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I think the issue will be that in addition to one half of the coproduction partnership shutting down at that point (BMW), Toyota still will not continue to produce it themselves with Magna-Steyer as the plant and BMW (et al) acting just as a parts supplier. Toyota wants ALL of their vehicles...

The current RWD M2 and 2-Series give me E30 vibes. The look of this one gives me more of an E36 vibe, but the higher powered European M3 version.

I look at it like this: The Toyota lineup and many automaker’s lineups will go hybrid. That’s inevitable. (And aside this is why not giving the Supra a manual transmission option from the start in THIS generation is so infuriating). So given that hybrids and EVs are inevitable, how best can...

To meet their 2025 mandate there will have to at the very least be a hybrid trim level to every model, so maybe Subaru will throw in one of their current boxer-hybrid-CVT drivelines as one type of BRZ/GR86 alongside the gas-only manual and auto GR86’s? And maybe the same will be the case for...

Manual brand new M2, please.

You’re correct. And that means it will come down to how easy it will be to get equivalent BMW S58 electronics parts and/or flash the ECU that will come with the donor S58 to Supra GRMN S58 ECU’s programming (assuming someone can copy its code or replicate Its code). We’ll see just how...

This 200-unit production run for the GRMN is still ridiculously low for a Supra even just for the Japanese market. I do hope they sell at least as many additional cars for the U.S. market and the same for any other markets the Supra sells in with the B58D. After all, STI just released a...

Because both BMW and Toyota planned the MKV Supra and Z4 production cycle that way. BMW no longer wants to produce a Z4 and Toyota and Tetsuya Tada don’t want this generation Supra to ever be a hybrid which is a company-wide mandate from MY2026 onward. So for the Supra at least production will...

You are correct, sorry. However this assumes that there will be a final year MY2025. Hopefully so.

^^ Yeah. Ouch... I mean, I’m glad that it will be made and get the S58 but with such low production numbers, $110k+, still no manual and all MKV production ending in actual year 2025 with no A100 in the works for now... I guess BMW really wants this variant to be severely limited. On the...

So the rumor link in the Supra GRMN thread is right: the Supra MKV will not end after a MY2026 but rather in actual year 2025, making it a four year production run. And apparently they have no concrete plan yet for an A100 successor. That really sucks.

Both good and not so good news here. Now the Supra may be discontinued with no replacement in the actual year 2025 (thought MY2026 would be the last for production but might this mean we only see it go to MY2025 in actual year 2024....?)? And the GRMN will only come out at the very end of...

Doesn’t it come with an open differential though? It is known that there is no Active-M LSD on the 2.0L but do we know for certain either way that it comes with a regular mechanical LSD or open diff?

^^ If that's the case and Toyota actually pushes the GRMN to a MY2024 for the USA then that will leave only three model years for it to be sold... if the MKV really will be retired or replaced after MY2026.

I think the magazine article is suggesting it will be a MY2023 model, not a MY2024 model.

They'll only sell the parts to people who can prove they own a 2000GT but this is good news for the lucky few who own these expensive classics! https://www.autoclassics.com/news/432458/toyota-2000gt-parts-available/

The front end is fine I feel. The rear wing though... I realize it may be functional for a street legal factory track car but it's a bit much. I have liked the semi-integrated wing (on either side of the rear fenders before they narrow into the hatch opening) in a couple of renderings. Minor...

Indeed, the 400Z does sound promising as well if the rumors prove to be true. On track performance motivating your decision makes a lot of sense. In a competitive track racing environment the speed and precision of the ZF8 will be an advantage. I can totally understand that motivating factor...

Going on ten years now with my current manual performance car. Still plan on keeping it for a long, long, long time yet. But I plan to add a new other car alongside it and whatever that will be must be a factory manual vehicle no matter how good any auto-only competitor car is otherwise. That...

So it depends on the model type and its appeal as to whether a manual still has a notable following or not. 86, BMW M2 & M3/M4, Mustang GT, WRX/STI, Miata/MX-5, various Porsche Cayman and 911 notably. Can’t really gauge the 370Z for now as it is so old at this point. I actually would believe...