I dont know how many people saw this or if this is a tritech but i thought it was pretty interesting. i almost bought a GT-S for a dd and trips for school but it was an 89 FF ftl.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/22/t...el-drive-ae86/

 

That would be a good idea.

 

This is the first time hearing this. I think they shouldn't bother and let the AE86 remain a classic.

 

Why?

 

We've been seeing cars brought back by domestic manufacturers a lot lately; the gto, the charger, and the mustang being restyled to look more like the originals etc. So i wouldn't be surprised at all if we start seeing some imports following suit with the cars they are bringing to the states.

The AE86 was an awesome car, if they bring it back i certainly hope that it lives up to its predecessor.

 

im in dire need of a cheap sporty LIGHTWEIGHT RWD.

it wont be the AE86 chassis or anything, just the lineage so the original will still be classic all fine and dandy. so just make it so i can throw $$ at it.

 

also, a little OT: what are some other (whats the word....) dated import classics besides the corolla sport?

 

They'll probably model it under the Corolla platform, because of that it's probably going to be a big bulky 2 door, (unless next gen. is going to be smaller but highly doubt it) and there probably going to use a 1ZZ-FE or something similar instead of the 2ZZ-GE engine cause clearly there minds were somewhere else when they didn't put a 2ZZ-GE in the MR-S.

These are just my predictions and am not saying that any of this is true but I just don't see them trying to bring the AE86 back. If they do, it's not going to be the vehicle that we're going to think of as the AE86.

 

Celica 2000 GT.

 

I think its most certainly a possibility. With the explosion of drifting, and quite a few factory backed drift cars. Toyota already ventured into just about every other racing arena. Why not??

 

I just hope they make it as good, or better as the original 86, without having the traditional toyota bland styling.

 

Thi is something that should have ben done a long time ago. Toyota lost me when they dropped the Supra. This would be a welcome addition to the line-up.

 

I saw a Panda Trueno yesterday. I was thinking how wonderful it would be to see a newer version of those in the lineup at Toyota

 

Maybe an updated RWD Celica/Corolla with a rev happy motor.

 

would be cool as long as they do it right