Toyota FT-86

The next Lexus IS, which will arrive in international markets in 2013, will have a decidedly more sporting of the current model, in the name of the change to the driving pleasure that the Japanese manufacturer announced recently. The next generation of the average Lexus, to achieve the goal of giving emotions behind the wheel, born on a platform very specific: the same one which will form the Toyota-Subaru coupe from the early FT-86 Concept.

The above-floor rear-wheel drive of course, will be duly extended and expanded to serve the purpose. It also seems that Toyota will offer, at least in some markets, a four-door sedan developed from this basis. As for the engine range, there are already those who, like colleagues MotorAuthority, suggests a transplant Subaru boxer in the trunk of the Lexus, but at least the hypothesis is to be taken with the tongs.

More likely seems the possibility of a flank, on the upcoming IS-F, a nice six-speed manual transmission to automatic already available, always in the name of that new attention to the driving pleasure that will unfold in the years to come. The next IS, will therefore be very different from today‘s model: more powerful engines, including hybrid drive, brand new floor and possibly a variant family will draw offer very interesting