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Originally Posted by MatadorRacing_F1

Interesting about the "R" Version. Sounds like it'd make a great track weapon with an EJ257 plopped in the engine bay

Originally Posted by blur

Type R? lmao I have to get one . . .

Originally Posted by Infernal

the r version sounds promising

Originally Posted by Marrk

You can put me on the list for the Type R.

Originally Posted by mkivalex

Hmmm might have to hold out for this R version they speak of.

All of you with deposits go ahead and get the first versions while we wait for the R version!!!

Thanks for posting the article OP! :happy0180:

Turbocharging the flat-four would be straightforward (after all, that’s what Subaru does with the Impreza), but chief engineer Tetsuya Tada told us that he ‘doesn’t like turbos’ and has ‘decided to reject the numeric power war’. He also said that an R version of the FT-86 was coming with less weight, Brembo brakes (our test car’s stoppers were from Hitachi), a rollcage, a larger rear wing, no rear seats and, yes, a mechanical LSD but no more power.

And bear in mind that Toyota had invited us for our input and that this was a fairly early car – things will be tweaked for production. Our cars were still disguised, although pictures of the FT-86 production car have leaked out in recent days.

Other options are also on the cards: a convertible is ‘possible’, while an auto gearbox is confirmed – it’s a six-speed unit based on the eight-speeder in the high-performance Lexus ISF.