Toyota FT-HS Concept Car Coming 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.
It’s being billed by Automobile as the spiritual successor to the late, lamented Supra — a position that’s hard to argue assuming you can look past the probable lack of an inline 6. Like the concept, the two-seat FT-HS will pair the company’s Hybrid Synergy Drive with an as-yet-undetermined gasoline engine (the concept utilized a 3.5-liter V6). Power and pricing aren’t discussed, but if the numbers thrown around when the concept was introduced — 400 horses and mid-level dollar amounts — are feasible, the thing should have plenty of takers.
If this ends up being the 2008 Toyota Supra that we’ve been waiting for, I can’t say as if I’m ecstatic about it. The body just doesn’t look…right for a Supra.
Anyways, some more images from the Toyota FT-HS Concept car (maybe it’ll grow on me…):
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