TRD Camry and Avalon:
https://www.motor1.com/news/276190/toyota-camry-avalon-styling-revealed/
Avalon is kinda meh, but I don't dislike it per se.... That Camry though, NO.
I wrote a more in depth comment on why they're meh, but it's such a dead horse that I deleted it. Basically, the issue isn't just the head gasket and improper stud tq values; Toyota used weak aluminum that was prone to annealing, as well as engineering a head bolt seating area thinner than it...
7Ms are piles of garbage that should be relegated to the dump where the vast majority of Japanese owners dropped theirs in the 90s.
sidenote: motors that are opposed to themselves (see: boxer) were never a great idea; self hate is a big contributor to engine suicide. this message has been...
Nah, nothing that cool.
I hear very little as far as specific details anymore. I get bits and pieces and high level summaries on some stuff, but overall not a lot.
Yes, but one other person quoted 3500, and that figure matches another piece of information that I can't reveal, but regardless of the large variance in estimates it should be far more limited than the Z4.
+1
there is apparently base and premium for the I6, and there may be the same the I4 (might just be base however).
They may be on speaking terms, but Getrag said they would never work with Toyota ever again. The ex TRD engineer that was telling me about the history of the relationship (this...
I think BMW will easily hit their targets, but I've heard several times now that the Supra will be fairly limited for 2019 (6k is the highest number I've heard). Either way, we will know next year.
I think it likely came down to a decision of whether to move the 86 upmarket with more performance or to create a lower trim Supra, and the Supra ended up being the solution.
Potential reasons:
86 was designed to be a successor to the original car, so in other words fun, cheap, reliable, but...
I'm not a fan of wingless A80s, but wingless A70s are gorgeous :)
The A80 has a more swept back hatch and a shorter decklid that makes it look weird without the wing.