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Old 06-30-08, 09:41 PM
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Monday, June 30, 2008
2011 Toyota Rear-Wheel-Drive Coupe Rendering

Earlier this year, Subaru and Toyota officially announced that they will co-develop an all-new rear-wheel drive coupe. While a first batch of scoop images featuring Subaru’s version of the compact sport coupe have already hit the web, we’ve yet to see any spy pictures of Toyota’s variant.

However, one of our readers sent us a scanned image from a Japanese car magazine with an artist’s impression of the forthcoming Toyota RWD coupe. Despite the Lexus-esque styling, we find the rendering quite promising. Hopefully, earlier reports stating that Toyota’s version will only be sold in Japan won’t be confirmed. But even if they prove to be true, here’s a grand idea; how about if Toyota sells its version of the coupe as a Scion in the States?
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Old 06-30-08, 09:46 PM
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I kind of like it but I prefer the one on the current issue of Road and Track. I hope they keep this baby at the low price of under 20 grand as promised.
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The rear view mirror is lifted up directly from the 2IS...
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Bleh.......
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This looks fake.
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It looks like something we saw before
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No thank you, I don't want one looks like that.
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that's like a G-thirty-fail mixed with an IS...

if they make that, i will sacrifice a new yaris to the car Gods and pray they strike down the lead designer for that...
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it won't. If toyota brings their coupe over, (which they should; are you listening???) it will carry the family grill (camry, corolla etc). The artist was pulling junk cues from a multitude of toyota vehicles.
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I always wondered what the 2IS would look like if the hood's lines matched the edge of the front grille. This picture answers that for me .
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how about if Toyota sells its version of the coupe as a Scion in the States?
Or you could just buy the Subaru version.
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That's an old rendering for a rumored 2GR-FSE powered RWD coupe from Toyota (350Z competitor).
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I like the rendiring although ods are it will look much different when they actually make it.
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With all the resources Toyota has why can't this rush this thing into production ??
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Originally Posted by ffpower
The rear view mirror is lifted up directly from the 2IS...
i hope you mean the side mirrors, because if you can tell that the rear view is exactly the same ...
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