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PIPE DREAM? Toyota conceives a 21st-century Supra.
Byline: WES RAYNAL
About a year ago, Toyota asked its designers and engineers a simple question: "What would be a suitable and appropriate Toyota sports car for the 21st century?'' The result is the car you see on these pages, the FT-HS concept.
FT-HS is a hybrid sports car penned at Toyota's Calty design center in Newport Beach, California. The idea was to find out if it is feasible to combine ecology and emotion in a sports car; to make an eco-friendly car that is fun to drive. Why bother? Because Toyota thinks drivers of the future will be eco-conscious but won't want to give up performance cars.
Details are sketchy, but the FT-HS is a front-engine, rear-drive four-seater with a target of about 400 hp from a 3.5-liter V6 gasoline engine and next-generation hybrid technology. Toyota officials figure the car should be able to hit 60 mph in the 4.0-second range.
The car's looks are bound to provoke some debate (they already have around our office), and indeed Toyota refers to it as "perfect imbalance.''
Calty director Kevin Hunter says the FT-HS expresses the "values of a design strategy that combines two key elements: J-Factor and vibrant clarity. J-Factor is the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, PIPE DREAM? Toyota conceives a 21st-century Supra.