Poodles;1761526 said:
yea sucks...but i am not really a new car guy cause when it comes to registration and insurance its cost way to much $$$$
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yea sucks...but i am not really a new car guy cause when it comes to registration and insurance its cost way to much $$$$
I don't see why Toyota couldn't build a car comparable to a GTR for just under $100,000. The GTR is not a bad car, just won't ever quite the beast the MKIV or Skyline were back in the day.
Dylan JZ;1761476 said:
From what I've read, I don't think a conventional motor will fit under the hood. It's too low to fit anything other than a boxer engine layout. STi motors are no slouch though.
I think, unfortunately, tuning will get very difficult, and then become easier again once petroleum engines are replaced by electric. Have you seen what can be done with electric R/C car motors? It will go from turbo kits and nitrous to battery and electronic motor controller upgrades. Motor swaps won't go anywhere either.
The only downside is the cool noises won't be there anymore...
destrux;1761588 said:
Yep, not going to put an I6 under the hood of the FT-86 as the boxer motor is flat and short. Nice low center of gravity with the boxer too. The subie motor isn't bad at all, so if they do a turbo version (which should be easy as it's basicly an off the shelf part from subaru) it's going to be a winner.
And high powered electric cars do make cool noises
RazoE;1761589 said:
One would have to be blind to not notice the LF-A was based directly off of the MKIV's bodylines.
We know for sure that the Supra was always a luxury model, so if it was made today it would be a Lexus. But, like the Integra becoming the RSX because of naming conventions of the brand, the name Supra doesn't fit with the Lexus naming scheme.
uh....no once again..
if anything the Ferrari 599 looks more like a Supra
if you say that is far-fetched, that it only resembles the car slightly, and that any basic RWD sports car will have similar lines due to the set-up, then YOU have proven my point...
if anything the Ferrari 599 looks more like a Supra
if you say that is far-fetched, that it only resembles the car slightly, and that any basic RWD sports car will have similar lines due to the set-up, then YOU have proven my point...
Poodles;1761596 said:
RazoE;1761636 said:
Greek;1761645 said:
I'm with Poodles on this one, folks.
Anyone care to continue the debate?
Quoting grim for comparison.
Hmmm?
While the GTR is a nice car, it's huge and ugly. It looks more like a POS Charger in traffic (no, really, they're that big). I was sitting next to a GTR at a light and looking UP at it in my stock suspension MKIII.
GrimJack;1761661 said:I'm with Poodles on this one, folks.
Anyone care to continue the debate?
Greek;1761645 said:
Hmmm?
While the GTR is a nice car, it's huge and ugly. It looks more like a POS Charger in traffic (no, really, they're that big). I was sitting next to a GTR at a light and looking UP at it in my stock suspension MKIII.
I don't see why they couldn't take the FR-S platform, extend it a bit, maybe widen it, change a bit of the styling, add a 6 cylinder motor (Subaru has some nice turbo flat6 motors) and call it a Supra.
I'm hoping for the best for the FR-S, it should be interesting to see what happens with the aftermarket. Seems like STI motor swaps are in the works from a few tuners, in which case you can have a 500+hp car pretty easily.
I'm hoping for the best for the FR-S, it should be interesting to see what happens with the aftermarket. Seems like STI motor swaps are in the works from a few tuners, in which case you can have a 500+hp car pretty easily.
There's no need for 2 extra cylinders in the FRS. Will just be more weight and hurt fuel economy. It will be direct injected (and port injected), have dual VVTi, and Wideband type fuel control. ( all new Toyota's around 05' have this. Most other manufactures too.) This will allow higher boost, compression and cam/ignition timing. It will also make the engine easier to tune for more power out of the box.
RazoE;1761636 said:uh....no once again..
if anything the Ferrari 599 looks more like a Supra
if you say that is far-fetched, that it only resembles the car slightly, and that any basic RWD sports car will have similar lines due to the set-up, then YOU have proven my point...
sure doies looks like a supra
im sorry but a 400k plus supra will not save Toyota in this economy if they bring back a rwd sports car it should cost around 17k depending on options to compete other wise were all just dreaming of a car that will sit on are walls rather then are drive ways
ma70suprawoner;1761828 said:
17K? Really? You have no idea how much vehicles cost these days do you...
ma70suprawoner;1761828 said:
yea more like 30k plus for rwd sports car. you got to think ppl want navigation abs all the goodies which isn't cheap plus toyotas always been kind of expensive but they hold there value pretty well