The Toyota FT-86 G Sports Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon and in Gran Turismo

Toyota used the Tokyo Auto Salon, dedicated to customisation, to present a more sporty evolution of the Toyobaru or FT-86. This time the naming is extended and we get the FT-86 G Sports Concept, as part of the effort of Toyota and Gazoo Racing in Japan to offer sporty products. The only drawback is that they will only be available for the Japanese market.

Setting the detail aside, what the G Sports Concept offers is a kind of tuning of the FT-86. Going back a little to the origins of the original, the G Sports Concept fits in perfectly. The redesign includes a much wider and more aggressive front air intake than the previous one, while on the bonnet we find a matt black finish, together with a new upper air vent.

As we walk around the car (in our imagination), we notice that it is a little larger than the previous FT-86, with new, more sporty 19-inch wheels. Graphics enhance the feeling that the model is trying to stand out from the ordinary. The idea is reinforced when we reach the rear, where we find a fairly generous spoiler, together with twin exhaust outlets and diffusers on the lower part.

But we have not yet talked about the engine. The original 2-litre was fitted with a turbo of unmistakable Subaru origin. According to the calculations, and although Toyota did not supply power figures, the G Ports Concept seems to be just slightly exceeding 300 horsepower.

The curious part comes with the new GPS with memory card that equips the G Sports Concept and that would be fitted to some future models in Japan. The GPS records driving data, physics and G-forces while the car is being driven, storing them on its memory card. Once at home, we can download the data from the card to the PS3, in the game Gran Turismo, and compete against another FT-86, virtually, which will drive exactly the same way “the real one” did, using the data previously captured from the real driving.

Via World Car Fans