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Saw this. Hopefully their long term BEV plan will turn out well since they needed to get on top of it one way or another. I'm just a little concerned that their main benchmark is... Tesla. I really hope they aren't going for more Tesla-like cars or a Tesla-like ownership experience. Not...

https://www.drive.com.au/news/toyota-takes-a-swipe-at-electric-car-extremists-says-no-motorists-should-be-left-behind/ https://www.motor1.com/news/616950/toyota-gr-electrified-ruled-out/ From Motor1:

Interesting. So that twin turbo V8 will see use after all. And "LFR" sounds a lot better than "LFA II" or "LFB". This also makes me wonder what the Toyota brand will do with the same core platform.

Interesting engine news on the Mazda front if any variant of this turbo inline-six ever gets put into any other model: https://jalopnik.com/mazda-confirms-two-brand-new-engines-for-the-u-s-1849659923 https://www.motor1.com/news/616229/mazda-cx60-inline-six-gas-engine/ From Jalopnik: From...

Toyota officials also once famously said that there would be no manual transmission for the Supra MKV... when now we learn that development work on that option and revision and revision to the model range began as early as 2019 as a way to stage regular updates to the car over its time in...

I'm not talking about a Supra GRMN although that will happen as it's in the product roadmap for the MKV. Whether it's Japan only or not remains to be seen. I'm referring to the R&D already being done with the architecture being developed from the GR Super Sport Concept that won't come around...

Interesting. Toyota being extremely cagey as usual. If not for the few things we do know that are at the R&D stage this would be unsettling news, but since we do I'm not all that concerned. The Supra MKV was always going to end production after model year 2026. The GR Corolla and GR Yaris...

Am I understanding your post correctly in that a Supra owner *cannot* just buy the Toyota specified oil #08880-wa011 themsleves from the parts counter? If Not, surely there is a standard oil viscosity and weight that the service manual recommends for the B58C and B58D engines that is...

Only if Toyota deliberately teases it to us in some way before they get into a Nurburgring run… which it’s almost certainly too early in development for right now anyway.

Only if Toyota deliberately teases it to us in some way before they get into a Nurburgring run… which it’s almost certainly too early in development for right now anyway.

GPS speed limit laws and auto speed limiters I have been aware of yes. But the personalized digital signature aspect is a new heads up for me.... although it does make sense in a really nasty way. If curbing speeding by using the vehicles themselves to do it is the goal then why not just...

Seconded!

There you go. I am sure there is some alternative method for issuing software or firmware updates at a dealer with a physical cable if something is absolutely necessary for safety reasons.

The Taycans do indeed look good. They're no replacement for coupe Porsches but as electric luxury sedans go I'd take one over a Tesla without question. I don't like that they haven't taken Dodge's approach to amplified driveline noise over totally fake generated noise but they're off to a good...

Increasingly I've been interested in learning about disabling all wireless functionality in a newer car entirely so as to just halt OTA updates entirely. Warranty-voiding and it would have risks I'm sure but depending on how silly it gets (including with subscription fees for features already...

I owned a 1969 Mustang a long while back and the dash design, dash height and seating height (apart from the terrible stock front seats themselves which can be replaced with so much better) were perfect for the kind of car that it was. Many years later I drove a friend's 2010 Mustang and while...

Hey... already the carbon-neutral fuel R&D is a great project for them to pursue and an open ended answer as to production engine potential, while promising nothing, is better than them saying "No." I take this news as a net positive. I suspect (and hope) that the G16E-GTS engine will see a...

It being the last ICE powered Mustang has absolutely nothing to do with poor interior design choices. There is no magic rule that requires an automaker to unimaginatively bolt a bunch of tablets onto their vehicle dashboards and call it a day. Volkswagen is guilty of this recently as well with...

Overall I like it but Ford really ruined the dash layout with the tacked-on looking tablet screens and their doing away with the "double bubble" Mustang dash. That and removing the basic HVAC physical control buttons are not selling points to me. Modern digital instrument screens are perfectly...

I don't recall when we first heard the rumors out of Japan but it does look like a GR Yaris GRMN... or other trim level (GR Yaris "Morizo"??) with the GR Corolla's 296hp/300hp engine is happening after all. It's getting the same rear seat delete treatment as the GR Corolla Morizo Edition and...