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raven1231 02-03-2016 09:06 AM

Toyota is closing down?
 
Hey guys I heard from motoring.au that Toyota will be closing all of their plants :(. Anyone else have any information on this? Something about Fr-s sales being so low, and production costs being so high that the company is going bankrupt...

go_a_way1 02-03-2016 09:09 AM

:popcorn:

Its okay the AWD face-lift Hybird turbo 221WHP FRS we be sold a Toyota now

chaoskaze 02-03-2016 09:15 AM

.........O___O

WTF raven ur account got hacked? Cuz it only takes a 10 year old kid to tell if that's real or fake.


or you are just fishing for fools like me. =/

ScoobsMcGee 02-03-2016 09:17 AM

I know you're trolling, but http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-01/toyota-halting-japan-plants-next-week-on-steel-factory-explosion.

Steel supplier go boom.

Tcoat 02-03-2016 10:16 AM

I understand that they are just going to run the WRX through a press to flatten it and weld the rear doors shut and use that as the new 86.

acetothermus 02-03-2016 10:22 AM

Rescinded because this was legit...even if the facts weren't strictly correct.

Dave-ROR 02-03-2016 10:25 AM

Well played ;)

dgcam55 02-03-2016 10:56 AM

Toyota is shutting down the SCION brand - see here: http://www.motortrend.com/news/break...Motor+Trend%29


this is putting into question the future of the FRS...which, will likely impact the future of the BRZ too.

Personally, I think they should rebrand it as a Toyota Celica! This is the closest thing to the original Celicas since before 1986 when they went FWD.

raven1231 02-03-2016 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dgcam55 (Post 2532929)
Toyota is shutting down the SCION brand - see here: http://www.motortrend.com/news/break...Motor+Trend%29


this is putting into question the future of the FRS...which, will likely impact the future of the BRZ too.

Personally, I think they should rebrand it as a Toyota Celica! This is the closest thing to the original Celicas since before 1986 when they went FWD.

No question http://pressroom.toyota.com/releases...ion+toyota.htm

BRZerk 02-03-2016 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raven1231 (Post 2532943)

scion is going away, toyota, is not.

raven1231 02-03-2016 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BRZerk (Post 2532946)
scion is going away, toyota, is not.

Yes and he said it was putting into question the frs which it's not. It will be badges a toyota.

go_a_way1 02-03-2016 11:25 AM

Yeah I didnt think this would be real (however he made the mistake of saying Toyota, its actually just scion) but it is

raven1231 02-03-2016 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2532846)
I understand that they are just going to run the WRX through a press to flatten it and weld the rear doors shut and use that as the new 86.

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acetothermus 02-03-2016 11:46 AM

From Toyota's announcement:
Quote:

The FR-S sports car, iA sedan and iM 5-door hatchback will become part of the Toyota family.
Is it wrong that I chuckled at this thinking of all the guys who re-badged their FR-S with the Toyota logo?


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