Official: Toyota FT-1 Concept / First New Supra Prototype Spotted!

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

Is it just me, or is this car getting progressively uglier?

Calty did too good of a job with the FT-1. I think the new Lexus LC and LS are pretty impressive in how close the production models are to the concepts.

Also I think BMW had too much say into the design of this interior. It's not as Toyota as the BRZ.

[funwheeldrive]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Calty did too good of a job with the FT-1. I think the new Lexus LC and LS are pretty impressive in how close the production models are to the concepts.

Also I think BMW had too much say into the design of this interior. It's not as Toyota as the BRZ.

Yeah, I'm sure the car will look better in person. All these modern designs look terrible in 2D, but are very intriguing in person.

I guess I'm more confused about what's going on with the front bumper now.

I was really hoping the dash would be very driver oriented, the rendering shown looks pretty bland unfortunately.

[mazeroni]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

Is it just me, or is this car getting progressively uglier?

I guess... Maybe? Toyota, while getting better at design, still tends to fall short. I dunno if another company could have better translated the FT-1 to production, but obviously that is to much for Toyota, either because of manufacturing limitations or otherwise.

Would anyone else agree these latest renders are probably 95%+ accurate?

Some of the details could still be wrong, but overall this has to be it, right?

For me, it is exactly what I expected, for the most part. See the Jalopnik render from last year. Obviously a lot of people wanted to dismiss that render in favor of the FT-1 inspired renders, despite spy photos that lacked any indication of those design elements. Of course, the Jalopnik render did turn out to be inaccurate in many ways, but as we see, it was a pretty solid indicator of what the final product is likely to be, unless these renders turn out to be total bunk.

Tokyo can't get here soon enough.

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

I guess I'm more confused about what's going on with the front bumper now.

Predator

[gymratter]

Originally Posted by vh_supra26

is it 100% perfect? No, but still miles ahead of that garbage Jalopnik showed.

[HKz]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

Is it just me, or is this car getting progressively uglier?

sadly they went with different proportions by basically trying to graft the 2+2 FT1 design onto a 2 seater roadster. still don't understand the bmw mirrors either strange that the i8 is their only coupe with door mounted mirrors

[gymratter]

someone on bimmerpost claiming to have inside info.

Originally Posted by lemetier

Partly because I want to keep my credibility intact but also as a little bit of proof, transaxle installations have definitely been put into consideration. It's grainy but that really looks like a Torque Tube and transaxle pre-provision to me.

Now that spy shots of the Toyota prototypes in Japan have been published, I can say with certainty that they are not the cars that were at our facility because there's no way +2 jump seats will fit back there. So what they were and what Tada-San meant with his choice of words during our meeting won't be clear until Frankfurt.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by gymratter

someone on bimmerpost claiming to have inside info.

I don't get it. So the new cars are not the new cars? The new car he saw has a torque tube?

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by HKz

sadly they went with different proportions by basically trying to graft the 2+2 FT1 design onto a 2 seater roadster. still don't understand the bmw mirrors either strange that the i8 is their only coupe with door mounted mirrors

My worry is that the new car will be a butchered Supra wannabe, or it'll be a reimagined sports car that fails to live up to its successors, even if it doesn't share their name. If it is a Supra wannabe then people will freak out like how Porsche owners freaked out when they changed the headlights and went water cooled with the 996 911. If it is a bad successor then that too could be like a Porsche car, the 928, which was a great Porsche in its own right, made to replace the 911, but so different in design and principles that 911 loyalists cried until it was gone.

[gymratter]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

I don't get it. So the new cars are not the new cars? The new car he saw has a torque tube?

im lost as well lol

[krayzie]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

My worry is that the new car will be a butchered Supra wannabe, or it'll be a reimagined sports car that fails to live up to its successors, even if it doesn't share their name. If it is a Supra wannabe then people will freak out like how Porsche owners freaked out when they changed the headlights and went water cooled with the 996 911. If it is a bad successor then that too could be like a Porsche car, the 928, which was a great Porsche in its own right, made to replace the 911, but so different in design and principles that 911 loyalists cried until it was gone.

Maybe wise to not name this new car as the Supra at all. GT-1?

Or being as big as Toyota, they probably already have a backup plan. Perhaps an LC500 based Supra like how it should be from the very beginning.

[Slammillionaire]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Maybe wise to not name this new car as the Supra at all. GT-1?

Or being as big as Toyota, they probably already have a backup plan. Perhaps an LC500 based Supra like how it should be from the very beginning.

LC500 based soarer revival would be rad though.

[daiheadjai]

Originally Posted by Slammillionaire

LC500 based soarer revival would be rad though.

What, this wasn't good enough for you?

[Slammillionaire]

Originally Posted by daiheadjai

What, this wasn't good enough for you?

you ruined my day