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^^ This. There is no question that the ZF8-8HP, Porsche's various PDK's and other modern dual clutch and conventional automatics produce faster 0-60 times and generally faster lap times over manual versions of vehicles with more or less the same power to weight ratios as the auto/DCT cars they...

Looks like the GRMN Yaris is real after all!! :D (skip to to 12min into the video):

The Yaris GRMN and Toyota GR GT3 Concept were officially announced and talked about in this video (GRMN Yaris starting at 12:00min and GR GT3 Concept at 17:30min... the first 4-5 minutes of the video are blank) just now:

I can hope that the GR mid engine sports car co-developed with Suzuki won't be a Kei class vehicle. It would be a great Kei vehicle if that turns out to be the case but it would mean the rest of us won't ever see it on sale outside of Japan.

We'll see what they have come up with. Even selling just one more direct rotary powered car for only a few model years as a halo vehicle would be enough. The Mazda engineers have been working hard to release another rotary for years but the regulatory targets just keep moving. The production...

Toyota has re-registered the Celica trademark in the U.S. so I think there is hope for a new one in coming years.

At this point I don't see a new rotary engine driving the wheels of a Mazda directly any longer unless it's a 100% hydrogen combustion or other 100% alternative fuel powered Wankel. Their engineers have made great advancements with their 16X prototype Wankels in recent years but it's so...

I want the GR Yaris in the U.S. as much as everyone else does. Toyota's excuse that they don't sell any version of one here any longer and therefore would have a hard and expensive time homologating it is a bit of an excuse considering the GR Yaris has a bespoke body shell and engine anyway. The...

This will be good. It should also give us an early look at the production GR Corolla engine's state of tune.

You were indeed specific about 2022 regarding the Supra. And that's what I held out hope for. Toyota, for their part, did next to nothing to give any hope about a manual Supra being made available for a very, very long time. But then again that is just the way they do things and that is...

I mean... it does look very blatantly like a Supra more than it looks like an LFA. After seeing that lineup of EV concepts I feel like that's what we actually saw based on looks alone: an EV Supra concept that is badged as a Lexus for whatever reason... and a very obvious MR2 concept. Nothing...

Guff, I understand and it's sizable amount of money to spend AFTER acquiring your current MKV and spending to restore it as you have. However if Toyota has a factory manual 3.0L MKV available there is nothing to stop you from buying that manual gearbox, the pedal set, differential, ECU and...

You, sir, are now officially Santa Claus! Thank you for the awesome news and welcome back, A70!!

Before the first F&F film came out all of those cars were well covered in various tuner magazines. Those in the know were already interested. The only difference between then and today pre-F&F was that you could semi-reasonably attain one of them used as you point out. The MKV is going to have...

LOL! I'm still a big fan of the MKV as it is... just so long as they actually release a 3.0L manual version in volume production. That Lexus concept from the front and sides really echo the FT-1 concept car. And there is nothing wrong with that at all. Toyota likes that general shape for their...

I remember when the MKIV Supra, FD3S RX-7, 300ZX-TT and 3000GT VR-4 were all still on new and on sale near the end of their U.S. production runs. Well... the RX-7 and 300ZX went a couple of years earlier than the rest. At that time NONE of those cars were what I actually considered "young...

What is incredibly annoying is that public reaction and demand for a manual Supra from the beginning didn't seem to elicit much of a response from Toyota... but Nissan offering a V6 twin turbo 6-speed manual Z finally did. Well, it's happening and that's all that really matters.

It would not surprise me if Yamaha were involved in whatever that car will end up being. Interesting that it looks VERY Supra-ish but is supposed to be a Lexus.

You're referring to the OP, correct?

It's very perplexing that someone would criticize the personalization and modification of a Toyota Supra of all cars. It's intended to be able to be enjoyed totally stock all the way to heavily modified with double the stock power or in race spec and tune for whatever event or race class it...