Another day, another rumor that Toyota is ready (or close to being ready) to move the FT-HS concept car into production. Or are they? According to Auto Week, Kazuo Okamoto, the executive vice president of Research and Development for Toyota, the car company may be ready to move the FT-HS concept car into production at last.
I’m not sure what this means for the maybe-maybe not release of the Toyota Supra 2008, but many auto sites are reporting that the Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Concept Car shown at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show will become reality, and be released as Toyota’s official 2009 Supra, although it might get a new name very soon.
So you’ve heard a lot about the Toyota FT-HS Hybrid concept car, the one many people believe is the Toyota Supra that Toyota will finally release to revitalize their Supra line. And yeah, you’ve seen a lot of pictures of it, but how about video? Well I found a introduction to the FT-HS on video via YouTube at its introduction at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show. I gotta tell you, it looks good in stills, but it looks damn better on video! Check it out:
Here’s more about the “super hybrid” nature of the Toyota FT-HS:
Toyota’s hybrid sports car that caused heads to rotate sharply at the January, 2007 Detroit auto show is apparently scheduled for production and then launch in 2009.
So if the Toyota FT-HS Concept Car is the 2008 Toyota Supra we’ve all been waiting for, when will it hit the streets? According to Autoblog.com, who sites an article in the June 2007 issue of Automobile magazine, we can expect to see the Toyota FT-HS Concept Car in our local showroom by 2009.
Another candidate for Toyota’s 2008 Supra model is the Toyota FT-HS Concept Car, which was revealed a while back in late 2006. Road and Track seems to think it could be the Toyota Supra everyone has been waiting for:
When Toyota, a company known for incredibly reliable if somewhat bland cars, comes out with a stylish new concept, it’s a big deal. It’s an even bigger one when company execs hint that the car, if built, would be the successor to the much-missed Supra.
