I have no idea why anyone would buy an 86 lol. Never appealed to me.
The Supra is plenty fast. That's my point. Because it has the auto. What's a faster 2 seater coupe than it for $50k?
And they sell incredibly well.
He's right about the FR-S. It really isn't anything special. The FA20 sounds awful, the midrange dip is annoying, the interior is awful, etc.
Of course they do. They all have the same goals. To sell cars. How do you sell them? By being faster in your price bracket than the competition. Doesn't matter if it's a 20k Hyundai or a 3 million Koenigsegg. How do you become faster? By dropping the manual. That's why the current STI is...
And this is why you don't buy extended warranties till the factory one runs out lol.
Here's the thing, you keep it stock it'll run for a long ass time as long as you keep up with maintenance.
You start adding mods, boost, tunes, you lose your warranty, but you'll also shorten the lifespan of...
I didn't say it's a numbers car, I said it has to chase them. If it was a numbers car they'd have given it 600 horsepower and a $120k price tag. The auto/DCT is such a performance improvement, that just about every flagship exclusively has it as I've outlined before. The Supra is Toyota's...
The Supra has to chase numbers. It's the top of the line Toyota, the return of a legend, etc, etc. If they stuck in a manual and the 3.0 did 0-60 in 5 seconds instead of 4, it would be DOA. Why do you think Chevy only put a DCT in the C8? There's faster versions coming, why not put a manual in...
Lol what 400hp STI??? Don't believe everything you read. The next STI MIGHT get a 10 hp bump lol. That's it. The S209 got 345 for 65k, they're not going to offer 400 for 40k 2 years later. It'll be somewhere in the low 320 range at best.
Now all of a sudden only a manual is a "drivers" car...
The STI transmission is fantastic. It's like operating a bolt action rifle. It's rod driven rather than the sloppy cable driven transmission in the WRX.
The Supra is Toyota's fastest car, not counting Lexus. Top Nissan, Top Porsche, Top Honda, Top Ford, Top Chevy, etc. ALL AUTO ONLY.
Toyota...
Awesome congratulations!! I got conformation today as well. Also Refraction Blue :D this early bird paid a deposit back in February lol. I have been "region approved" for a while now, but today it became official.
Based on the internet the Supra would've been cancelled altogether after it's first 3 months lol. I don't look at that. It's 95% people bitching "it's not a Supra" and being jealous they can't afford it. Sales figures for the next MY will tell the story. Obviously the 3.0 will vastly outsell it...
They don't need to sell many. Their profits come from their mainstream vehicles. And BMW shared the development costs so Toyota doesn't care if it sells 5 or 5000 units.