Following last week’s leaked Modellista branded Toyota approved accessories brochure for the FT-86, photos for a Japanese market FT-86 sales training material have found its way to the Internet. We are glad to say that the standard car looks a lot better than the Modellista souped up version.
There is a shot of the specs and options list, but we can’t read Japanese and we haven’t found any site that took the trouble to translate its content. Would appreciate if someone can help out.
From the images, it appears that there are 2 main variants, a Type A and Type B model (6-speed manual and 6-speed automatic?), spotting a different side fender vent and front air dam. The sales manual mentions 3 cars as within its competitive set – the Honda CR-Z, Mazda RX-8 and a third car, that based on the dimensions and engine output, we deduced it to be a Mazda Roadster (Miata MX-5). The Mazda RX-8 will be discontinued by June 2012 with no replacement, so in reality there are only two affordable enthusiast cars in Japan to compete with the FT-86.
UPDATE : Special thanks to one of our reader who assisted in getting the documents above translated. According to him, briefly, there will be two grades offered, with two transmission options, a 6-speed manual is standard, while 6-speed automatic is optional. The standard grade gets 205/55R16 rubbers and while the premium grade rides on larger 215/45R17. Other than the exterior bits mentioned and different tire sizes, both grades will have generally the same specs. Suspension is struts at the fronts and double wishbones at the rear. Fuel consumption is rated at 12.4 km/liter for the premium grade and 13.0 km/liter for the standard grade, both tested under the JC08 test cycle. The second pic is an options list for the two different grades. The last row highlighted in pink is a “customization grade,” presumably aimed at the tuners crowd. Folks from this segment are going to throw out the wheels, bumpers, steering wheel and gear knob shifter anyway, so why pay more for them? The customization grade offers steel wheels and unpainted bumpers.
Official details will only be released at this coming December’s Tokyo Motor Show, where the car will be given a proper name (which will it be? Celica, Levin, Trueno, FR-S?). Until then, don’t believe the speculations too much.
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