Toyota 86 World Premiere Makes Toyota "Fun to Drive, Again": 2011 Tokyo Motor Show

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Three years of rumors, concepts and leaks have come to this: the debut of the Toyota 86 sports car at the Tokyo Motor Show. Introduced by company CEO Akio Toyoda, a man dedicated to rebuilding Toyota's enthusiast base, he launched an all new slogan, boldly proclaiming that the giant Japanese automakers is, "Fun to Drive, Again".

As you no doubt have already hear the car is powered by a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder direct-injection boxer engine with a 12.5:1 compression ratio making 200-hp and 151 lb-ft of torque. It's not a lot of punch, but with a curb weight right around 2,700 lbs, it should deliver plenty of fun.

See video of the car from it's world premiere in Tokyo below:

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[FR_S_Fan]

the Toyota 86 world premiere was kind of disappointing. I was expecting Toyota to do more than just having a simple display with the covers being pulled off. The FR-S unveiling was by far better. At least all of that is now over with, were finally getting closer to getting behind the wheel of one of these.