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OldSkoolToys · 10-24-2009, 06:53 AM

I'm saying that this is a concept car all spiffied up to ooh and ahhh the masses.

Since its a concept, the official weight of the actual production car is yet to be known.

The only thing the concept has really shown is the relative size of the car, which matched exactly what Toyota said they were aiming for back, what, 2 years ago?

They also stated they wanted to keep this thing ~1200kg area (or about 2600lbs), and you know what? Pretty damn sure they can do it without making that pricerange go any bit higher than $20k.

And didn't this weight estimate come from some reply to some guys blog? "I think the engineer...",...yeah, thats not exactly valid, official, nor backed up information there.

"The engineer told me that this car actually weighs 1600kg, and will probably be about 50mm taller in height at production. Oh, and the RWD thing? Its all a FARSE! EAT THAT ENTHUSIASTS!"

See, I can say things too on some random website.

10-24-2009, 06:53 AM	#42
OldSkoolToys Is a Monster Join Date: Oct 2009 Drives: AE86, MA70 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 1,899 Thanks: 14 Thanked 282 Times in 148 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s)	I'm saying that this is a concept car all spiffied up to ooh and ahhh the masses. Since its a concept, the official weight of the actual production car is yet to be known. The only thing the concept has really shown is the relative size of the car, which matched exactly what Toyota said they were aiming for back, what, 2 years ago? They also stated they wanted to keep this thing ~1200kg area (or about 2600lbs), and you know what? Pretty damn sure they can do it without making that pricerange go any bit higher than $20k. And didn't this weight estimate come from some reply to some guys blog? "I think the engineer...",...yeah, thats not exactly valid, official, nor backed up information there. "The engineer told me that this car actually weighs 1600kg, and will probably be about 50mm taller in height at production. Oh, and the RWD thing? Its all a FARSE! EAT THAT ENTHUSIASTS!" See, I can say things too on some random website. Last edited by OldSkoolToys; 10-24-2009 at 07:03 AM.