While I had an emotional reaction to paying over msrp, my emotions mean fuck nothing compared to the laws of supply and demand. The auto production market and used auto market is a different animal than it was pre Covid(and has likely changed the production model forever). With parts shortages...
there is no verifiability to the pollā¦.notice there are 3 that voted āunder msrpā. If there was a ā$10k UNDER MSRPā option, i could click it but it wouldnt make it trueš¤£. I paid over msrp gladly as there wont be as many manuals made as i think many people are thinkingā¦..
Although I always take whatever a dealer says with a grain of salt, the one I bought mine from said they were notified not all 500 were likely to be built due to parts constraints. With only 34 showing on Cargurus nationwide(with many of those not even available/spoken for already) there may be...
Im very much against EV but they arent the only ones reporting this. The data is not being fabricated.
Major Price Increases Coming | Toyota's CEO Has Had Enough - YouTube
Toyota Profits Plunge 42% As A Result Of Rising Costs, Supply Chain Problems | Carscoops
Toyota just became Kodak - Q3 profit collapses, losses begin - YouTube
Sounds like profitability has been abysmal so they are going to have to start ramping up prices to stay afloat
A targa manual MKV would be the holy grail but sadly we wont see it on this generation....the cost for NHTSA certifications would be extremely cost prohibitive at this stage of the MKV life cycle:(
After seeing a huge variance on different dynos of the same car, I think theres a misconception of what a "dyno number" really is. It is an indispensable tool for plotting gains on the same car during modification or diagnosing issues but a poor extrapolation for a "universal value". We do know...
I was ecstatic when i heard they were coming out with a manual finally....then ALMOST as excited again when I heard they had a color coming out close to one of the few cars I regret selling, a Grigio Telesto LP640. It has so much variation depending on the lighting