I love NA engines but I think it'd have problems keeping up in the power department over time since other companies are all going FI. Plus even I gotta admit that FI makes it much easier to tune for more power. I just hope that if we get a turbo V6 it will rev pretty high (7500 RPM +).
Isn't that usually after the car has been dialed in a bit when they start doing hot/cold weather testing? :dunno: im just guessing here.. more questions than answers right now unfortunately.
I hope one gets spotted soon. I think this project is still not real for most people. I mean a design...
This car can pull off this wild look!
Can't say the same for a lot of the other rocket bunny builds out there where it looks completely forced and out of place.
They have said repeatedly it will be marketed for the mainstream buyer. I would not consider the corvette or its buyers to fall into that category. They need to price it no more than 60K if they want any shot of the Supra being called a mainstream and not a niche sports car.
I believe "similar to the 86" would not just be a 4 cylinder, it would be a 4 cylinder ONLY and nothing else. There is room for a four that makes 300 hp as the base model and a 400 hp twin turbo V6
You know 4-banger engines are making up to 400hp these days when tuned aggressively. This isn't the 90's-2000's anymore. They are outperforming some v8's I grew up with and a lot of NA v6 engines today.
I'm not saying I want one but as the OP said the business case (cheaper) and performance...
It seems like Toyota has been really focusing on people's reactions to this concept to make key decisions, even more so than the FR-S. It could just be me reading into it but just from Akio's statements it sounds like it.
Wishful thinking but I know some companies really like to use consumer...
I know they do secret focus groups for new cars all the time and things sometimes get leaked. Does toyota do this in the states or in Japan?
The have been a few cars where a lot of stuff gets leaked from it. They sign confidentiality forms and all but that doesn't really stop people from...
I don't care about track times of any other bench racing measure I just care that the car is fun to drive and I bet you 95% of the population would find the AMG GT more fun to drive (yea yea I haven't driven it but I've driven plenty other AMGs). All that torque and sound is hard to beat, even...
you see companies do that sometimes but theres usually something off about how it looks like maybe it rides too high or body is too big for the platform, wheels tucked etc. this one looks like a standard MKIV? don't see anything 'off' bout it.