► Toyota FT-AC concept at 2017 LA motor show
► Stands for Future Toyota Adventure Concept
► Aimed at outdoorsy types, concept only for now
This angry-looking creation is the Toyota FT-AC, which stands for Future Toyota Adventure Concept.
A show car designed to appeal to surfing/hiking/cycling/outdoorsy types, it makes its debut at the 2017 Los Angeles motor show.
A multi-tool on wheels
Among the lifestyliest design details on the FT-AC are removable foglight pods can be used as portable lights, and a safari-style roofrack which features LED marker lights at its front corners to light off-road trails, or – more unusually – act as a flash for infrared cameras embedded in the side mirrors.
![Toyota FT-AC](https://car-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/2551/480x0/toyota-ftac-10.jpg?scale=down)
The cameras can also be removed, and there’s an integrated wi-fi hotspot so no adventure need go without being Instagrammed.
There are LED lights on the back of the roof rack too, helping to illuminate the retractable built-in bike rack.
Genuine off-road ability
With a long wheelbase, wide track, extreme approach and departure angles, skidplates and 20-inch wheels with knobbly all-terrain tyres, the FT-AC looks like it can walk the walk off-road. It also features twin recovery hooks just in case theoretical owners were to bite off more than they can chew.
![Toyota FT-AC](https://car-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/2551/480x0/toyota-ftac-04.jpg?scale=down)
When does it hit the streets (or trails) for real?
As the name suggests, it’s a concept car. Unlike the suggestion of the ‘future’ bit in the name, it doesn’t preview an upcoming Toyota production car – it’s described as being ‘currently a design experiment.’
The FT-AC has, however, been engineered with a petrol all-wheel-drive powertrain in mind, with torque vectoring, terrain response traction control and throttle map settings and a four-wheel lock mode.
It’s also been packaged with the potential to take a hybrid powertrain.
![Toyota FT-AC](https://car-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/2551/480x0/toyota-ftac-07.jpg?scale=down)
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