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I dont think all hope is lost, especially given how awesome the junior engineers I know are, but it concerns me that his vision will be distorted. thankfully Akio will still be around though.

there are essentially updates coming in the form of Fun, but I can't say anything further aside from the best people for the job are working on making things more exciting (at least in my section). Should definitely be interesting. I wish I could say more, but it's a neat platform that was...

egh, is what it is and im glad im not revered because that element of doubt keeps people from taking me too seriously. if what I said was taken as gospel, people would post it on other sites and then I might have a problem on my hands. as for the other project, I am now working on a few...

he's not doing so well these days, after the FRS/BRZ and now this car... his hair is all gray, he has a bad hip and limps, and he gets tired fairly easy and has to rest... he's only 60 but his body is telling him to retire completely instead of on paper.

I still think it's possible it will never come, but at least it made enough of an impact to warrant consideration and commentary behind the scenes. my worry is that Tada-san is now retired and is only being kept on to finish this car. once he's gone, I don't have much hope...

pretty much, but I don't expect the leaks to be of any real value... Even what I said is arguably not valuable, but I can't give away the details for a few different reasons. More just confirmation of what I already thought to be the case. but yeah, I'd rather not anger TMS staff anymore than I...

I've already said WAY too much and will likely regret it, but thankfully I am so far away from this project. plus, a bunch of other people are leaking the details from the Plano dealer meeting (which isn't super high level, but still). I have not seen the production car without cladding; it has...

Im sure they will test it to the ends of the earth like the test mules... they have hundreds of thousands of miles on them now so.

one last thing because I truly cant say anything further without really pissing some people off... know how you guys wanted a new era 2JZ? Well :D

couldn't get that out of them, but apparently there will only be a single model on launch, so I think it may be $55k only for now. entry level model is more or less aimed at Europe if its produced and see below. the 4cyl thing is still being developed surprisingly (Toyota isnt really involved I...

turns out car does not have a B58 or S58 and is instead a totally new design, but I cannot give details aside from it being an I6 sourced from BMW. I thought it was gonna end up being new architecture, but I thought it would be derived from an existing design; apparently it is not.

new info: the manual is being evaluated but will not be available on the launch model... reading into this, I think it will be an option later on.

400+ should be the high output version (more money too), but yeah should be an awesome car either way I think a long time ago I had said Fall 2019, but my estimate was updated to late spring/early summer.

Just got an update on the car from Toyota USA source: Sub 3000lb curb weight confirmed for production car, carbon roof is standard, and worldwide release is in April 2019. Covered these forever ago, but nice to see the information is still accurate (though not shocking this late in...

lmao...

egh, time consuming, info changes, and despite being an "insider" I'm not here in an official capacity so pinning posts doesn't make the most sense IMO.

I had a response typed out, but I'm tired of repeating the same stuff like a broken record... The engine *should be the same* between the two chassis, so aside from fuel/timing/boost the hardware should be the same. It is also likely refinements were made by Toyota, but these would be present...

I was told it is still the same 8 speed auto being tested

Yeah, I read 340hp NA/3500lbs and was just like lolwut...

I think that sounds about right as well.