Filed under: Aftermarket, Coupe, Performance, Japan, Scion, Toyota
Toyota G Sports FT-86 - Click above for high-res image gallery
Be still our hearts. A
Toyota post that doesn't involve a recall. Instead, we've got an unsurprising report about ToMoCo's plans to start a new, in-house performance division dubbed "Gs" sometime in 2010.
Earlier this month, Toyota trotted out
three models wearing a new line of performance parts at the
Tokyo Auto Salon under the "Toyota G Sports" moniker. While a bodykitted
Prius isn't exactly our cup of Earl Grey and the tuned Mark X is about as interesting as a fire-breathing
Camry, the (supposedly) turbocharged
Toyota FT-86, fitted with a complete aero kit, suspension and brake mods kicked our salivary glands into overdrive.
Unlike the
forthcoming Volkswagen R line,
BMW's M division or
Mercedes-Benz' AMG unit, the Gs line would be a joint collaboration between Modelista - which has been developing and supplying exterior components to the automaker - and
TRD, which will handle engine, suspension and brake development with the help of Gazoo, the firm that helped to create the
hybrid Mk. III MR2 for TAS.
G's will focus more on high-end components developed for the street and will likely sold as either a complete model (think Toyota FT-86 Gs) or available as separate components, similar to the
Lexus F Sport line.
Whether these components or full models will make it Stateside remains to be seen, but when the FT-86 makes it to U.S. shores, we'd suspect Toyota - or more likely
Scion - will offer similar equipment.
[Source:
InsideLine]
Report: Toyota 'Gs' performance division in the works originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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