Toyota FT-86 Restyled Due To Driver Feedback

[AutoGuide.com]

While many have expressed their displeasure with Toyota's re-design of the FT-86 sports car, fans can rest easier knowing that the changes were made in the name of function rather than form.

According to Autocar, the biggest change comes from the A-pillars, which have been moved back a few inches to create a flatter windscreen. "We had feedback from drivers who felt that the angle of the A-pillars created a type of 'tunnel vision'", Akihiro Nagaya, Toyota's design chief, told the magazine. "This could sometimes make the car hard to place on the road, particularly at higher speeds. The theory behind this car remains that of the '86' [the original Corolla AE-86], which was easy and pure to drive, so we had to change it."

Nagaya also noted that the car was anywhere from 50-70 percent accurate as to the final shape of the FT-86.

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[Fyrelith]

I personally like the re-designed style better than the original.

[Flat-box]

I agree i love more aggressive lines than anything else. i find some of the production models to be plain bland and just not what there supposed to be!

[sprinter]

im glad the redesign was for function. any redesign for function is acceptable by me. its the designs that are made for no reason that are a nono.