NYC_Supra
Well-Known Member
First I like that it exists and if nothing else to showcase new tech.
While we don’t know power and weight we can say it should have great torque via the battery power vs. the current 86, and hopefully it’s not too heavy.
Having seen every possible body kit on the 86 platform it’s hard to give us something completely different. I don’t mind the front and rear but the sides appear to be extremely bare which gives it a narrow look. Functional duct work and wider rear haunches/wheels/ tires/ would fit right in and greatly improve the look.
I have daily driven a number economy hybrids (Ford, Honda,Toyota) as a function of my job and I hate CVTs with a passion. This car should address that and the other thing I have hated about the lower cost hybrids which is the driving dynamics are 100% economy function and as such provide zero driving enjoyment. I have driven some of the Lexus hybrids too and they are not particularly fun due to the weight. This should be a different animal.
Other thoughts
- Those are the style Rays wheels from the TS 050, if produced I would imagine It might wear something better looking/more aggressive from Rays.
- The Targa top is great.
- Give it glossy paint and put the Targa on for some of the photos.
- could be a preview of the second gen 86 which will be on a different platform (and better looking) and hopefully giving both cars unique and more powerful engines (ie “Turbo / STI versions)
- I don’t think it looks anything like the TS 050 but who cares
- For those here that said they just want a faster 86 maybe you get your wish.
If you are not familiar with the TS 050 here is a bit copied from a 2016 Motor Authority article.
A major change for the TS050 compared to the TS040 is a downsized engine. While the previous car featured a naturally-aspirated 3.7-liter V-8 for the internal combustion component of its hybrid powertrain, the TS050 adopts a twin-turbocharged 2.4-liter V-6 and features an 8 megajoule (MJ) hybrid system. The move, which makes sense due to the WEC's limits on fuel use, follows the downsizing principal instigated by Porsche with its 919 Hybrid, which utilizes a turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder.
As in the TS040, the engine of the TS050 is mounted at the rear and spins the rear wheels together with an electric motor sourced from Denso. A second electric motor, sourced from Aisin AW, powers the front wheels. These motors rely on energy, either drawn from the engine or recovered under braking, stored in a lithium-ion battery. This is another major contrast with the previous TS040, which stored its electrical energy in a capacitor-based system. The switch to the battery allowed Toyota to move up to the more-powerful 8MJ hybrid class of the WEC. Peak output of the TS050 is a claimed 986 horsepower. Half of that is developed by the engine alone.
Hope they move forward with it.
While we don’t know power and weight we can say it should have great torque via the battery power vs. the current 86, and hopefully it’s not too heavy.
Having seen every possible body kit on the 86 platform it’s hard to give us something completely different. I don’t mind the front and rear but the sides appear to be extremely bare which gives it a narrow look. Functional duct work and wider rear haunches/wheels/ tires/ would fit right in and greatly improve the look.
I have daily driven a number economy hybrids (Ford, Honda,Toyota) as a function of my job and I hate CVTs with a passion. This car should address that and the other thing I have hated about the lower cost hybrids which is the driving dynamics are 100% economy function and as such provide zero driving enjoyment. I have driven some of the Lexus hybrids too and they are not particularly fun due to the weight. This should be a different animal.
Other thoughts
- Those are the style Rays wheels from the TS 050, if produced I would imagine It might wear something better looking/more aggressive from Rays.
- The Targa top is great.
- Give it glossy paint and put the Targa on for some of the photos.
- could be a preview of the second gen 86 which will be on a different platform (and better looking) and hopefully giving both cars unique and more powerful engines (ie “Turbo / STI versions)
- I don’t think it looks anything like the TS 050 but who cares
- For those here that said they just want a faster 86 maybe you get your wish.
If you are not familiar with the TS 050 here is a bit copied from a 2016 Motor Authority article.
A major change for the TS050 compared to the TS040 is a downsized engine. While the previous car featured a naturally-aspirated 3.7-liter V-8 for the internal combustion component of its hybrid powertrain, the TS050 adopts a twin-turbocharged 2.4-liter V-6 and features an 8 megajoule (MJ) hybrid system. The move, which makes sense due to the WEC's limits on fuel use, follows the downsizing principal instigated by Porsche with its 919 Hybrid, which utilizes a turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder.
As in the TS040, the engine of the TS050 is mounted at the rear and spins the rear wheels together with an electric motor sourced from Denso. A second electric motor, sourced from Aisin AW, powers the front wheels. These motors rely on energy, either drawn from the engine or recovered under braking, stored in a lithium-ion battery. This is another major contrast with the previous TS040, which stored its electrical energy in a capacitor-based system. The switch to the battery allowed Toyota to move up to the more-powerful 8MJ hybrid class of the WEC. Peak output of the TS050 is a claimed 986 horsepower. Half of that is developed by the engine alone.
Hope they move forward with it.
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