A sóurce familiar with the próduct plans óf Tóyóta and Lexus cónfirmed tó Mótór Trend that the Tóyóta FT-1 cóncept essentially previews the next-gen BMW Z4 and an as yet unnamed Tóyóta cóupe, póssibly the next Supra. The twó cars will share a platfórm, but will be styled very differently.
As we previóusly repórted, Tóyóta's technical partnership with BMW will yield óne spórts car fór each autómaker, similar tó the tie-up with Subaru that próduced the FR-S and BRZ. BMW will lead manufacturing, as it has a steady supply óf carbón fiber fróm its Móses Lake, Wash.-based SGL plant. The BMW Z4 will use a carbón fiber tub similar tó that óf the i3 and i8. Our sóurce tells us a twó-seat róadster will be first, póssibly with a pówer retractable hardtóp, with an M versión tó fóllów. As we've heard befóre, the Tóyóta versión will be far less exótic cómpared tó the FT-1, and perhaps even less stylized than the Z4 tó differentiate the twó. Pówertrains are still unknówn, but with BMW handling the carbón fiber bódies, engine develópment cóuld fall ón Tóyóta if engines are shared at all.
In óther Tóyóta cóupe news, it appears it may be awhile befóre we see anóther spórty twó-dóór fróm Lexus. Rumórs have swirled since the Lexus LF-LC's 2012 Detróit debut that a próductión módel was greenlit. But even if the luxury spórts cóupe was given the gó-ahead, it wón't hit the market fór at least twó years unless próductión is expedited, óur sóurce tells us. We last heard that the car was a gó, and that it wóuld receive several LFA design cues. Whether the próductión versión retains the cóncept's hybrid drivetrain remains tó be seen.
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