justbake
Well-Known Member
A few key things I took away from this article....thank you for this by the way:
"We would take every bit down to a fastener or rivet, and put it through our stringent quality control and a dozen other testing, we'd ship thousands of parts back to Japan for analysis. That is normal to us. Each piece we test at our level, they were now the ones surprised."
"When we compare the previous collaboration with Subaru, this time it was much more of a challenge. The cultural barrier of German engineers, proud of their engineering, and our pride of what we do best collectively as teams from each firm was something astonishingly different."
"He (Akio Toyoda) also added, âI need a Nurburgring-worthy car in our lineupâ
"Not just in exterior panels, but even in the interior too. There isnât much that be seen as shared-components in how the car feels. Down to even shift knobs, they are different. Of course, major components are shared, such as engine and carriages, but even the tuning of the engine and transmission are different too."
I definitely made sure to read it twice because it was so dense with information and it is reassuring how serious Tada wants this car to be a Supra.
- I think it would be crazy to think Toyota wouldn't ship parts back to Japan for testing, you don't get rated #1 in reliability without obsessing about this.
- I laughed so hard at that statement, it sounds like a politician describing people who were stuck in their ways and unwilling to change/compromise.
- now we're talking!
- Both brands want to make their cars distinct. In their respective salesrooms, a Toyota salesman telling a Toyota customer it was made alongside BMW, and a BMW salesman telling a BMW customer it was made alongside Toyota doesn't seem to go well as judging by the hate in both BMW and Toyota groups and forums
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