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- Sights and Sounds of the New Toyota 86 from First JDM Test Drive [Video]
- New Toyota GT 86 Sports Coupe with 2.0-liter Engine Officially Revealed in Production Guise [Updated]
- Formula 1: Brazilian GP Qualifying Results
- Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Rendering: Should the Fiat Group Build it?
- Mazda Signs MoU With Sollers for a New Joint Venture in Russia
- Auf Wiedersehen: Daimler to Pull the Plug on Maybach Brand
| Sights and Sounds of the New Toyota 86 from First JDM Test Drive [Video] Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:23 PM PST  Our coverage on the production version of what we came to know as the FT-86 in concept form but which Toyota decided to name GT 86 for the European region and simply '86' in its home market of Japan, continues with two fresh videos that depict the rear-wheel drive sports car in action. The first clip is from a quick spin around the Fuji Speedway racetrack, while the second video includes a more comprehensive test drive from a Japanese car magazine that provides us with a more in-depth look at the sights and sounds of the 86 as well as in a wider palette of colors.
The Japanese firm's recipe includes a 200HP naturally-aspirated engine mounted up front matched to a six-speed manual (or 6sp automatic) and a limited slip differential driving the rear wheels, and a near-perfect 53:47 front-to-rear weight distribution. Read more »
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| Posted: 26 Nov 2011 07:47 PM PST  The wait for the most hotly anticipated (and teased, may we add..) sports cars of the year, the production version of the Toyota FT-86 2+2 coupe, is finally over as the Japanese automaker came out with all the juicy details ahead of the car's world premiere at the at the Tokyo motor show on November 30. In Europe, the new Toyota will be called the GT 86 in tribute to the Japanese firm's GT car heritage and especially the Corolla GT (or Levin) AE86, which inspired its creation. The Japanese domestic market version will be aptly called 86. The GT 86 is the result of a joint Toyota and Subaru development programme that will spawn two more models, the global Subaru BRZ that will also make its debut in Tokyo next week in production trim, and the North American market Scion FR-S.
The story of the GT 86 began in October 2009 with the unveiling of the first FT-86 Concept in Tokyo and was followed by the almost production ready FT-86 II concept at the 2011 Geneva motor show this past March. Read more »
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| Formula 1: Brazilian GP Qualifying Results Posted: 26 Nov 2011 06:07 PM PST  In Abu Dhabi, Sebastian Vettel matched Nigel Mansell's record of 14 pole positions in a single Formula 1 season, which stood for 19 years. In the final qualifying session of the season at the Brazilian track of Interlagos, he had his last chance to break it - at least for the current season. Read more »
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| Alfa Romeo 4C Spider Rendering: Should the Fiat Group Build it? Posted: 26 Nov 2011 11:13 AM PST  You know that there's a lot of interest in a model when independent designers begin to imagine different versions and body styles of a car that has not yet entered production. Case in point the Alfa Romeo 4C mid-engined sports car that remains in show car form for now but is slated to reach dealerships around the world –including North America- as early as 2013.
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| Mazda Signs MoU With Sollers for a New Joint Venture in Russia Posted: 26 Nov 2011 08:58 AM PST  China isn't the only market where carmakers are currently expanding. Mazda, for example, is already producing the Mazda2 in Vietnam and will also produce the Mazda2 and Mazda3 in a new factory it is building in Mexico. Today, the Japanese company announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with OJSC Sollers for the establishment of a new joint venture plant in Russia. Read more »
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| Auf Wiedersehen: Daimler to Pull the Plug on Maybach Brand Posted: 26 Nov 2011 07:51 AM PST  During the past decade or so, many carmakers have looked into their past to shape their future: the BMW Group's new Mini, the Fiat Group's 500 and the Volkswagen Group's Beetle are among the most well-known examples. But as Mercedes-Benz found out the hard way, not all second comings prove successful. And now, only a decade after resuscitating Maybach, Daimler is ready to accept defeat and stop producing the $350,000 luxury limousine when the next generation of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class hits the market in 2013. "It would not make sense to develop a successor model", Daimler Dieter Zetsche said in an interview with German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "The coming S-Class is in such a way a superior vehicle that it can replace the Maybach." Read more »
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