for the haters -ft86 panda

[redsprinter]

that is all ...

edit my bad if its already been posted.... just saw it this morning and was like WOW!! that works.

can some one do photochop of using a real pic of the ft86

[Vance]

been posted in a few threads already.


concept art is just that, concept art. looks like it work, but why wouldnt it? body styling is much like an ae86 anyway, just with modern touches

[drift kid]

i fail to see any styling cues from the original ae86, please correct me if i am wrong but it looks nothing like it and has a boxer engine if i have been informed correctly, not much in common if you ask me. i am not a hater though, i think it is a very nice looking car and could quite possibly be a massive hit once it is released.

[redsprinter]

keep in mind this the ae86 is 20ish year old technology and styling ...

this is supposed to be an updated model of 20 year old car... roof lining and bonnet still share a similiar style . i rather it look like this then a blurry factory riced up modernize ae86

eg. new r35 .. compare to r34 . they share the similar tail lights, bonnet grills and similiar drivetrain .. but are completely 2 different cars .. 370z and 240z agian rwd .similiar roof lines and bonnet design .. but are agian two different cars . and lastly compare a 89model supra and its last 99 model they are agian very different cars .

i love our beloved 86 for what it is but can also appreciate the new ft86..

not to sure what the point of this post was but yeah ... dont get what all the fuss and hate is for the ft86

i guess you hate it or love it ... im sure you know which side of the fence i sit at ... (in a hippi voice ) just sharing the love mann ...

[drift kid]

but i think toyota could have used more styling cues from the original ae86 to make it better. ok take for instance the camaro from back in the 60/70s, it has now got a completely new design of car, yet the new model still retains some of the original camaro's style, the grill and headlight area still have similarities aswell as the kink in the body line just after the door under the rear quarter windows, this was kept in the new concept model, so did the vents just infront of the rear guards. there are allot of similarities that were passed through from the old to the new, i fail to see why toyota could not have done a better job here, i personally dont think that it should bear the now famed 86 numbers, it just lacks styling from the original. again, this is all my own opinion.

[todd]

drift kid, you are tripping off your nut.

[Rice86]

Here lies 2 red panda 86

both has head lights at same corner

both has same indicators on bars

both toyota

one is 1983-1987

one is concept and in the process of being affordable for ur own arse...





done and dusted

[Rice86]

sorry my mistake

i actually need a red panda kouki ae86

if u look into details like drift kid....the front bar on the FT86, the top part is painted red as to the body colour...the zenki truenos bar is black on the top, so its completely uncomperable at all

[ke_70]

the two cars look nothing alike at all

[Chairs with flares]

That depends if Toyota intended it to be a 'once off' retro revival or a sustainable product line.

While a retro styled version would keep with the looks of the original, there is no where left for the model to evolve. Take the VW New Beetle; it was extremely unconventional compared to similar cars of that era (late 90's) and it's about to be ended after a little over 10 years of production. There was no real direction in which they could take the design; but that wasn't too much of a financial hit for VW since it was pretty much a re-shelled Mk4 Golf anyway. It's the same problem they're having with the new Mustang; it's been out long enough that there's nowhere else to go with the design language so they keep tweaking it every year and sell it off as the new, better version.

So Toyota develops a new FT86 platform that's visually descendent from the AE86; where do they take it after 5-6 years of production? Re-shell the updated platform with new engines while the enthusiasts scream, or scrap it and end up not selling enough to make a profit (AE86 fanbase compared to VW Beetle/T1 fanbase). Alter it a little and make it a FT92?

This way, while the purists whine in a far off carpark deep in the hills, Toyota can actually make some profits off it.

My $0.02 anyway...