2. Toyota’s Finest Sports Cars Toyota has produced some of the finest examples of sporting automobiles of all time. I will now take you through which I believe to be the best of the best
3. The GT 2000 The GT 2000 was considered the first “Japanese super car” Featured In the 1967 James bond film “You only live Twice” A mere 351 were produced Produced between1967-1970 Powered by a 2.5Linline 6, producing150bhp
4. The Celica Produced from 1970 – 2006 it is Toyotas longest produced sports car Over it’s life span it went from RWD to FWD and featureda number of different 4 cylinder engines There were 7 generations of Celica
5. The MR2 The MR2 was mid engined, light, seated 2 and of course RWDthis made for supercar like handling for a fraction of the price It went through 3 generations between 1984 and 2007The last being a convertible only It featured Naturally Aspirated, Supercharged and Turbocharged engines
6. The Supra Originally a larger more powerful version of the Celica, the supra went on to be a legend of it’s own. 4 generations between 1979 and 2002 The mark IV held one of the greatest engines Toyota ever builtThe “2jz-GTE” a twin turbo inline 6 that can be tuned and safely hold in excess of 500bhp
7. The Altezza Also know as the Lexus IS in North America The Atezza has been produced since 1998 and it’s currently in it’s second generation Available with a 4, 6 or 8 cylinder engine and RWD or AWD The most impressive version known as the “IS F” produces 417bhp and comes with and 8 speed transmission
8. The AE-86 This sports version of the Corolla started production in 1984And featured 2 versions the “Levin” and the “Tureno” The Levin had fixed headlights where the Tureno had pop-upsBesides that they were identical Being very light and RWD with easily tuneable engines made this car very popular with all kinds of drivers
9. The GT-FOUR The GT-FOUR is an AWD Turbocharged version of the Celica It was produced during the 4th 5th and 6th generation of Celica Each generation got it’s own version of the 4cly 2L “3S-GTE” The GT-FOUR did very well in the World Rally Championshipmaking it a rally legend
10. The FT-86 and the Future Toyota currently makes no sports cars (unless you count Lexus) The FT-86 is a concept car based on the AE-86it was first shown in October of 2009 It is planned to be released to the public by November 2011and will be powered by a 2L flat 4 manufactured by Subaru