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Originally Posted by yarik83
I owned
1986 celica
1987 celica
1993 all trac celica
four 1994 celicas.
I have been with www.6gc.net pretty much since the beginning (which is a lot of years). In all that time I did notice a trend that celica drivers are picky. For example many 6gc owners do not like 7th gen celicas.
I do not know if they will like FT-86 though. 6th generation celica is voluptious, smooth flowing, curvy and gorgeous from every angle. By contrast FT-86 is radical, chop chop with lines and other funky panels. I figure FT-86 may be on the shopping list for a lot of 6gc owners who's celicas are going out of commission as time flies by... but FT-86 will never be the same.
Now if toyota released mopar-like 6th generation all track celica here in usa... there woul d be thousands drooling to get that car. (even if it had no changes to it at all... just start reproducing 1994-1999 all track gt4 celicas as they were).
mmmm... begins to drool. |
Most of the guys who have checked it out are either on the fence or kind of "meh" about it since it's clearly putting out the around the same power as the BEAMS 3S.
I see the FT-86's rear half, well the FR-S concept at least, as a mesh of the 6th gen's wide, curvy hips mixed with some of the angularity of the 7th gen while the front is like a radically liberal "modernization" of the 6th's. I think it's a lovely design that incorporates a wide set of hips with a gorgeous front-end.
I can't wait to have it sitting next to my 6gc.