Toyota Teases GR Line Up: Supra MK6, Celica MK8, MR2 MK4, 86 MK3 and GR GT

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Interesting that the C&D journalist described the entire mid engine development mule *program* as "modular", suggesting the resulting work could create more than one final vehicle.

I'm speculating but maybe that is why an earlier rumor suggested that the Celica and MR2 were sharing development work. Or... maybe it's just the C&D journalist's impression and wishful thinking. Hard to say.

But with all the work being done to get the "MR2"-like car right and on such a long timeframe and given how much Toyota GR surely wants to use that AWD system into the next several years I would not be surprised if all this R&D ended up in more than just one production car. Now that's just me thinking about it. But it's a tremendous amount of work, investment and time.

I noticed that too, I’m guessing the AWD will at least share a platform with the GRC.

The Emira is such a weird car. It looks a step up from the Supra - like the curves are more purposeful and genuine - but it's just not up to punching up at all. At car meets it looks out of place next to higher priced cars in a way the Supra just doesn't. It's like the Supra is a bit of a working class hero whereas the Emira is an expensive car that just isn't up to the hype, despite its looks. It's a bit of a poser in my opinion. And lets face it, that Toyota engine didn't do much for its street cred.. just don't tell the should've been a Toyota Toyota Supra crowd.

I love the Emira and the way it looks, on top of that I love that Lotus kept the manual, though it’s going away.

I wish Lotus would have upgraded the internals and turned up the boost a bit to 500 hp.

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The Emira is such a weird car. It looks a step up from the Supra - like the curves are more purposeful and genuine - but it's just not up to punching up at all. At car meets it looks out of place next to higher priced cars in a way the Supra just doesn't. It's like the Supra is a bit of a working class hero whereas the Emira is an expensive car that just isn't up to the hype, despite its looks. It's a bit of a poser in my opinion. And lets face it, that Toyota engine didn't do much for its street cred.. just don't tell the should've been a Toyota Toyota Supra crowd.

Well said and I agree for sure.

The Supra just wanted to be a great sports car, but gets respect from supercar guys because it looks unique and can make supercar power for very little effort/investment

The Emira wanted to be a supercar, but the performance leaves much to be desired, the engines' potentials aren't great (from what I know), and the car tries too hard to look like every other supercar

I still like the Emira of course, but for the price I'd rather get a 911 non-turbo, or if I need it to look like a traditional supercar, a C8 Z06.