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In general every year less people want to shift gears themselves in sports cars if annual sales figures of auto vs manual versions of the same sportscar, hot hatch and other enthusiast models are any indication. It’s an overall trend that encompasses sportscars. It just took fewer decades for...

I didn’t say that driving a car ON A RACETRACK doesn’t require practice, training and experience to develop good technique which includes exactly when to shift for the best lap times and maneuvering around other drivers. I said it doesn’t require any special training for anyone to get the...

Erm... that’s not possible since in a vehicle with an automatic that has paddle shifters there is almost nothing complicated about flicking one paddle or the other to upshift or downshift with the ECU doing the rest of the work. Anyone can drive and operate the transmission of a paddle shift...

Those hypercars are in a completely different league and price compared to a Supra. Or a Corvette C8, BMW M2, Cayman GT4, any 911, R35 GTR, etc. Powerful manual sportscars aren’t about the fastest 0-60 but rather maximum driver engagement. The fastest cars in the world are extremely...

With the current power output being closer to 382whp there is already well over 400hp at the crank in the 3.0 : )

The Elise/Exige platform would make for a perfect traditional MR2 especially since they’ve used Toyota 1ZZ-GE engines. But... I don’t think it would meet modern crash standards for all markets today. It also won’t support any extra weight from electrification. I think it is far more likely...

It sounds to me like they’ll price it close to the MSRP of a base Porsche 911 or Cayman GT4. Last rumor was that the MR2 is supposed to sell for about $90,000 USD. If Tetsuya Tada is still the chief engineer and does co-develop the MR2 on Porsche’s upcoming electric Cayman platform (he’s...

https://www.motor1.com/news/506269/toyota-gr-super-sport-hypercar/ 986hp+ with a potential tri-motor hybrid setup in addition to the 2.4L V6 twin turbo engine.

I’d rather take the parts-bin special IS500 F-Sport rather than what little an IS250 or IS350 offers for the money. It’s an excellent high performance edition of the sedan that doesn’t visually scream for attention. The next IS-F will surely outperform it and have more exotic specs but will...

The only glaring thing missing is the four piston front and two piston rear brake package from the GR Yaris. Those sliding calipers will get overwhelmed easily under hard driving. Otherwise it looks the part. I like the flared front and rear fenders, revised bumpers and vented hood.

I had thought that hydrogen internal-combustion was a route that all automakers had abandoned. VERY interesting. The 1.6L inline-three from the GR Yaris is getting quite a lot of use. Nice to finally see a video of it in the Corolla hatch. From this Motor1 article...

An STI internal video on some of the new parts that are to become available for the new BRZ. Curiously I do not see four-pot front brake and two-pot rear Brembo brake calipers among the various parts. Makes me wonder if that will be offered later and if the 1st gen OEM Brembo brakes front and...

Interesting analysis here from an ex-Toyota engineer as to how Toyota may modify the Corolla hatch chassis in general to make a GR/Sport GRMN Corolla version for the U.S. and Canada.

Two different fun cars with different missions. The GR Yaris is the higher performance machine without a doubt. At least we’ll get the 296hp AWD manual Corolla GRMN if the latest rumor is to be believed. With the 25 year import ban no one will get to enjoy a GR Yaris in the U.S.

The non-enthusiast "car illiterate" types are also the same people who are totally okay that Ford released an EV crossover/SUV that looks exactly like an Escape other than the front bumper and tail lights... and badged it as a Mustang. It obviously looks nothing at all like a Mustang and has...

I don’t disagree with you at all on those points. I’ve already been convinced that the ZF8 in the Supra and its programming are among the best available today. It’s a genuinely great sportscar as is. Personally I just like what I like at the end of the day. And with a time crunch on all...

I don’t mind traffic with a manual car too much. It’s a bit of a chore sure but once out of it I’m always glad to have the classic experience on the street. Now on a track or perhaps with cars that have engines which rev so insanely fast that no analog tachometer can accurately keep up with...

It’s just what I have learned over time but I always defer to info and opinions from the pros and engineers. To the best of my knowledge everything I said above is accurate though. When I was trying to decide on what pistons to use in my 2JZ I researched every piston type available from OEM to...

Thank you for the update, PS! All of this makes sense: another final drive ratio would be needed, probably the other subframe is the cheapest way to mount that other parts bin differential and the axles would need to be changed to fit the new differential’s different dimensions. Without having...

But the Z4 and Supra 3.0L models are not M cars. They’re regular production models. Toyota is beginning to sound like they plan to discontinue the Supra model yet again after only one new generation but that hasn’t been their way in the past. Part of the reasoning is suggested to involve their...