SilverMk2
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- First Name
- Aaron
- Joined
- Aug 3, 2018
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- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Car(s)
- 85 Supra 2JZ VVTI
I'm sure they spec'ed the roll bar, spring rates, dampers, etc to their likening, but the hard components are all of BMW origin. Same as the FR-s/86/BRZ were, but to even less of a degree. I'm sure the way this project went was Toyota came up with a list of requirements for what they wanted in the car BMW said that will be 300 million dollars and Toyota cut a check. That's the way it works on any engineering project. Toyota participated by reviewing the BMW work and OKing the development along the way. But at the end of the day it was 99.9% developed by BMW engineers and suppliers with a car built from components from BMW suppliers and assembled in a non Toyota factory in Europe. I wouldn't call that a Toyota. Sure Toyota had designers work the styling of all the surfaces and some minor tuning, but in the end its a Toyota styled BMW. Just me 2 cents.Where’s the proof that Toyota had any input on the chassis? It’s all BMW. BMW suspension, bmw active differential. BMW linkaging. There is no evidence at all that Toyota had any input into the chassis development.
Edit: to keep this on topic, for all the reasons stated so far I can actually understand why people would petition to removed the supra name. There is no innovation that the brand is known for. It doesn’t compete at the same level as it previously did either. This really is more of a Celica
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