View Single Post
Old 08-17-2014, 03:54 AM   #48
Vracer111
Senior Member
 
Vracer111's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Drives: '13 Nissan Frontier (4.0L 6spd 2WD)
Location: In the desert...
Posts: 1,645
Thanks: 179
Thanked 1,246 Times in 669 Posts
Mentioned: 21 Post(s)
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
You typically wouldn't do that for an I4 that already has a transaxle for it in a MR car though, why redesign when you can just use off the shelf. If they use a 2NR, it will have the manual transmission that comes on non-US 1NR cars most likely.

Unless I'm getting this all wrong and it's supposed to be an FR car. Now that I think about it, I'm probably hoping too hard for an MR car, and this article seems to be describing an FR
Yeah, all these cars Toyota are bringing out are FR designs, no wonky mid-engine designs. Can't afford the lawsuits from combination of people who can't drive + MR sports car. They already changed the FR-S handling for 2015 because of idiots...
__________________
Had a '13 FR-S Asphalt 6spd manual (bought new 5/25/12, sold 6/10/20) but needed to let her go... she will be missed.
Vracer111 is offline   Reply With Quote