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HeubergerMotors · 01-13-2014, 02:17 PM

I think it's absolutely stunning!

OICU812 · 01-13-2014, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaBigUnit

Told you guys

Well there sure hasn't been much of any mention of BMWs actual involvement in this particular car. Be interesting to hear some of the specs. Who knows though, many revisions maybe yet to come by time production could be 3-4 years hard to say...

Dimman · 01-13-2014, 02:26 PM

@Hachiroku

FT1Club.com ?

RFB · 01-13-2014, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisl

I'm not really a fan of the look, honestly. It seems a bit too cartoonish and ridiculous to me...

The design will get dumbed down, just like the FRS (remember how nice the concept was)?

CERBERUS

RFB · 01-13-2014, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by HeubergerMotors

I think it's absolutely stunning!

To bad the production version won't be the same.

CERBERUS

vh_supra26 · 01-13-2014, 02:32 PM

Toyota’s stunning FT-1 concept takes the Detroit Auto Show by storm

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The 2014 Detroit Auto Show is underway and Toyota is taking it by storm. Today it released the FT-1 concept car, and all I can say is “wow.” This is a car that makes me have inappropriate thoughts.

Developed the Toyota’s Calty design studio and pitched to head honcho Akio Toyoda himself, the FT-1 represents the future of Toyota design. Akio Toyoda wants to build cars that make people say “I want this … I HAVE to drive this!”

In fact FT-1 stands for “Future Toyota One”. Okay, so the name isn’t great, but if this is the future of Toyota sign me up.

According to head designer Alex Shen, “Function Sculpting” was at the heart of the design. The words might just be so much design clap-trap, but the result is that this car looks like it is ready to drive off the plinth and do a blistering track time.

The proportions are absolutely classic sports car. I love that the hood is two-thirds of the length, and that the driver is almost sitting on top of the rear wheels. This thing just looks mean … and fast. In fact, from the side, the FT-1 reminds me of an SRT Viper and – trust me – that’s a good thing.

The front looks like it gets its inspiration from a Formula One car, with its aggressive protuberant nose. But its not all race car futurism, the headlights and the sweep back up the hood to a glass engine cover, are all classic sports car lines. It’s a stunning combination of aggression and sensuous style. And on this car the promise of speed doesn’t look to be an idle boast.

On the interior, the cockpit is surprisingly down to earth and focused for a concept, reinforcing the feeling that this is no mere show car. You get fancy touches like a heads up display and a steering wheel that has been hosed down with buttons, but mostly you get a racing driving position with excellent fields of vision.

Sitting here writing, I can’t tell you how much I want to drive this thing. I am willing this car to be the next Toyota Supra so hard my eyes are about to start bleeding. And there is hope that my mental anguish might not be for naught, because we know that Toyota and BMW are planning on building a joint sports car. Can it please look like this?

To get a taste of what the FT-1 is like, we don’t even have to wait that long because starting to tomorrow the car will be available for download in Gran Turismo 6. In fact the final part of the pitch by the design team to Mr. Toyoda was getting him to drive the FT-1 on his PS4, once he beat his real life time in a Lexus LFA he was sold.

Its all because this car is the epitome of Toyota’s new design philosophy: Waku Doki. Literally translated it means a palpable heart-pounding sense of excitement. After seeing the FT-1, I prefer to use a slightly more American spin: YEEEE-HAH!k

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/to...-1-concept/#/5

BoostJunkie · 01-13-2014, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dimman

@Hachiroku

FT1Club.com ?

I hope so!

Guff · 01-13-2014, 02:37 PM

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53322

cyde01 · 01-13-2014, 02:43 PM

hory sheh. i'm stunned, absolutely stunned. words have been completely taken out of my mouth. it's been what, 20 years since the mark iv was released? i think i am almost as equally stunned as i was when i first saw the mark iv on the cover of road & track. toyota is back with a vengeance!

Guff · 01-13-2014, 02:50 PM

Shit.

Now I gotta start saving up... Just when I wanted to start modding the FRS...

mx5 2nr · 01-13-2014, 02:54 PM

I love everything about it, except the nose, and I'm assuming the price... If they could make a version of this priced under $50k (really great if it were under $40k); I'd strongly consider it to replace the FRS as my daily...

Kids Heart · 01-13-2014, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bestwheelbase

Goodbye GTR. Hahahahahahahahaha.

Not in the same class of car.

RFB · 01-13-2014, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mx5 2nr

I love everything about it, except the nose, and I'm assuming the price... If they could make a version of this priced under $50k (really great if it were under $40k); I'd strongly consider it to replace the FRS as my daily...

The nose is a little bulbous and can use some streamlining to better match the rest of the car.

CERBERUS

NemesisPrime909 · 01-13-2014, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Guff

Shit.

Now I gotta start saving up... Just when I wanted to start modding the FRS...

better go make a separate account for this one

View Poll Results: What name should Toyota use for the production Toyota FT-1?
Supra gets my vote!	367	74.59%
I don't know, but its time for a new name.	125	25.41%
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