View Poll Results: What name should Toyota use for the production Toyota FT-1?
Supra gets my vote!
129
84.31%
I don't know, but its time for a new name.
24
15.69%
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Toyota Supra / FT-1
02-24-14, 07:27 PM
#472
FT-1
Wheelbase- 107.9 in
Length- 184.1 in
Width- 77.6 in
Height- 48.2 in
GT-R
Wheelbase- 109.4 in
Length- 183.9 in
Width - 74.9 in
Height- 54.0 in
C7
Wheelbase- 106.7 in
Length- 176.9 in
Width- 73.9 in
Height- 48.6 in
Viper
Wheelbase: 98.8 in
Length: 175.7 in
Width: 76.4 in
Height: 49.1 in
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02-24-14, 08:06 PM
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Sorry to back track, but speaking of the C7; the FT-1 appears to be bigger than the C7. (Might as well add the Viper in too.)
FT-1
Wheelbase- 107.9 in
Length- 184.1 in
Width- 77.6 in
Height- 48.2 in
C7
Wheelbase- 106.7 in
Length- 176.9 in
Width- 73.9 in
Height- 48.6 in
Viper
Wheelbase: 98.8 in
Length: 175.7 in
Width: 76.4 in
Height: 49.1 in
FT-1
Wheelbase- 107.9 in
Length- 184.1 in
Width- 77.6 in
Height- 48.2 in
C7
Wheelbase- 106.7 in
Length- 176.9 in
Width- 73.9 in
Height- 48.6 in
Viper
Wheelbase: 98.8 in
Length: 175.7 in
Width: 76.4 in
Height: 49.1 in
I like to dream, but this is very unrealistic.
02-25-14, 01:25 AM
#474
Thanks, it just proves that FT-1 will not be 2900lb and 550hp at 65K. For a bigger car than C7 to get 500lb lighter it would take a lot of engineering and superlight weight material. Think about how much it would cost for R&D alone.
I like to dream, but this is very unrealistic.
I like to dream, but this is very unrealistic.
Where did that $65k price info come from? If that's true, I would like to buy one NOW!
02-25-14, 06:08 AM
#475
Calty's starting point was to design a sports car with a theoretical $50,000-$60,000 price tag, Hunter said. That meant designing something wild, but not so exotic that it pushed the car into the territory that would make it a Lexus.
And a wild guess at price -- maybe $60,000? "It's a Toyota," says Shen. "It ought to be affordable." Only then did lines start to appear.
02-25-14, 03:50 PM
#476
Toyota Boss Says FT-1 Could Spearhead New Range of Driver Cars but Not a Faster GT86
Akio Toyoda, the current president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation and a descendant of the founder of the company, Sakichi Toyoda, seems like the kind of guy you'd want to hang out with and play a round of Gran Turismo or just hop into your car and hit the track for a quick race.
He also has a vision to provide Toyota's (and Lexus') new products with a more colorful, and less plain vanilla edge. Karl Schlicht, executive vice-president at Toyota Motor Europe, agrees with this notion, stating to Top Gear UK that Toyoda is trying to encourage this way of thinking in the company.
Schlicht said that it could begin with a possible production version of the 2014 Detroit Motor Show's Toyota FT-1 Concept, which may "spearhead" a fresh range of more driver-focused cars with fancier designs.
"The reaction [to the FT-1] was much stronger than even we thought," said Schlicht. "Production? It's possible. We need more emotional cars, and Akio-san is encouraging that. He believes Toyotas should be drivers' cars. Our cars need to improve, especially for European tastes..."
The Toyota executive told the magazine that the company may pursue these goals even if it comes at a cost in sales.
"We don't have any volume targets," Schlicht explained. "If we sell 10 million cars [annually around the world], that's great, but that's not the main aim. We're not worried if we alienate a few people."
Naturally, as with most chats with Toyota's people, the conversation went there – you know, about the GT 86 / Scion FR-S and whether there are any concrete plans for a faster edition, to which Schlicht was negative (no surprise there).
"We want to keep that car pure," he said. "You put a turbo on it, give it bigger tyres, and you start turning it into a different category of car..."
He also has a vision to provide Toyota's (and Lexus') new products with a more colorful, and less plain vanilla edge. Karl Schlicht, executive vice-president at Toyota Motor Europe, agrees with this notion, stating to Top Gear UK that Toyoda is trying to encourage this way of thinking in the company.
Schlicht said that it could begin with a possible production version of the 2014 Detroit Motor Show's Toyota FT-1 Concept, which may "spearhead" a fresh range of more driver-focused cars with fancier designs.
"The reaction [to the FT-1] was much stronger than even we thought," said Schlicht. "Production? It's possible. We need more emotional cars, and Akio-san is encouraging that. He believes Toyotas should be drivers' cars. Our cars need to improve, especially for European tastes..."
The Toyota executive told the magazine that the company may pursue these goals even if it comes at a cost in sales.
"We don't have any volume targets," Schlicht explained. "If we sell 10 million cars [annually around the world], that's great, but that's not the main aim. We're not worried if we alienate a few people."
Naturally, as with most chats with Toyota's people, the conversation went there – you know, about the GT 86 / Scion FR-S and whether there are any concrete plans for a faster edition, to which Schlicht was negative (no surprise there).
"We want to keep that car pure," he said. "You put a turbo on it, give it bigger tyres, and you start turning it into a different category of car..."
02-26-14, 10:07 AM
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note how he said "In a way the FT-1 is the next stage in that, a more accessible version of the LFA". does that mean we're going LFA power for a toyota price tag? either way its always nice to dream
02-26-14, 10:43 AM
#478
"The reaction [to the FT-1] was much stronger than even we thought," said Schlicht. "Production? It's possible. We need more emotional cars, and Akio-san is encouraging that. He believes Toyotas should be drivers' cars. Our cars need to improve, especially for European tastes..."
Base price of a 2002 SC430 sans options was around $59,000
