Toyota FT-86 to Race in VLN Race @ Nurburgring this Weekend! First Photos!

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by Giccin

oOO.. They're re-doing tail lights?!

LOL you and tail lights

I, on the other side, hope we get those side mirrors lol

[Solrac]

What differentiates the toyota vs. the Subie spy cars? I havent been able to notice any real differences.

[Giccin]

Originally Posted by Snoopyalien24

LOL you and tail lights

I, on the other side, hope we get those side mirrors lol

I would like my car's ass to be sexy. Lol :P

[PACMAN]

Originally Posted by dalli

So.... is this car gona be camouflaged?

If so, it will def win by blinding every other racer on the track. (la la la la)

edit:
omg, it looks very sleek and nice but the headlights are -_-

anyways, looking forward to this

I Dislike the headlights. Change them pleasee!!!!!!

[Nurburgring]

Tires are Bridgestone RE-11, you can see in the back tire of the first pic.

Hats off to Toyota for actually racing the car before their customers do.
I want it even more now.

[Tyandriel]

whow... I´m nearly out of words!

This is definitely a cherry on top of the marketing circus they made around this car! Brilliant! I can´t await tomorrow
Unfortunately it´s a bit too far for a short trip

Maybe I have some reasons why they´re using this rather strange side mirrors. Maybe because the tools and/or molds for the original parts aren´t ready yet. Or you wouldn´t see anything in the original mirrors, because the driver position is more to the rear in a racecar. Or they have a hard-to-camouflage design.
If you look at the little triangular window at the A pillar: there is no space for a mirror mounting. I expect pillar mounted mirrors like on the new Audis.

I don´t think the off-the-shelf car will look as sporty as this one. The skirts, exhaust, brakes, wing, diffusor and rims surely won´t be this "cool".

Anybody recognized the bootlid? The rear window doesn´t look like it can move.

And some features speak of the principle to keep the car low cost:
the wipers , the door handles and the gas cap.

And i don´t like the rear lights. On the side view they protrude and ruin the line of the tail.

And last, but not least: the front turn signals look a bit too complex (in shape) for not being meant to be produced in thousands.

... now only the price tag may be able to wipe out the smile in my face

[Solrac]

I wonder if this is the front end of the BRZ as people that saw it last month described it as a Mini-Miserati. This headlights look very Miseratish to me.

[suprachica79]

You're right about the gas cap, that is kind of ghetto, hopefully it's just easier to refuel when they can pull it themselves rather than the driver? Idk if refueling is required in this race, I know nothing about it.

[blur]

Originally Posted by Nurburgring

Tires are Bridgestone RE-11, you can see in the back tire of the first pic.

I was trying to figure it out, I saw bridgestone but not much else...

Awesome tire choice. I hope to get some myself.

BTW. Is it just me or does the thread look much different on these than normal re11s?

[Snoopyalien24]

Originally Posted by PACMAN

I Dislike the headlights. Change them pleasee!!!!!!

What?! I think the camo does not do it justice, but i do think they are great in shape, but not the internals thaaaat much.. just give me a few days to soak it in

[suprachica79]

Yeah I like the headlights, it's the tail lights I'm not gung-ho over. I don't like that they protrude from the body, I'd prefer something flush or molded into the body more. They break the car's lines too much

[Deysc]

Originally Posted by Siriusly.Andrew

Anyone else have an idea what it's for... I noticed it right away and I'm still confused. Michel's answer seems logical but anyone else have more to add?

Most likely air lift.

Yay multi piston brakes!

[Nurburgring]

Originally Posted by blur

I was trying to figure it out, I saw bridgestone but not much else...
Awesome tire choice. I hope to get some myself.

BTW. Is it just me or does the thread look much different on these than normal re11s?

Yup, definetly not the RE11 you can buy at tirerack! Thread is completely different.

[RRnold]

Originally Posted by rock_box

Was it ever determined if it was a trunk or hatch? Looks very hatch-ish to me... I like.

Originally Posted by Random_Art

All signs point to Trunk. There's even a few pics of th MK1 with the trunk open.

The MKI was a one off concept and doesn't share too much exterior characteristics from the MKII on forward.

Unlike the STI sedan that has a longer rear trunk and a less angled rear window so when you open up the trunk, the wing is at 90 degrees. This rear is alot shorter and the glass is alot more angled. I just can't see it opening up as trunk any more than 45 degrees w/out it hitting something; like the wing hitting the rear glass. It has to be a hatch just like the Celica GTS.