Lmao. Other than his comment that Japanese cars have flaws that give them their personality, he hasn't displayed anything that he knows about Japanese cars. He doesn't even have experience with Toyotas. So who is he to judge? Everyone who knows Toyotas, know that this has a similar experience and feel to other Toyota vehicles as well. I'm waiting for this video to also get shat on by other automotive YouTubers and individuals, also the internet as well.Harris explains why the Supra needed to be more... Toyota
https://www.topgear.com/videos/top-gear-tv/harris-explains-why-supra-needed-be-more-toyota
He's completely on point and honest.Lmao. Other than his comment that Japanese cars have flaws that give them their personality, he hasn't displayed anything that he knows about Japanese cars. He doesn't even have experience with Toyotas. So who is he to judge? Everyone who knows Toyotas, know that this has a similar experience and feel to other Toyota vehicles as well. I'm waiting for this video to also get shat on by other automotive YouTubers and individuals, also the internet as well.
Right down to the point that a stock Mk4 is trash? lol. Right.He's completely on point and honest.
At the time of it's introduction I'd contend that it was pretty great. Unmodified now in the context of the automotive landscape we live in? Not so much.A stock A80 is nothing ground breaking. Cool and fun, yes, but not out of this world.
Yeah, the MKIV was great in it's era just like all of the sports cars of their generation. That's the beauty of automotive evolution. However, it's apples to oranges when to comparing old vs new.At the time of it's introduction I'd contend that it was pretty great. Unmodified now in the context of the automotive landscape we live in? Not so much.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Have you seen the mark-ups on these cars? You can buy the LC500 for about the same price as the new Supra. Here in Alaska, where sports cars can be driven 3-4 months tops, they have a $25K mark-up! I called to inquire and the grand total after their "dealer" mark-up is a whopping $85KYour "Supra" exists. It's just not called a Supra. It's in the same family as the IS-F (IS300), RC-F (SC300) and it's called the LC500 (Supra). All three run the 2UR-GSE which was co-developed by Yamaha and all of them are around the 72-78k price range either new or used with relatively low miles. This is what a pure Toyota built modern Supra would be.
The Land Cruiser had an inline 6 as well, now it's only offered with V8s (V6 in some countries) and the next generation will get Twin Turbo V6s. The RC/LC will move from V8s to TT V6s too.
You can see why Toyota didn't want to create your version of the Supra just by looking at how the RC/LC sales are doing. At $20-30k less for the same performance, the A90 will sell like hot cakes compared to those two.
If I were you, I'd get a used LC and slap a Toyota/Supra badge on it and call it a day.