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Supra gets my vote! | 367 | 74.59% | |
I don't know, but its time for a new name. | 125 | 25.41% | |
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09-18-2018, 07:56 AM | #3627 |
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I rather have it as a less powerful less expensive LC.
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Personally, I prefer a short wheelbase for sports cars. If it's gonna have a 106+" wheelbase it might as well be a sedan. Or a wagon. |
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Official: Toyota FT-1 Concept / First New Supra Prototype Spotted!
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Being off from 50/50 weight distribution is only a problem if you don't change the stagger of the tire widths/spring rates/sway bar rates to account for it. See Porsche. Maybe 8-10 inches extra is a bit much, but bringing it to a similar WB as the twins, let's say 102", would make rear seats viable. I like longer wheelbases also because they make sliding more predictable. Modern cars have accurate enough racks to have super fast steering so you don't need to rely on a short wheelbase to change direction quickly. |
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Good points, I've always had trouble with predictability on short wheelbase cars, good to hear it's not a trait inherent to the short wheelbase! |
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09-18-2018, 10:16 PM | #3632 |
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So a relatively heavy, relatively poor handling, automatic only, grand-touring, sports car?
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While 3300 lb isn't light, the smallest Lexus coupe is around 4000 lb. To say the two are comparable isn't remotely accurate.
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Comment from Road and Track after test drive:
The only unfairness in all of this was the Toyota 86 we brought in our convoy through the mountains. Longer, narrower and considerably lighter than the Supra, the 86 was a different animal on these looping byways. The feedback from the Supra’s brake pedal and small-diameter, thin-rimmed steering wheel never quite lived up to the 86’s chatty interfaces. Then again, the four-cylinder coupe disappeared in the Supra’s dust with every rip up the tach. One car rewards precision and momentum; the other has grip, poise and pace to make any driver feel like a hero. |
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-Krayzie said that a cheaper and less powerful version of the Lexus LC 500 would be ideal -I commented that his ideal would be a boat on wheels -The next guy commented that Krayzie’s ideal already exists in an IS series -Then you made a comment that doesn’t connect.
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