Two new RWD Toyota sports cars to join 86?

According to sources, the Japanese brand known for bland cruisers like the Camry and Corolla is preparing to bring two new rear-wheel drive cars to market that would slot above and below the Toyota 86.

GT86 Chief Engineer, Tatsuya Tada, said, "Akio Toyoda always says to me, Toyota sports car [family] should be three sports car brothers. 86 is in the middle." The oldest "brother" would be the spiritual successor to the Supra, even if it doesn't wear that name. Tada is in charge of that project, while a sub-GT86 project is being headed-up elsewhere.

According to Tada, Akio Toyoda, Toyota's CEO and President, is in favour of both models going into production but neither has yet got the official green light. Tada has been put in charge of the Toyota Supra resurrection project while another Chief Engineer has taken the smaller sports car project.

Additionally, Tada hinted that the car may be built in collaboration with another car company, in the same way that the Toyota 86 is a joint project between Subaru and Toyota while the Toyota Supra-sized sports car is an ongoing partnership between BMW and Toyota.