With the stated price and weight. If it did(and..erm...in America) I would be waiting at the dealership, cash in hand. Not from admiration of the old car, but because it would just make a great, fun-to-drive, cheap car that would have great potential down the road for mods.

Toyota's developing a new AE86.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/01/r...-more-details/


For those not into the import scene, the original "AE86", or 1985-1987(AE86 is 1986 specific) Toyota Corolla GT-S, was/is admired for its light weight, a high-revving engine, fun-to-drive characteristics, and ease of control when the rear end broke loose

EDIT- Oops. I posted a link to the picture, but not the article...

 

I'm afraid the line of people forming from this forum will be very short. You may be the only one.

Not my cup of tea but good luck to ya.

 

I think it would be pretty awesome. Especially if they would be as cheap as the article said. That being said, I'm sure it won't be available in N/A

 

The sport compact crowd (i.e. almost nobody on this board ) will love this.

 

I'll believe it when I see it here. Doesn't matter anyway, I wouldn't buy one

 

sweet, i have an old one 85, my dd 32 mpg still after 208,000

 

HAHAHA!!!

This article got 5 pages of discussion at an anime board where the AE86 is god. IN 2 DAYS!!!!

 

I'm sure the ricers will go nuts over a whopping 120 horsepower.

 

that could make for a real nice DD

 

Nobody on this board likes it, but everyone was praying for a kappa coupe.....

 

Solstice and Sky have 50 more horsepower in base trim, and more than double the power in their high-performance trims.

Of course everybody on this board wanted them.

 

Is it wrong to be loyal?

 

That is because it is the hero car in InitialD.

 

And the base versions will also probably cost over $5000 more, and barely be quicker in the 1/4, due to the ~500lb weight difference. GXP and Redline are a whole 'nother story...

Damn, spec racing is ****ty

Neither of these cars are even in production, and this(the new AE86) will probably never make it to production with the quoted price or weight...

Cheap/lightweight/RWD = Great in my book. Especially in this day and age.

 

http://idforums.net/index.php?

http://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=30708&st=0

I didn't want to look, weird. As some people feel towards anime/manga fans. Notice my avatar though.