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I struggle to believe he is joking...

Egh, a bit overzealous.

Anyone spot what's wrong with those RCF spy shots? Lol, journalists...

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Haha, someday I'll talk more about it, but it's actually two platforms I'm part of and they're sort of related. But anyhow, that's for another time. The Akio era will be remembered for a lot of passion when passion was dying everywhere else.

Exactly right, it's just generic info from existing platforms.

None of the tuning houses have cars or specsheets yet. Demo cars will likely be sent out early next year according to my friend.

It's in its own league, but that's all I can say. The Supra is cool, but the LFA was the king :D

the trickle down effect of tech is a component for sure, and they want to minimize losses as much as they can; both are true. the main objective however is indeed marketing and specifically Akio wanting a Toyota halo car. if money is made, that's ideal, but if money is lost then so be it. I...

I think GX was on track for a refresh in 2019 iirc, but I havent seen or heard anything else internally. the 4 Runner was supposed to get an update this year or last (cant remember) and it never happened, so Toyota is a little behind on schedules.

I am forever indebted to whoever prevented that... I have a serious distaste for VW and Mercedes products.

Yeah, my recommendations were based on it being the GRSC vs the production car. If it's the production car, I want you on a creeper under the car with jackstands lmao.

Everything under there holds answers to more important questions, but yes a large part is front suspension and the subframe. Also, seriously GTFO as soon as you take video of it all lol.

Stick your phone underneath the front of the car and video the entire thing before they chase you down and throw you into a gulag lol

May very well be.. I know that the R35 definitely picked up right where Nismo left off, and seeing as how the Q uses the VR30 (VR38 evolution), I'd say it at least has some tie to where we are today. Small changes can end up changing everything; the Butterfly Effect so to speak.

It's a tough one for me because I like the way I6 are balanced, sound, and how easy they are to work on. but I also like V6 because they're much easier to get further back into the chassis. the CE of the R33/R34 GTR wanted to put the VQ30DETT (well, an evolution of it) into the R34 GTR in order...

Correct; also have to put a bit more time and effort into safety consideration as well, or so I've been told.

I'll try to remember to ask about it.

Will never happen as they love the V6 as much as the next company. I love the I6, but even I understand how silly they are from a packaging perspective. That said, if anyone was going to do it, it would be Lexus, but they've already sunk a ton into a few other drivetrain options I'm not free to...