The 2013 Scion FR-S provides rear-drive thrills and serves as a halo car for the Scion brand, but what’s left for enthusiasts who can’t afford the car’s $25,255 price of entry As early as 2016, Toyota might have a solution that’s nothing just like the relatively inexpensive MR2 that was discontinued inside the 2000s.

A voice from someone on the brink of Toyota tells us that while the brand new fun-to-drive car may be positioned as a bit brother to the GT86, it’ll get four seats, five doors, a 1.5-liter engine developing around 150 hp, and be aimed toward a world audience no ahead of 2016. The recent car will totally redefine the company’s entry-level sporty cars by taking up a brand new hatchback-style shape, a rear-drive platform and a naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine.

With lightweight sports cars a tricky sell in Japan, and young customers on a more global scale wanting hatchback style vehicles with more seats and further practicality, the automobile will employ a swish hatch-style silhouette and be priced around $20,000. A source told us that the hatch will employ a revised version of Toyota’s Rush mini-crossover pictured above but that the hot iteration will employ a lower ride height and 4-wheel independent suspension; just how much say BMW’s handling department could have during this car’s final settings remains unclear.

Whether any such car will make it from the drafting board all of the approach to showrooms worldwide – or within the U.S. – continues to be seen, but we’re hopeful Toyota can prepare an rear-drive four-door hatch for roughly the identical price as a base Toyota Camry.