and the 18in TRDs are similar to the concept wheels.

The 18s are Modellistas, not TRDs.

Originally Posted by Mr.Hachi.Roku

is it me or are they trying to hide something at the very last minute via a quick video edit

And there while everybody was trying to figure out the CF roof, I've been wondering what the hell that bit is. Widebody?

[ALLRWD]

Originally Posted by Ikaros

Wow the taillights doesn't look to bad in this video hopefully they changed it.

But what's really interesting is their theme in this commercial. They are really taking another route from other car companies. Instead of just showing the car drive down a windy mountain road and having it rev like mad, they are appealing to our childhood innocence. like the first time driving a Fischer Price car or the magic of playing with a model car for the first time. They really are trying to bring back the joy of driving through this car and this commercial shows how much they care about the little details.

Gah I wants it now!!!!!

that's a very common approach in marketing... but I played with toys jeeps when I was a kid not with Toyota 2000 GTs lol,

I don't like the idea of retro styling cues they transferred to the ft-86, I mean the glass house looks nice, but 2000 GT??? And the high front fenders...together with that rising waist line... yuck! look at the sketches at 0:15, that does not look nice, was it for the sake of retro, why...???(pedestrian protection reg. is mostly bonnet related I think)
I personally hoped for a more modern design, more like the design of the Concept I.
The final car looks nice yeah and I want it, but it already looks a bit dated. It looks like a mix of a Ferrari California and a Maserati GT, what is not bad, but it could have been much more distinctive.

[Kazama]

look at this screencapture. u see that the end of the car is manipulated, it does not ad up whit the upper back part, and if that is the low end of the car, where the wheel?

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Mari0

Sounds like an easy way for dealers to make $ (and Toyota/Scion to save some) by making HIDs optional in the US just my 2cents.
Either way, I will be getting them.

On a related note, if you look at this chart, it says the low spec comes without fog lights, but the car in the video has them, so I guess they will be optional even for the low spec (In Japan, that is)

to me it looks like city lights or drls. Too much of that housing is lit up to be the projectors and it almost looks like muliple light sources.

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by mike2100

It also appears to have a roll bar or cage.

Where?

[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by Harinjo

i think the 18" wheels will be option but not from TRD

Forged 18s are a TRD option but not those 18s.

[ft86cbx]

The 18's look like those off the concept (mk2) :thumb up: Interesting to see the white alloys with the polished face.

However, those lights don't look great, especially the yellow tinge.

[mike2100]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Where?

nvm I imported and brightened up the image. There was what appeared to be a bar at an angle above the guy's hand, but that's actually the headrest. I also thought the red thing in the back might be part of it but that's just trim. Oops!

[Robert Fahey]

Is that the edge of a pedestal spoiler, in the second shot down?

This posted in the wrong place. Go back to the original screen shots of the red car.

[Longhorn248]

Originally Posted by Kazama

look at this screencapture. u see that the end of the car is manipulated, it does not ad up whit the upper back part, and if that is the low end of the car, where the wheel?

Nice catch, looks like they just put a spare piece of cardboard in front of the wheel well. Doesn't make much sense since they show off the wheel options in the video too...

[Ryephile]

An excellent video. I very much appreciate that they actually put effort into the storyline of the commercial. From kids playing with toys to the overlapping of designers sketching, to the engineers discussing ideas, all the ideas coming together to form the lifeblood of the engine, and finally some glimpses of the finished product. It definitely tugs emotional strings.

You can tell they still aren't showing the full monty just yet. That's ok...we all know the unveiling isn't 'til next week. The covered up steering wheel logo, the cg'd out rear quarter, the intentionally blurry and dark front 3/4 shot at the end.

There's one thing that is annoying but fixable; the wheel gap is hideous. Let's hope the production car has a respectable stance out of the box.

[maximumunicorn]

Although I certainly do think that there's a lot of production stuff in the video, I also think that they were trying to show the process of selecting and refining the vehicle. I wouldn't be surprised if a few shots in there were just different options that they tried on the way to the production version.

It looks absolutely amazing though. It's Subaru's turn to give us goosebumps now!