Haha that's awesome! Glad to see that video is making the rounds! I'm nobody special, we've chatted a few times over the years, but I'm just another Supra guy from the internet :D. I'm sure we'll meet at a Supra meet one of these days and I'll properly introduce myself.
Although China is a big market, the chances of a Japanese company revealing a flagship offering in China seems very unlikely. While Toyota does seem fairly autoshow-agnostic as far as reveals, Beijing is def one of the lowest on the list.
Stranger things have happened!
This Evo interview is my favorite one so far. They asked the right questions. Namely these:
Also, this makes me very happy,
In these industries, it's very difficult for young engineers to be able to get their ideas and input across (Hell, Tada-San was making vans for a while), and for him to...
He's an awesome dude. Straight shooter too, doesn't give a f*** what anyone thinks, and somebody I respect massively, more-so than almost anyone else in the car industry.
And just to get a scope of how well connected he is at Toyota, he had his wedding celebration at Fuji Speedway, with...
I disagree :D
Numbers can't quantify a chassis. Certainly hasn't in all my years of driving. But you're right, in the end, the opinion in a person's head at the end of a drive is very subjective! And while I agree that the MKV will be different from the MKIV, I wholly expect it to. Such is the...
If I got the moolah, then hell yeah. Just from the talks I've had with people who've been in prototypes, this car is gonna be much more than the sum of it's parts.
They currently produce these cars:
Mercedes-Benz G-Class – since 1979
BMW 5 Series – since 2017
Jaguar E-Pace – since 2017
In recent years, they've produced these cars:
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (painted aluminium body) (2009–2014)
Aston Martin Rapide (2010–2012)
Mini Paceman (2012–2016)
Mini...
I wonder if there will be a production/manufacturing ratio that they will be targeting, similar to the initial 6:1 FRS:BRZ production at Gunma. Not sure what incentive either company has to do so, but something to think about.