Why I Think Everyone is Wrong About the MKV (Video)

[2JZ-No-Sh*t]

^I'm not a photography expert by any means, but distance and lens do play a factor.

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[DevonK]

I doubt it, all of the test cars looks exactly the same for the most part.

There are differences to be found - haven't seen other photos with the heavily padded rear shoulders seen below for example.

The latest high-res photos show clear evidence of some extra cladding to somewhat disguise body shapes - standard industry practice for a car more than a year out from release. I'm not convinced we have a clear idea yet of what the car's front and rear fascias look like (given no insider knowledge). Maybe there will be some leak to one of the car mags later as there was for the C7 Corvette several months prior to launch.

 

[johnny_10196]

There are differences to be found - haven't seen other photos with the heavily padded rear shoulders seen below for example.

The latest high-res photos show clear evidence of some extra cladding to somewhat disguise body shapes - standard industry practice for a car more than a year out from release. I'm not convinced we have a clear idea yet of what the car's front and rear fascias look like (given no insider knowledge). Maybe there will be some leak to one of the car mags later as there was for the C7 Corvette several months prior to launch.

That isn't anything new.

 

[vb22]

Yeah that odd looking hump over the quarter panel has been known for quite sometime now.

 

[Spilner]

Check this out

 

[BrettS]

Check this out

Nothing new here. This vid was posted a while back

 

[Spilner]

Nothing new here. This vid was posted a while back

For real?But yeah, one person noted the manual

 

[DevonK]

That isn't anything new.

LOL, my bad, I guess I haven't been quite as zealous as others here about viewing every available spyshot.

 

[Spilner]

http://www.evo.co.uk/toyota/13960/new-toyota-supra-2019-gazoo-racing-branding-and-latest-details
Manual part is a fallacy,but regenerative braking?sounds intriguing

 

[Guff]

“The Supra has a strong following and the new car must appeal to these owners,” said Shigeki Tomoyama, President of Gazoo Racing. “The last Supra had a straight-six engine, was twin-turbocharged and rear-wheel drive and the new car must continue this philosophy.” Tomoyama, who owns a 600bhp carbonfibre bodied 1997 Supra, refused to confirm how much the new Supra might weigh when it was suggested it should come in at under 1500kg. Instead he pointed out that his Supra, when new, weighed 1200kg and did confirm that the new Supra would have a 50/50 weight distribution.

What? No Supra ever weighed 1200kg, that's craziness. Is this a bad translation or something? Evo is a generally reputable source, but strange statements like these call the rest of the quotations into question for me.

If the statement is straight from Tomoyama though, then that should be confirmation enough that we are getting some sort of permutation of the B58.

 

[MA617M]

AU-spec MA61 was 1260kg, if we're splitting hairs

 

[Guff]

AU-spec MA61 was 1260kg, if we're splitting hairs

Hahaha fair enough

I should have specified JZA80, as the article states that he drove a '97 S1 Supra, which in its lightest guise (NA Hardtop) was still in the range of ~1400-1450kg. JZs are absolute porkers.

 

[MA617M]

Hahaha fair enough

I should have specified JZA80, as the article states that he drove a '97 S1 Supra, which in its lightest guise (NA Hardtop) was still in the range of ~1400-1450kg. JZs are absolute porkers.

heheh i was just being a pest. but yes... certainly throws uncertainty to the rest of the article.

let's not forget that the A70 tipped the scales at nearly 1700kg at one point :O porky thing. if the SPX is in the 1400kg realm, that's not bad given the safety systems in new cars.

 

[A70TTR]

there's a lot of debate on the A70 as to what the correct curb weight is... my '87 turbo manual weighed 3530lbs on the scales and it now weighs just over 3300 (post weight reduction and JZ); hardtops were even lighter (~3450).

I believe it was the 90-92, auto, full option cars with the 8 speaker sound system etc that weighed the most. Hard to believe 3700lbs, but that's what happens when you add as many random add-ons as you can I guess.

 

[PerformanceSound]

Can’t say I didn’t tell you so...

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2017/11/toyota-s-new-sports-car-might-not-be-called-supra.html

Toyota will not call this FT-1 a “Supra”.....it will be called something new or probably a “3000GT”.

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