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10-26-2011, 09:00 PM | #1 |
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How do you think toyota will change in the following years.
A lot of good Toyota news is showing up in the press. The FT-86 is nearing production. The automaker is returning to LeMans for the 2012/2013 season with a Hybrid LMP1 car. Rumors of a 2014 Supra are arising (but Supra rumors are far from uncommon). Akio Toyoda said he wanted to bring more sportiness in to the Toyota lineup and it seems he's succeeding. My question is how do you think this will change Toyota as a brand? Do you think the G's line is going to hit the sates? Will we see a Toyota Corolla G's or a Toyota Camry G's? How far do you thing the G's lineup will go? Will it rival names like Type R, ///M, or STi or do you think it will be more of a TRD version with only light tuning done? Will Toyota's D4-S system trickle down into it's road cars? Will Toyota as a whole become more sporty and will things like driving feel factor more into making a car like the Corolla or Camry? Do you think Toyota's sports car efforts will be profitable or worth it? I'd liek to hear your opinion.
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10-26-2011, 09:05 PM | #2 |
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My belief, Toyota will take a look back in history to its prime years, and become the loving 70's-90's Toyota we all love and care for <3
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This article should tell you how the U.S. auto market MAY look like in the future. I doubt it'll match what they used to produce but I'm guessing we should have more hybrid sports cars, im assuming if this article holds true or not.
http://www.calif.aaa.com/westways/20...www.google.com Only time will tell.
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10-26-2011, 10:25 PM | #5 |
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toyota is going to continue to change in ways that increase profits or at least try. thats what businesses do
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Toyota will build sporty cars, but it's probably equipped with small displacements, hybrid motors or electric motors. There is no newer way to improve fuel efficient to meet CAFE, at least not for now.
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Only time will tell.
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10-27-2011, 03:34 AM | #8 |
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Aside from safety regulations, there's nothing really stopping cars from having good performance. A large engine needs not be significantly thirstier. Good example would be the BMW 328 (with N52, Valvematic and double VANOS), which gets great fuel economy for a car that's not exactly lightweight. Throttling loss is the biggest reason why bigger engines are bad fuel economy wise. Now if the displacement is too high like the Nissan VQ37VHR then it'll have a bit of trouble naturally, but extremely tall gearing can almost fix that, as the Mclaren MP4-12C proves.
The benefit that increased efficiency provides is that manufacturers can afford to tune the engine more aggressively at max power since the better fuel economy/emissions at lower loads will offset the less efficient operation at high power. Lighter cars are no doubt better for performance, and better aerodynamics help as well. |
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Yea I agree, drop the weight, maybe use 2.5L V6 adding VVEL and direct injection, maybe turbo, go for the same power/weight ratio. If they improve some stuff I can imagine high 30s on the highway. The G25 gets like, 20/29? VVEL can add 2-3mpg more easy, cut some weight, we're looking at close to 30 combined. A high 20s maybe 30 mpg combined car that sells in small numbers isn't going to hurt the average too much, at least not if the standard is 39mpg for small cars.
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I want to see them break off into Toyota (the fun sporty car company) and Prius (the...priusssssesss)
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By the way Toyota is hyping up the Prius, I have a feeling they might go the green route and Scion and Lexus will be the black sheeps.
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