Yes it has..
Here is what a BMW board member (Herb Diess) said recently:
He declines to confirm if the Toyota FT-1, displayed in Detroit, is an early version of a future sports-car architecture to be shared with BMW.
“We are working on that. We are making progress,” Diess says of the joint project with Toyota. “It’s a complex task. We need to decide which cars would they be and when they would launch. We think it makes sense for both companies, but it is a car architecture that has to suit both companies. I think we will have a final decision in a few months.”
Yea that's just a corporate guy being coy. The FT1 just happened to pop up soon after this whole joint project thing was announced. Coincidence I think notThey would be stupid to jointly develop it for any other car. There's a reason they named it FT-ONE.
Toyota Supra, BMW Z4 sports cars to share platform
TAKAYUKI KATO, Nikkei staff writer
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Toyota Motor and BMW will develop a common platform for two sports car models that will become the first products to come out of a comprehensive tie-up the two inked in January 2013.
The automakers will use the same platform as early as 2017 for the BMW Z4 and a planned revival of the Toyota Supra, a model popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The vehicles will have different body designs and be sold under their respective brands.
The current Z4 is a two-seater with 2- and 3-liter engine options. The highest-performance model can go from zero to 100kph in 4.8 seconds.
The Supra was sold from 1978 to 2002, chiefly in Japan and the U.S. It is no longer in production, but its strong fan base sparked the decision for a rerelease.
The partners also plan to discuss joint manufacturing and parts procurement. BMW is a leader in building cars with lightweight carbon fiber bodies, but the technology is expensive, leading many to focus on whether Toyota will adopt it.
Toyota's tie-up with BMW is aimed at making use of the German carmaker's luxury-vehicle expertise while lowering costs. The companies have worked together on developing fuel cell vehicles and other projects.
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"Just coming back from the Lexus event... Have verbal confirmation from a Lexus proto test driver that it will be built, BMW chassis
Have video confirmation from rcf hot lap, data is sketchy out here will post later along with thoughts
BTW... That m4 trans is amazing.. Just saying"