[Ryephile]

Yup I think you've nailed it there. The FT-86 was never supposed to offer performance-metric bragging rights for anyone. It seems that Jack Hollis' speech during the FR-S Concept unveil was more revealing than most of us assumed or hoped; the car is about a balanced approach, not being a one-hit wonder, be it HP/L, BMEP, or outright power. It's not about any of that, it's about reasonable power, reasonable torque, reasonable fuel economy, reasonably light, reasonably affordable. That last bit is still TBD though.