Pricing of Toyota's new rear-wheel drive GT 86 coupe will, in some ways, be the most important determinant of the car's success. If it was priced too close to lifestyle sports coupes such as Audi's TT or BMW's Z4, then customers would naturally expect the same level of creature comforts - which would defeat...
This feels like a good-news story to me as we near the end of 2011. Toyota/Lexus who seemingly abandoned the sports car segment, first with the Supra in 2002 followed by the MR2 in 2007, are back and to use an old cliché, "this time they're serious."
Lexus will unveil a new concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 9, 2012, joining Honda who this morning confirmed its NSX Concept will premiere at the same event.
The first pictures of Subaru's BRZ leaked out last night, prior to its official launch at the Tokyo Motor Show. The BRZ, nicknamed Subieyota, is the company's first rear-wheel drive car and was developed together with Toyota's GT 86 (a.k.a. Toyobaru) which was unveiled at the weekend.
It's a brave car maker who bucks the trend for more power, more performance and more.. everything when building a sports car, and when that car maker is Japanese there's an even more tightly defined expectation for what constitutes a performance car.
Infiniti has announced this afternoon that a new range-extending electric sports car concept is under development, and is set to emerge from the drawing room in time for the Geneva Motor Show in March 2012.
Jaguar's C-X16 production concept will make its global debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 13, reigniting the hopes and desires of fans who have been patiently waiting for an F-Type.