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Yeah, Top Gear is definitely on the "iTs A ReBaDgEd z4" and "Zupra" bandwagon. I wouldn't be caught dead in an Alpine A110 even if it drove like an F1 car. That thing is hideous and looks like an Eclipse and a Celica got pregnant and had a miscarriage in the second trimester. The writer was...

Mechanical Feel = Manual Transmission, no more no less.

I highly doubt it. I used to live in a small town (Corvallis, OR) and it had a small "dealership" at it's center. I doubt they're getting an LE. If anyone in that area wanted one, they would probably head to the Wilsonville dealership an hour north. I suggest you do the same and find another...

You can't compare them 1 on 1, absolutely. But it is the same car in the end and they both use the same everything mechanically and electronically. Disregarding raw power completely and comparing HP vs TQ is interesting to say the least. Different dynos give different numbers but the concept is...

I've seen worse. Try changing a starter on a 3UR or just install long tube headers. Everyone claimed you 100% needed to raise the engine a few inches to do the install and 6-8 hours of labor at least. Shops now do it in under 2 hours without touching the engine mounts including a full exhaust...

Gear ratios effect dyno numbers, yes. Usually the higher the gear the more power it reads but not by much (5-10 HP variation between 4th and 5th gear on my GT86). Torque on the other hand should behave the same as after all the dyno roller speed is factored into the equation regardless and that...

Well, my 3UR is making 1045WHP and it's 100% open deck. It has some headroom left but it was my daily and 1000hp was my target so we stopped at that. Papadakis' 2AR is open deck (as far as I know and found online) and it's pushing 1007WHP out of a 4 cylinder. (250hp/cylinder or 370hp per...

Even though that would be cool I don't see it happening. Late aluminum blocks are just as strong as iron blocks a decade or two ago. Open deck aluminum blocks are holding +1000hp. Closed deck blocks like the B58 should be able to go way beyond that unless there is a critical flaw in the design...

I don't disagree at all about the MKV needing a manual. The dude just needs to chill a bit. He has been beating this dead horse as if his life depended on it. If I didn't know any better I would have though he had a minimum word quota he needs to meet every day. I just skip his posts all...

The first tuner company that offers a good bolt-on/plug'n'play port injection system or a methanol injection kit is going to make some serious cash. Probably for years even after the car goes out of production. Or maybe the Supra will be the platform that will push the aftermarket to finally...

Yeah, even though I would love to believe it makes that much torque it's simply too high to be true probably because it was in 5th rather than 6th. Maybe if it was a diesel. It would probably make as much as BMW/Toyota advertise it would at the wheels though which is not bad by any means...

I think the car you're looking for is the LC-F. It's 100% Toyota (Lexus), extremely rare and low production volume, power, price and weight (rumored 600hp, probably +3800lbs and definitely over 150k), will be within the ball park of the NSX and the top trim GT-R and no manual but neither are the...

They would sell a handful or two of those over here. Just take a 10 minute drive around town and you'll find +130k LX570s and +200k G wagons on every intersection. To be one of the few to own an MKV let alone a TRD one for 100k is pocket change prestige.

0.64 8th gear and a 3.154 final drive = 75 MPH @ 1900 RPM... nice Edit: maths

Doug Demuro really disappointed me when he thought it was an oversight on a rushed product. I always though he knew what he was talking about because I didn't know any better on other cars. But after this I question everything he says.

"But muh inline 6 :(" - Tada-san probably Jk, just glad we got an affordable sports car approved by Toyota.

TRD is Toyota. Or at least it's their aftermarket outsourcing and relabeling department.

Does it really matter if it comes with 335hp or 385hp if it's the same engine with just a different manifold? If the difference in price is 8-9k wouldn't it make more sense to get the 335hp version and tune it to 385hp or even more for a fraction of that cost? I also feel Toyota is planning to...

Not a one piece door but Toyota already made a solution for that vent. Just color match it before installing.