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My thoughts exactly.
Toyota teases sports cars line up?
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Who makes the call for racing at Toyo?
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Toyota has zero plans on leaving. Hyundai less so but they look to be staying.
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Toyota is truly going all out showing off their basically infinite wealth.
My best guess is the Celica will be built on the upcoming low-hood-height TNGA platform, seeing how all generations of the Celica have always shared platforms with other Toyotas.
As long as it doesn't end up being an understeering pig like the Audi TT and isn't too heavy, I'm cool with it being more comfort oriented than the GR Yaris and GR Corolla.
It would be amazing if the new MR2 is AWD, like a scaled down R8.
My best guess is the Celica will be built on the upcoming low-hood-height TNGA platform, seeing how all generations of the Celica have always shared platforms with other Toyotas.
As long as it doesn't end up being an understeering pig like the Audi TT and isn't too heavy, I'm cool with it being more comfort oriented than the GR Yaris and GR Corolla.
It would be amazing if the new MR2 is AWD, like a scaled down R8.
IS F is missing in that list. I know it is not a Toyota, but a Lexus, but it would be nice I Lexus made a new generation performance hybrid IS, wagon while they I am dreaming.
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The GR Yaris and GR Corolla in quick succession changed Toyota's reputation of being able to build good sporty cars (without help of other makers). I don't know that it would be a great idea to drop those names. I think there probably is room to keep them around. The Yaris, Corolla, and 86 act as the entry level with the G16. Celica 2.0T offers the step up for both the Yaris and Corolla in the fun but practical (FF 4WD layout with 4 doors) while the MR2 2.0T offers the RWD upgrade path.
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Toyota's Big Mid-Engined Performance Car Tokyo Reveal Was Definitely a Surprise
It's definitely not an MR2.
Who's grand idea was this?Trollyota
View attachment 10886Toyota's Big Mid-Engined Performance Car Tokyo Reveal Was Definitely a Surprise
It's definitely not an MR2.
You cannot be serious. Is this how you launch a new brand?
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We're Going to Have to Wait Longer for a New Toyota MR2 Than We Thought, But It Sounds Promising
The new mid-engine sports car could have hybrid power, but the new 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine should pack plenty of punch on its own.
Any momentum the GR GT may bring gets killed by this.
So they cancelled the entire F car lineup at the start of the decade only to have the GR lineup replace it at the end of the decade. Let's not forget 3 of those (LC-F, LS-F, LF-1) were near pre-production phase when they got axed. If they had a full lineup of new generation GR86/Supra/MR2 in 2025-2026 that would be a justifiable decision. But they literally saved zero development budget and manpower with those cancellations. They could have released all the V8 F cars AND start developing the GR lineup after that.