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Yes those wheels look terrific. Kudos to Toyota for not following the latest fad for diamond-cut wheels, most of which are hideous. On the fender gap - this car is on a trailer so there may be shipping chocks in the springs that give it this lifted look.

If the tested car was a typical review loaner it was loaded to the gills with nearly every option Porsche offers, probably adding well over 100 lbs of extra weight.

That build would likely be very popular, provided Toyota 1) keeps the weight down to around 2900 lbs for this base version; 2) gives the engine a nice even torque curve without the infamous dip found in the FA20; 3) puts some serious effort into making the engine/exhaust sound good in-cabin...

That is fine, just use it before you post!

It's obvious what is not going to make it from the concept based on that LC comparison above - the fat fascia-embedded exhaust tips are out, as are the retractable wing and the huge 21" wheels. Added: a flat surface for the rear license plate, and likely simpler, less expensive lighting elements.

Nissan is even more of a disappointment... Nissan has stated officially it will do what's required regulations-wise to keep selling the 370Z for the next few years. Their strategy to keep sales from tanking completely has been to lower prices rather than update the car - the base model goes for...

Not in Ontario in my experience. Even when released, the CTR was MSRP only here - if you could get one. Some dealers do try and force you to take addons (VIN etching, accessories, rustproofing) to boost their profits.

Well this has now hit Autoblog as a "leak" rather than the umpteenth speculative piece it probably is (what's that magazine's track record like?). Commenters are not at all happy with the front end in those renderings - and I can't say I disagree.

^ This prototype still looks to be sporting a lot of cladding. Probably going to be several months till we see unpadded production bodies. :coffee:

This may be just a language issue here ( I see you are posting from France), but AFAIK this car will not be getting a transaxle (which incorporates the differential and the gearbox in one physical unit). The gearbox (manual or auto) will be mounted directly to the engine.

If so they will likely go with some variant of the dual-injection fuel system they are beginning to use in other models now (they started this with the GT86). It's something the BMW engines don't offer and can help avoid the valve crud-accretion hassles common to some DI-only engines.

^ Double decker lights look odd, but otherwise quite nice. Too bad cowls and hoodlines have to be so high these days (mid/rear engined cars excepted).

Not quite as bad as the recent fiasco with the Alpine A110 - 2 Top Gear hosts barely escaped from the car without getting 3rd degree burns as it self-immolated. (Admittedly the car was a pre-production sample, and it was being rallied.)

Speaking of colors, it feels almost like a throwback to the 00s: Glacier Silver, Atacama Yellow, and Crimson Red are coming back. Whoa - that yellow is :puke:, the silver is :sleep:, and the red is :fear:. Toyota needs to use its own colour palette.

If the Bimmerpost info is correct, the Supra is going to be a different class of car this time around - a modestly powered, relatively lightweight sports car, rather than a high-powered GT (going by modern standards). While this may upset some fans hoping to see the Supra heritage strictly...

Very good to hear that. I'm sure Toyota will put a good deal of effort into tuning the ZF properly for a sportscar application - we saw evidence of their commitment to making this a genuine sports car when the Toyota CEO told the engineering team to rework the suspension to provide livelier...

I should have limited my comment to the VW unit as I'm not up on the maintenance requirements for other DCTs - but in Canada that VW DCT service costs more than a grand.

That is true even at the lower end of the price range - the FRS paddle shifting has a bit of delay; the DCT on the Golf R is virtually instantaneous. Downside being maintenance cost, DCTs are not cheap to maintain - the VW DCT requires a very pricey service at about 50K miles IIRC.

I read a while ago of one manufacturer (don't remember which one) who was planning to address the problem of too many gears for paddle shifting enjoyment by setting the manual mode up so that it skips a few of the 9 or 10 gears in the transmission, making it behave like a 6-speed. It would be...

It's interesting that we have been seeing a fair number of shots of the BMW and Toyota being tested together, which hints that there is perhaps more coordination and collaboration between the two in developing the ride and handling characteristics of the platform than they might like to admit...