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Most things have been done before....one way or another before. Jowett made flat twin and flat 4 Rwd cars, utes, vans, sports cars. (production started 1910 winding up in 1953 with a limited batch of Jups being made up to 1954 to use up spare chassies) Heres a tiny list... 1923 Jowett sports 1935/36 Jowett Weasle Sports tourer flat twin 900cc RWD 2 door light weight body. This is the last flat 4 rwd sports car 1950s Jowett Jupiter is a 1.5L flat 4 RWD 2door sports car.... There are more models availble than there are listed in link below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jowett This is the last boxer engined rwd sports car 1965-69 Toyota S800 flat twin 800cc RWD 2 Door sports car http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Sports_800
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Yea I go along with that
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I think production will increase over the next few years.. after the redesign or refresh of the current one, I think sales would blow up.
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I hope that's the case for STI ,not a normal BRZ
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It's all sounding too inevitable that there will be a proper hi-po version of this car. It's a shame they didn't get on it sooner to be honest though. Not liking the sound of it basically saying "drive it and very shortly you'll wish it had 100 more HP". The weight game is all fine and dandy, but that only caters to what is possibly the smallest segment, the "sporty car niche segment" type of auto enthusiast.
When I turned 21 I bought a new Celica GT-S, and I heard it non-stop "looks fast", especially when Toyota used that in their marketing. After having a legitimate "fast" car now, it'd be too hard to get into one of these as a main car. Here's to hoping Subie does the right thing and slaps a turbo on this thing. |
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Anybody know how the tranny in the IS350 is? Never driven one.
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As for Motortrend wanting more power, who doesn't? But if a Mazda MX5 can do a burnout, I'm sure the FRS/BRZ should be able to as well. |
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I'm a bit dissapointed with that statement about the rear cylinders lining up with the front of the car, given the look of this image:
It certainly looks like that engine could be backed up a bit to take a bit of weight off of the front tires. Perhaps they ran into issues with the bellhousing cramping foot room? Or does the firewall just go that far forward? |
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