Analysis, Comments & Reactions from the Web about the new Supra

Not that suprising ....

AsupramkvC said:

Surprised to know that the location of the washer fluid cover is around the front fender area

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SupraFiend said:

Not that suprising ....

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Also not surprising on the Z4 and other BMW's.

DesmoSD said:

Also not surprising on the Z4 and other BMW's.

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Lol, yup. I had a leak on my M5, it was pain....located in the drivers side wheel well, fixing the leak was easy, trying to get to it sucked.

A lot of the negative reactions are by fans who have never actually owned any generation Supra or a 2jz swapped car for that matter. It seems a lot of them just repeat what others say in the age of social media there are many followers and sheep. Most of them wouldn't be buying it either way whether it's this $50K Toyo/BMW version or a $90K in house Toyo version.

For me I'm excited to see how it does once released with sales, mods, reliability etc.....I've been called names because I'm not on bashing bandwagon as a current MKIV owner lol.

Blakbird said:

Most of them wouldn't be buying it either way whether it's this $50K Toyo/BMW version or a $90K in house Toyo version.
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Most of them wouldn't be buying it new if it were a $25k in house version

justbake said:

Most of them wouldn't be buying it new if it were a $25k in house version

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Most of them wouldn't want a Supra name slapped on a $25k vehicle, in house version or otherwise. Albeit I do see a lot paying for the car just for the name alone. Dang Toyota's marketing department is clever.

Supra Turbo said:

Most of them wouldn't want a Supra name slapped on a $25k vehicle, in house version or otherwise.

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I think you missed my point that the ones complaining are cheap and won't buy cars new.

justbake said:

I think you missed my point that the ones complaining are cheap and won't buy cars new.

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Or perhaps they think it is a better value in the used market

Supra Turbo said:

Or perhaps they think it is a better value in the used market

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Then their opinions/complaints on a new car are irrelevant. Why should manufacturers cater to "car guys/gals" when they don't buy the cars they say they want when new? This is why only 13,000 Chevy SS models sold in the US yet it is the relatively affordable full-size V8 RWD sedan with optional manual that everyone says they want

justbake said:

Then their opinions/complaints on a new car are irrelevant. Why should manufacturers cater to "car guys/gals" when they don't buy the cars they say they want when new? This is why only 13,000 Chevy SS models sold in the US yet it is the relatively affordable full-size V8 RWD sedan with optional manual that everyone says they want

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Heritage. The same reason the new Supra is even back. Because the last one kept the name alive, though only ~7,000 TT's were sold in the US.

Unfortunately the SS was a complete marketing fail by GM. No one knew it existed until they were practically giving them away. The G8 GT/GXP and the GTO all sold relatively well in comparison. RIP Pontiac...

Supra Turbo said:

Heritage. The same reason the new Supra is even back. Because the last one kept the name alive, though only ~7,000 TT's were sold in the US.

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If heritage were a reason to keep a name in production then we would have seen the car long ago.

justbake said:

If heritage were a reason to keep a name in production then we would have seen the car long ago.

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The bean counters at Toyota obviously do not care about that...

Supra Turbo said:

The bean counters at Toyota obviously do not care about that...

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As a publicly traded company, they have to count beans.

They could have given it the same treatment as the Z years ago by giving it a hatchback SC430 chassis with a 2GR and $27,000 pricetag just to keep the name alive