"They" will always be a few steps behind Godzilla. I think it's fair to say that the GT-R was....is....and always will be Japan's "Supercar."
It is not actually an m3/m4 engine , these engines have the S in their engine codes (S55,S58 etc) . The supra will come with the engine from the m240i which is called B58TU (tu is the tech update bmw is doing as a power facelift of sorts). Now the question in everyones lips is if this B58 engine has anything toyota on it.
Yep, I thought the same...probably bare-bones version (aka 4cyl, cloth seats, etc...) starting at $45k.
the engineers behind the mk4 were perfectly aware of the capabilities of the car , i mean in 1993 a 0-100 in 5 secs was ferrari territory and all that from the factory not with some crazy tune. Also it was relatively light and handled great , so the videos and movies might made the car an era icon but that doesn't change the fact that toyota made the car a supercar with 1/3 of the price of supercars.
Yeah.. agreed. Now this abortion is comparable to Honda Civic Type R as even that FWD car is faster than what we are getting with the Supra name. This world would be better without this car being called as a Supra. But Toyota has no concern for tradition, honor or doing the right thing. For them money is the only thing they care about. If the founder of the company hears about.. its flagship car is made by BMW he might shoot everyone that was responsible for it and go back to his grave. Pathetic.^ if this was they year 2003; based on the rumors I'd say this Supra is acceptable as the MKV Supra (maybe, excluding the BMW collab of course). However, the car is coming out in 2019 and it seems like that's what we're getting a car that looks to fit the times (FT-1 resemblance) but the specs seem to only be playing catch up from specs given to a car 25+ years ago. The competition the Supra beat 25 years ago seems to no longer be the competition today. To me it sounds like this car is just a NEW car in a class of its own. The fact that it has an inline 6 + RWD should not justify why it's the MKV Supra.
Just venting a bit. But that's the way I see it to add to what tfoxyr already mentioned. Well back to waiting for something official
1. We haven't been given a time for the new Supra, or know what they have done to it to achieve a time like if it was stock or modded or even tuned. I'd rather wait on the conclusions until we are given the time.
I get what you are saying.. they are just trying to capitalize on the name with a poor attempt. Well it’s too late now to change anything etc. Toyota will have a BMW as its flagship car for years to come and if this doesn’t sound bad.. not sure what else will.
