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07-19-2018, 10:52 AM | #2955 |
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Are auto journalists really that sleazy? Sorry, I'm kind of new to car culture in general and am not familiar with the level of quality that gets put out by these publications. They talked to the chief engineer about these aero components and we shouldn't trust it because they don't have a complete and direct quote? What's the point of the journalist if we can't trust anything but official publications?
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OK, without conceding that Tada actually said there would be such a version, let's discuss the likelihood of it being released in North America if it is made. It would be a niche car of a niche car and people buying it to swap the engine would add yet an another level of niche to the equation. It certainly is not without precedent for there to be versions that just don't come here.
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While we’re having this discussion..are any of you actually planning to buy this new Supra? The TT i6 version is rumored to be around 55k-64k. If I ever get one, it will be in 5-6 years if I don’t do anything silly like get married or have kids I’m still learning things new things about the 86 anyways.
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Beats me. All I know is Tada was quoted saying he wants the Supra to compete with Porsches, and that it's okay for the Supra to not have a manual transmission option because only a few special Porsche sports cars are available with manuals. A statement that is 100% false. I feel like knowing your competition is pretty key for the head engineer, assuming those statements of his (from an interview posted in this very thread) are accurate.
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The alleged ZF sheet they posted has their watermark all over it as if it was something they dug up. The reality is thy just lifted it off a Supra forum with zero knowledge of it's original source. Journalists are writing stories to make money. With the internet the first people to break a story get the most clicks and make the most money so the pressure is on to get something out there. In this particular case my distrust is triggered by a couple of things. One is the shady act with the tranny document. The other is that they state that Tada made statements to their one reporter that have zero support anyplace else. Nobody, not one single other source (including articles written by their own people at the same time as this was released) supports the statement that was supposedly made. Was this one single guy the only person that has been told this? Does that seem real? I will not say not to trust them but I personally have lost all faith in even the highest reputation sites. If they were to be believed we could run down and pick up a turbo 2016 BRZ today because ALL the sites said that both Toyota and Subaru top executives said they would be out by then. Now... sometimes they get something right but that is more due to statistical probability than good detective work. It is really just my cynicism at work but we will see who is right before long.
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I thought the RC200t was Toyota's "4 cylinder Supra".
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New interview with chief engineer Tetsuya Tada on the Toyota Supra
From a real Toyota website, not Fake News...
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