Looks like a supercar....
 

They're acting like it is a super car, and it has the ingredients to become an affordable sports car. BUT, a 2 liter 200 horsepower engine will not cut it. I have been lurking these forums for a while and I had no intentions on making an account until I read that "sources say it'll do 0-60 in 7 seconds." that's the deal breaker for me. So this car will probably cost about 25k, and what exactly are you paying for? A nice body and a few shiny led lights? What are you going to do when you're at a car show with this thing? I'd be so embarrassed to lift the hood up. Another thing, when I take this thing to Sebring I'm not going to be able to live with myself after spending 24k on a car that struggles to pull up to 120 mph. Call me a horsepower or torque freak, but that's a waste of money. You know they're rating the horsepower at the flywheel too, imagine what it's putting to wheels! That's just my two cents but I'd hate to see anybody get ripped off so badly.

Bla bla bla bla.... we have heard it all before.

This car's soul and design is not to be a straight line/drag race/light to light car. It is meant for the curves. The car is going to be light (hopefully well under 2700lbs), fun to drive, great handling, and go back to its original roots of the AE86. If it doesn't sound like a car you will like there are other options for you; Mustang/Charger/Camaro/Genesis Coupe...etc. No need to come here and tell us what the car will be.

And by the way, you know power to weight ratio means more than peak hp, right? Always easier to add hp, much harder to subtract weight.

You have a corvette, why are you here?

Ban hammer. plus 0-60 is not everything. What if the car can do 14.6 in the quarter mile? that would be better than the Gensis Coupe and funner to drive than a Mustang or Camaro anyday

They're acting like its a sports car, with superb handling and agility. Why? Because it will have both, if they keep it light weight. The low center of gravity + the FMR (Front-Midship mount-Rear drive, its not an actual FR) + light weight = an absurd cornering beast....which is what they've been acting like it will be.

Oh it LOOKS like a supercar because its a freekin' concept car. Concept.

$25k, for the umpteenth millionth time, is not an official MSRP.

Here, look at it this way...are you the kind of the guy to spend $25k on a sport package Miata? No? Then fetter off and keep your z06. Should've kept lurking.

Not sure what I'd do at a car show with my FR-S...probably cause it won't see one. It'll be at the track with me behind the wheel, doing circles around 'real mens cars'.

Watch out though guys, we're getting ripped off.

Because when i saw the car, i had to have it. And when i read what engine it had, i was shocked. All that engine space, such a waste.

Don't feed the troll.

I have to. I'm...compelled.

From what i've heard on this forum this is what the car will look like except for a few minor changes. why not be civil and have a regular conversation instead of being offensive? You're so mature

How am i trolling? this car looks amazing, i want it so badly, but 200 horsepower is weak. an s2k comes stock with more for gods sake

This car is going to weigh much more than 2700 pounds, thats a fact. The power to weight ratio is isn't that great considering its probably only going to have 170 to the wheels

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The lotus elise/exige is a lightweight, good handling sports car, and if my memory is correct it weighs about 1800 pounds, maybe a little more. thats probably about a thousand less than the ft-86 and the base lotus, lowest of the low, has 189 horsepower. Maybe that'll get through to some of the thicker skulls here. :sigh::sigh::sigh::sigh:

Lotus=$

Look here bud, you can't blow your cover that quickly for all to see.

You should've kept your angle low profile until a few pages in.

If it's a fact, link your source. Otherwise, it's your own speculation. Just because it's a trend for cars to be heavy doesn't mean all of them are. There are still a handful of lightweight cars out there, and more are being developed. Hell, look at the new Hyundai Veloster. It's less than 2600.

Subaru also got their new Impreza to below 3000 lbs. Hopefully we'll see more of this trend. I think we just need to get used to these kinds of posts. High-horsepower junkies will always make up a good chunk of the auto enthusiast community. It's when people start to put this CONCEPT car into a box of what they think it SHOULD be and then realize it doesn't line up with what SPECULATIVE news seems to say that we hear the whining on the boards.

You realize that you are comparing two cars that aren't even in the same performance or cost category.

I'm gonna make a revised statement,
Horsepower, handling, inexpensive. Pick 2.

the corvette has hp and handles well but sure as hell ain't cheap.
The ft will be inexpensive and have exceptional handling with big power being the sacrafice.