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Yamaha is not involved and as of late has instead been pairing off with Lexus' performance 'F' division. Might not see Yamaha outside of that circle anymore, but time will tell. I actually spoke with an ex-Yamaha engineer recently and he spoke to this in that toyota wants to keep Yamaha working...

nah, further away.. think more production in terms of what Toyota typically does. you have to add some vanilla to things lol

yeah, that's pretty far off from what I was shown... and thankfully so lol

I didn't ask tbh, but in another discussion it was hinted at being 2+2 due to success with that configuration in the past. That said, I did not confirm that information.

depends what you're defintion of new is... if you considered the FA20D to be new, then it's new lol

I have to leave some of this to the imagination haha!

I actually touched on performance of the motor, that being the most important thing on my mind, and I was met with some information on what the motor will be, but you guys have been pretty good at guessing around that information already. Actual power numbers were not set in stone at that time.

yeah, those panel seams are off, front bumper has elements that are wrong (specifically the sides), but the rest of it as closer than the others IMO.

LOL probably red car last page, but there are things that are incorrect as expected.

I think you guys will love what it looks like when they remove the false panels that cover the rear of the door and the quarters. I didn't see the real car, but I saw the render of the car without the camo and it's pretty decent IMO.

I know that one trim level (if there is more than one) was testing with DCT, but I have no idea if that's production. One thing I didn't even ask was if there was a 4cyl and 6cyl version, but considering all we did was discuss BMW inline 6s I find it odd that there is a 4cyl.

Well, they didn't seem all that interested in the talk of manuals, so I didn't press the question oc alternatives much further, but everything else was par for the course as far as I could tell (options). I told them we all REALLY wanted a 4cyl turbo, hybrid, with CVT, so I think we're good...

The engineers never mentioned the Cayman to me, but could be... good question, but I dont have that answer unfortunately. maybe they plan to show a pre-production model as a stopgap since options arent confirmed yet. who knows... this is where we start seeing marketing come into play versus...

I can answer these as they dont really border on secret information. 1) 911 was the big one, but I'm not sure what specs. I was under the impression it was the regular and S. 2) The engineers each drove the mkiv (there were 3 IIRC) around the track and into town in order to get a feeling for...

Nah, I understand what you were getting at, just poking fun. As for the cars, I cant elaborate further unfortunatey, but remember that aesthetic items are half the car. That impacts things more than one may think. The SC300 and mkiv share the exact same chassis and fairly similar drivetrains...

I find it comical to label it "BMW-Toyota sports car." this isnt a BRZ/FRS, where both cars are literally 99% identical. the supra and Z4 are completely different, from interior, to exterior, to options. so no, there wouldn't be an 'M' Supra :crazy:

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Well considering the LC-F is supposed to be $150k, I'd say the LS-F would be be around 10k less. So affordable isn't a term I'd use either lol.

hahaha, seems like.