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Originally Posted by Summerwolf
They did make a celica supra in the past.
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Well yeah, but the Celica Supra = the first Supra, and they eventually dropped the first name and made it its own model, just like how the Honda Accord Crosstour eventually just became the Honda Crosstour, the Nissan Pathfinder Armada eventually became just the Nissan Armada, and kinda-sorta like how the Nissan Stanza became the Stanza-Altima, and then just Altima. Started out as a derivative of an existing model, then got stood up as its own model. (Just grabbed you in a quote for context, Summerwolf).
The way I see it, R&T are just adding to possible misinformation that's out there because the different media outlets just have to be the first ones to put info out there, doesn't matter if it's actually correct or not.
The "GT86" code in that table could even be a typo or bad copy-paste that got missed, or they could just be using the code to do exactly this and get people talking about the car more. I really doubt that the supposed 2-seater Supra is going to eliminate the 86, however questionable the rear seats in the 86 may be. You at least have those seats to drop to get more cargo space that you wouldn't otherwise have in the Supra. Wouldn't be the first time Toyota has had more than one sports car in its lineup, just the first time in a very, very long time.
I'm fine with just waiting until Toyota finally decides to stop beating around the bush and drops the legitimate info about the car. Trims, engine options, actual prices, etc. The years of speculation and rumor have just made me not care about the car until it officially exists, just like the decade it took for the new NSX to show up after multiple rumors and flicks of the On-Off switch for the project ever making it to production. By the time it did finally arrive, I couldn't care less. The Supra has gone the same way for me.