Again, amazing how somebody who would appear to understand the car industry, literally hasn't the slightest clue on how the development process works.
Seems to be a recurring theme here.
PerformanceSound
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This guy and the guy from Pure Function should get together and make a new YouTube channel called Pure Bullshit....because I agree with you Guff, they say some of the dumbest shit.
2JZ-No-Sh*t
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You guys are going to love this one. 
I like that this guy has a Jalopnik article in the back like he just got done doing some heavy research on the topic.You guys are going to love this one.
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Mike
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What i have concluded from all this process since the end of production of the JZA80 until today, is that "anticipation was much higher than the actual interest.
Rumors and myths, intentional or not, used a whole movement, a whole generation to wait the new Supra as the "Holy Grail" of the JDM new era. Especially after the NISSAN GT-R's success and resurrection as a supercar killer, relatively affordable, and based on the previous Skyline GT-R's philosophy, many believed the Supra would follow a similar path.
Something that until the last minute was living inside each one of us ....
But that, was not the case.
Reality has proven most wrong and buried every last hope of those who would hope that the new Supra would be a super GT with the status, and performance it deserved.
All these, are not words to impress or disappoint.
Automotive world has change. Especially for sportscars. But people have adjusted. We have no choice after all.
But within these new limits, the Supra could have been something else.
Purely Toyota/LEXUS/Gazoo derived. Something to deserve the Supra name status and the heavy mark that left in the JDM golden ages.
Facts talk.... Before the latest series of spyshots and the official release of the GR Supra Racing Concept, there were about 3 times more posts than after the official release.
Which proves that "anticipation was much higher than the actual interest...
Rumors and myths, intentional or not, used a whole movement, a whole generation to wait the new Supra as the "Holy Grail" of the JDM new era. Especially after the NISSAN GT-R's success and resurrection as a supercar killer, relatively affordable, and based on the previous Skyline GT-R's philosophy, many believed the Supra would follow a similar path.
Something that until the last minute was living inside each one of us ....
But that, was not the case.
Reality has proven most wrong and buried every last hope of those who would hope that the new Supra would be a super GT with the status, and performance it deserved.
All these, are not words to impress or disappoint.
Automotive world has change. Especially for sportscars. But people have adjusted. We have no choice after all.
But within these new limits, the Supra could have been something else.
Purely Toyota/LEXUS/Gazoo derived. Something to deserve the Supra name status and the heavy mark that left in the JDM golden ages.
Facts talk.... Before the latest series of spyshots and the official release of the GR Supra Racing Concept, there were about 3 times more posts than after the official release.
Which proves that "anticipation was much higher than the actual interest...
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That stat is entirely wrong, but whatever helps you make your point my dude. As with any forum, you have spikes near events and lulls in between. Overall forum engagement is at the highest it's ever been.
Levi
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Don't know whom to blame -- if that is at all the right thing to do -- but when I type "compact sports car" in Google, it shows SUVs and CUVs. Sports cars are not what they were.
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PerformanceSound
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It’s probably safe to assume that 500-600HP will be attainable with a bone stock BMW bottom-end....but “any racer....any real racer” will probably crack open the block and reinforce it properly....BMW or not. I personally am building a 2JZ, and while I know they can handle crazy power on stock internals, I am building it completely for piece of mind and long term up-tuning.
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