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I can't believe we are still bitching over automatic vs manual and not marveling at this car's existence. Honestly, has anyone here been paying attention to the automotive landscape? We live in a world where even the humble family sedan is dying and run of the mill 911 Carreras can be optioned out to $200,000. The fact that a new 2-seat hard top sports car is available for sub-$60k should be considered miraculous.
I get that people are disappointed that it's not pure Toyota, but I suspect few appreciate how hard of a sell this project was internally. Akio basically had to say "against the recommendations of the Toyota Board, I am going to force through the Supra project because Toyota needs it". To make it financially viable, they agree to partner with BMW to use their CLAR architecture, the sweet B58 engine, produce it in a non-Toyota factory and do their own chassis and suspension tuning. All of this for a dying segment of the most impossibly fickle buyers. And yet we're still complaining.
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